Epson SureLab D570 Professional Minilab Photo Printer - Manual (Page 61)

On-Demand Nozzle Pattern
Print a nozzle check pattern when you want to
confirm whether clogged nozzles have been cleared
after Print Head Cleaning or when you want to
confirm the condition of the nozzles visually with a
printed nozzle check pattern.
See the following page for how to print a check pattern
from the printer.
Note:
You can also print a nozzle check pattern from
Maintenance Tool.
See the following for more details on Maintenance Tool.
U “Using the Maintenance Tool (Windows)” on
page 64
U “Using the Maintenance Tool (Mac)” on page 78
How to Print a Nozzle Check
Pattern
A
Load paper in the paper cassette.
U “How to Load Paper” on page 25
B
Select Settings - Maintenance on the home
screen.
To select an item, move the focus to the item
using the
u / d / l / r buttons, and then press the
Z button.
C
Select Print Head Nozzle Check .
D
Follow the on-screen instructions to print a
nozzle check pattern.
E
Look at the printed pattern to check for print
head nozzles that are clogged.
❏
Same as A:
All lines are printed. Select
No . Print Head
Cleaning is not needed.
❏
Close to B:
Some nozzles are clogged. Select
Yes to
execute Print Head Cleaning.
A confirmation message is displayed when
cleaning is complete. Go to step 6.
❏
Close to C:
If most lines are missing or not printed, this
indicates most nozzles are clogged. Powerful
Cleaning needs to be executed. Select
No and
see the following.
U “Powerful Cleaning” on page 62
F
Print a nozzle check pattern to check whether
any nozzles are clogged, and then select
Nozzle
Check . Repeat checking and cleaning until all
the lines in the nozzle check pattern are
printed.
If you do not want to print a nozzle check
pattern, select
Finish .
If the clogs are not cleared after repeating Print
Head Cleaning about three times, then execute
Powerful Cleaning.
U “Powerful Cleaning” on page 62
Print Head Cleaning
Types of Cleaning
There are two methods of Print Head Cleaning, as
shown below.
Executing Cleaning Automatically
When the auto nozzle check function is enabled, it
checks the state of the nozzles at a specified interval
and if nozzles are clogged, it executes Print Head
Cleaning automatically. Because of this, you do not
need to regularly execute Print Head Cleaning
manually.
The auto nozzle check settings (such as changing the
interval or disabling the function) are set from
Maintenance Tool.
See the following for more details on Maintenance
Tool.
SL-D500 Series User's Guide
Maintenance
61