Epson Stylus Color 760 Product Information Manual - Page 9
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9. Press the E load/eject button again and close the printer
cover. The printer moves the print head and begins
charging the ink delivery system.
The P power light flashes and the printer makes noise.
Charging takes about 30 seconds. When it's finished, the
P power light stops flashing and stays on.
Never turn off the printer while the P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise
for more than 5 minutes.
Cleaning the Print Head
If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are
missing from the image, you may need to clean the print head.
This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly.
Cleaning the print head uses ink, so clean it only if print
quality declines. You can clean the print head in either of the
following ways:
using the Head Cleaning utility (when the printer is
connected to a local port, not over a network), as described
on page 9
using the printer's control panel buttons, as described on
page 9
When you don't turn on your printer for a long time, the
print quality can decline. It's a good idea to turn on your
printer at least once a month to maintain good print
quality.
If any paper you buy comes with a cleaning sheet, don't
use the cleaning sheet with your printer; it may jam
inside the printer.
Using the Head Cleaning Utility
Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility:
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 before
continuing.)
2. 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 windows. Then select
760
(
Properties
Document Defaults
3. Windows: Click the
Utility
Macintosh: Click the
4. On the Utility menu, click the
, point to
, then
Start
Settings
EPSON Stylus COLOR
in Windows NT).
tab.
Utility button.
button.
Head Cleaning
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print
head. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds, during which the
printer makes some noise and the Ppower light flashes.
Never turn off the printer while the P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise
for more than 5 minutes.
6. When the P power light stops flashing, run a nozzle check
to confirm the print head nozzles are clean and reset the
cleaning cycle.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
nozzle check pattern
pattern prints (see page 10 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. 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.
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 before
continuing.)
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 P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made noise
for more than 5 minutes.
3. After the P power light stops flashing, print a page to test
the print quality and reset the cleaning cycle.
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.
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 windows. Then select
760
(
Properties
Document Defaults
8/99
EPSON Stylus COLOR 760
. Then click
. The nozzle check
Next
to clean the print
Clean
, point to
Start
Settings
EPSON Stylus COLOR
in Windows NT).
EPSON Stylus COLOR 760
Print
, then
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