Maintaining Your Printer
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Using the Head Cleaning utility
Follow the steps below to clean the print head using the Head Cleaning utility.
1. Make sure the printer is turned on.
2. Make sure that no lights are indicating errors.
3. Make sure that letter/A4 size paper is loaded in the front paper cassette.
4. Right-click the printer icon on the taskbar, then select
Head Cleaning
.
If the printer icon does not appear, refer to the following section to add the icon.
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See “From the shortcut icon on the taskbar” on page 14.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions.
The
P
Power light flashes while the printer performs the cleaning cycle.
c
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the
P
Power
light is flashing. Doing so may damage the printer.
Note:
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If print quality has not improved after repeating this procedure, turn off the printer and wait for at least
six hours. Then run the nozzle check again and repeat the head cleaning if necessary.
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If print quality remains a problem, contact Epson.
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See “Where To Get Help” on page 147.
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To maintain print quality, we recommend printing a few pages on a regular basis.
Using the control panel (B-508DN)
Follow the steps below to clean the print head using the control panel.
1. Make sure that letter/A4 size paper is loaded in the front paper cassette.
2. Make sure that
READY
appears on the LCD screen, and then press the
r
Right
button. Menu
appears on the LCD screen.
3. Press the
d
Down
or
u
Up
button to select
MAINTENANCE
, and then press the
OK
or
r
Right
button.
4. Press the
d
Down
or
u
Up
button to select
CLEANING
, and then press the
OK
or
r
Right
button.