Epson R800 - Manual (Page 79)

Maintaining Your Printer
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Running the Head Cleaning Utility
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red H ink light is off.
(If the H ink light is flashing or on, you need to replace a cartridge; see page 80.)
2. Do one of the following:
Windows: Right-click the icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of
your screen). Select Head Cleaning .
Mac OS X: Open the Applications folder and select EPSON Printer Utility .
Select SP R800 in the printer list, click OK , and select Head Cleaning .
Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x: Choose File > Page Setup or Print . Click the utility
icon, then click Head Cleaning .
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head.
Cleaning takes about two minutes,
during which the printer makes noise
and the green P power light flashes.
4. When the green P power light stops flashing, make sure paper is loaded in the
printer. Click Print nozzle check pattern, then click Print (Windows) or click
Confirmation , then click Next (Macintosh). The nozzle check pattern prints.
5. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps or lines (as shown below), click Finish .
Caution: Never turn off the printer
while the green P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn’t
moved or made noise for more
than 5 minutes.