Cleaning the Print Head Using the Product Control Panel

You can clean the print head nozzles using the control panel on your product.

Make sure there are no errors on the LCD screen and the output tray is extended.
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.
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, a nozzle check pattern prints automatically.
Caution:

Never turn off the product or open the printer cover during a cleaning cycle or you may not be able to print.
Check the printed pattern to see if there are gaps in the lines.
Print head is clean

Print head needs cleaning
Do one of the following:
- If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select O.
- If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select X. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head.

If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning the print head up to 3 times, turn off the product and wait at least 12 hours without printing. Then try cleaning the print head again. If quality still does not improve, run a Power Cleaning. If there is still no improvement, contact Epson support.