Cleaning the Print Head Using the
Product Control Panel
You can
clean the print head using the control panel on your product.
Make sure there are no errors on the LCD screen and the
CD/DVD tray is not inserted for printing.
Load a few sheets of plain paper in the
product.
Press the home button, if
necessary.
Select Maintenance. You see a screen like
this:
Select Print Head
Cleaning. You see a screen like this:
Select Start to clean
the print head. When the cleaning cycle is finished, you see
a message on the screen.
Caution:
Never turn off the product or open the
front cover during a cleaning cycle or you may not be able to
print.
Select Check.
Select Print to print a
nozzle check pattern and confirm that the print head is
clean.
If you don’t
see any improvement after cleaning the print head up to 4 times,
wait at least 6 hours without printing or longer if printing. Then
try cleaning the print head again. If quality still does not
improve, contact Epson.