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Using the Control Panel to Clean the Print

Head

Follow these steps to clean the print head:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and

both the B black and A color ink out lights are off. (If an

ink out light is flashing, replace the ink cartridge instead.)

2. Press the R cleaning button and hold it down for three

seconds. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds, during which the

printer makes some noise and the Ppower light flashes.

Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is

flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise

for more than 5 minutes.

3. After the Ppower light stops flashing, print a page to test

the print quality.

If your printer is connected directly to the computer, go

to step 4 to run a nozzle check.

If you're printing over a network, open an application and

print a short document containing black and color data.

Check the quality of your printout, then go to step 8.

4. If you have an application running, access the printer

settings dialog box.

Or, with Windows, click

select

. Right-click your

Printers

printer icon in the Printers window. Then select

875DC

Properties

5. Windows: Click the

Utility

Macintosh: Click the

6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the

button, and click

Check

prints (see the next section for details).

7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click

Finish

If the pattern is missing dots, click

head again.

8. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or

four times, check the solutions in the Printer Basics book.

You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight—this

allows any dried ink to soften—and then try cleaning the

print head again.

Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern

Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. It should look

something like this:

, point to

, then

Start

Settings

EPSON Stylus Photo

tab.

Utility button.

Nozzle

. The nozzle check pattern

to clean the print

Clean

Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be

complete, with no gaps in the dot pattern. If your printout

looks okay, you're done. If any dots are missing, as shown

below, clean the print head again.

missing dots

Aligning the Print Head

If your printouts contain misaligned vertical lines, you may

need to align the print head. Your printer must be connected

to a local port, not on a network, to use the Print Head

Alignment utility. Follow these steps:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and

letter-size paper is loaded.

Load paper that's at least 8.27 inches (210 mm) wide to

prevent ink from spraying inside the printer and

smudging your printouts.

For the best results, load EPSON ink jet paper in the

printer whenever you check the print head alignment.

2. If you have an application running, access the printer

settings dialog box.

Or, with Windows, click

select

. Right-click the

Printers

icon in the Printers window. Select

875DC

3. Windows: Click the

Macintosh: Click the

4. You see the Utility menu. Click the

button.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen to print a test page.

6. Select the most precise alignment pattern from the choices

on the test page. Enter the number of the best aligned

pattern following the instructions on the screen (pattern 8 is

the current setting). You may need to repeat steps 5 and 6

more than once to align your print head completely.

Cleaning the Printer

To keep your printer working at its best, you should clean it

several times a year. Follow these steps:

1. Turn off the printer and wait for the P power light to go

out.

2. Unplug the power cord and disconnect the USB cable.

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