Epson 850N - Manual (Page 99)

Maintenance and Transportation
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6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print
nozzle check pattern (Windows) or Confirmation
(Macintosh). Then click Next . See page 5-8 for
instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.
If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above. If
you don’t notice any improvement after doing this two or three
times, check the print quality solutions in Chapter 7.
Using the Control Panel
Follow these steps to clean the print heads:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, and
that the B black and A color ink out lights are off.
2. Open the printer cover, then press the Y black or X color
cleaning button and hold it down for three seconds.
Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the
printer makes some noise and the
Ppower light flashes.
3. When the Ppower light stops flashing, repeat step 2 for the
other print head if necessary.
4. After you’re finished cleaning and the Ppower light stops
flashing, you need to print a page to test the print quality
and reset the cleaning cycle. If you’re connected directly to
the printer, run a nozzle check. Go to step 5.
If you’re using DOS or you didn’t install Status Monitor 2,
open an application and print a document containing black
and color data. Then go to step 7.
5. Access the printer settings dialog box as described in
Chapter 1. Then click the Utility tab (Windows) or the
Utility button (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
6. Click the Nozzle Check button, then click Next. See the
next section for instructions on examining the nozzle check
pattern.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer
while the
P power light is
flashing, unless the printer
hasn’t moved or made any
noise for more than 10
minutes.
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