Epson PictureMate - Manual (Page 80)

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2. Press or to highlight Maintenance , then press OK .
3. Press or to highlight Clean Print Head , then press OK .
4. When you see this message, press OK to begin cleaning the print head.
The cleaning takes about 40 seconds, during which the message Cleaning print
head. Please wait . appears on the screen and PictureMate makes some noise.
Caution: Never turn off PictureMate while it is cleaning its print head, unless it
hasn’t moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
5. When cleaning is complete, you see a message asking if you want to print a nozzle
check pattern. If you want to check to see if the nozzles are clean, load a sheet of
photo paper (see Loading Paper), then press
OK to print the nozzle check.
If you don’t want to print a nozzle check, press Cancel to go back to the
PictureMate Main Menu.
6. Check the pattern to see if there are any gaps in the lines.
Each staggered line should be solid, with no gaps, as shown.