Forced cleaning – Epson SureLab D570 Professional Minilab Photo Printer User Manual
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D
Check the results of Diagnostic Cleaning in the
message displayed in
Printer history
.
When “Clogged nozzles detected. Perform
[Forced Cleaning].” is displayed, execute
Diagnostic Cleaning
again.
If "Auto Nozzle Check has failed." is displayed,
contact your dealer or Epson Support.
If the clogged nozzles are not cleared after
repeating
Diagnostic Cleaning
three times,
then execute
Forced Cleaning
set to
Power
.
U
Forced Cleaning
A
Select a printer, in the printer list area on the
main screen, on which to execute cleaning.
When you select multiple printers, press and
hold
Ctrl
as you select the targeted printers.
See the following for more details on the main
screen.
U
“Explanation of the Main Screen” on
If an error is displayed for the printer you want
to select, clear the error before selecting it.
B
In
Printer maintenance
-
Forced Cleaning
,
select
Normal
or
Power
, and then click
Execute
.
Select
Normal
to clean the surface of the print
head and to clear clogged nozzles.
Power
cleans more powerfully than
Normal
.
Use this setting if the nozzles are still clogged
even after repeating
Normal
cleaning several
times.
Power
consumes more ink than
Normal
cleaning. If a message is displayed informing
you that here is not enough ink remaining,
refill the ink tank and then execute.
U
Cleaning is executed.
Cleaning may take some time depending on the
selected cleaning level.
When cleaning is complete, the results are
displayed in
Printer history
.
C
Check the results of Forced Cleaning.
There are the following two ways to check the
cleaning results.
❏
Execute a nozzle check to check for clogged
nozzles.
U
“Nozzle Check Methods” on page 72
❏
Print a nozzle check pattern to check for
clogged nozzles.
U
“Print Nozzle Check Pattern Method” on
If the clogged nozzles are not cleared by
executing
Normal
cleaning, execute
Normal
cleaning again. If the clogged nozzles are not
cleared even by repeating this several times,
execute
Power
cleaning.
If the clogged nozzles are not cleared even after
executing cleaning at
Power
, then do not use
the printer for printing for at least 12 hours.
Waiting for this amount of time may allow the
clogged ink to dissolve.
If that does not improve the situation, execute
Power Ink Flushing from the printer’s control
panel.
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