Basic manual

Maintaining Your Printer

This chapter describes maintenance procedures to keep your printer working at its

best, and preparation steps for moving your printer. Follow the instructions here for:

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Cleaning the Print Head below

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Replacing an Ink Cartridge on page 27

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Aligning the Print Head on page 32

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Cleaning the Printer on page 33

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Transporting the Printer on page 34

For more details, watch your EPSON Print Show movies or read your on-screen

Reference Guide. Click the

EPSON Printer Information Center

icon on your desktop.

Cleaning the Print Head

If your printouts are unexpectedly light, or dots or lines are missing from the image,

you may need to clean the print head. This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink

properly.

Print head cleaning uses ink, so clean it only if quality declines.

This section explains how to clean the print head using the Head Cleaning utility.

This is the recommended method when the printer is connected directly to your

computer (not over a network).

You can also clean the print head by holding down the

maintenance button on the

printer for three seconds (when the red

error light is off). See your EPSON Print

Show movies or on-screen Reference Guide for detailed instructions.