Epson R2400 - Stylus Photo Color Inkjet Printer, User Manual

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Maintaining Your Printer
81
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 82.)
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
.
Note: If the icon does not appear, click Start > Printer (and Faxes) , right-click on
EPSON Stylus Photo R2400 , and select Printing Preferences . Select the
Maintenance tab and click Head Cleaning .
Mac OS X : Open the
Applications
folder and select
EPSON Printer Utility
.
Select
SP R2400
, click
OK
, and select
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.