Epson WorkForce 600 Series - Manual (Page 36)

36 Maintaining Your All-in-One
Maintaining Your All-in-One
Follow the steps here to check and clean the print head, and replace ink cartridges.
To align the print head, if necessary, see the on-screen Epson Information Center.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, the print head nozzles may be
clogged. Follow these steps to check the print head nozzles:
1. Load letter-size plain paper in the sheet feeder.
2. Press the Home button.
3. Press l or r to select Setup and press OK .
4. Press l or r to select Maintenance and press OK .
You see this screen:
5. Select Nozzle Check and press OK .
6. Press x Start .
7. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if
there are gaps in the lines.
8. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select Finish Nozzle Check and
press OK .
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select Head Cleaning and press OK .
Then press x Start to clean the print head.
Nozzles
are clean
Nozzles need
cleaning