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.
Load a few sheets of plain paper in the
product.
Press the home button, if
necessary.
Select Settings > Maintenance > 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 Yes if you want
to print a new nozzle check pattern.
Select Start to print a
nozzle check pattern and confirm that the print head is
clean.
Check the printed pattern
to see if there are gaps in the lines.
Print head is clean
Print head needs
cleaning
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.