Using the head cleaning utility – Epson 1200 User Manual

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Using the Head Cleaning Utility

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but

not printing, and the

B black and

A color ink out lights are off.

2. Start an application and open a

document.

3. Access the printer settings dialog box as

described in “Printing with Windows”
on page 13 or “Printing with a
Macintosh” on page 16.

4. Click the

Utility

tab (Windows) or the

Utility icon (Macintosh). You see

the Utility menu.

5. Click the

Head Cleaning

icon.

Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head. Cleaning takes a
little over a minute, during which the printer makes some noise and the

P power

light flashes.

Never turn off the printer while the

P power light is flashing,

unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than
5 minutes.

6. When the

P power light stops flashing, run a nozzle check to test the results and

reset the cleaning cycle.

Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click

Print nozzle check pattern

(Windows) or

Confirmation

(Macintosh). Then click

. The nozzle check

pattern prints on your printer; see “Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern” on
page 30 for details.

7. If the nozzle check pattern is filled in completely, click

Finish

If the pattern is missing dots, click

Clean

to clean again. If you don’t see any

improvement in the print quality after cleaning two or three times, check the
solutions in “Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 42.

Head Cleaning utility