Cleaning the Print Head Using the
Product Control Panel
You can
clean the print head using the control panel on your product.
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. The power light flashes throughout
the cleaning cycle and stays on when the cleaning cycle is
finished. When the cleaning cycle is finished, you see a message on
the screen.
Caution:
Never turn off the product or open the
scanner unit 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 3 times,
wait at least 6 hours without printing. Then run the nozzle check
again and clean the print head again if necessary. If quality still
does not improve, contact Epson.