Epson 1200 - Manual (Page 35)

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Using the Control Panel
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but
not printing, and the B black and
A color ink out lights are off.
2. Press the R cleaning button and hold
it down for three seconds. 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.
3. After the P power light stops flashing, print a page to test the print quality and
reset the cleaning cycle.
If you’re connected directly to the printer, run a nozzle check. Go to step 4.
If you’re printing over a network, open an application and print a document
containing black and color data. Then go to step 8.
4. Start an application, open a document, and access the printer settings dialog box
as described in “Printing with Windows” on page 13 or “Printing with a
Macintosh” on page 16.
5. Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility icon (Macintosh). You see the
Utility menu.
6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the Nozzle Check icon, and click
Next . The nozzle check pattern prints on the 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.
8. 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.
cleaning button