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Using Your Computer to Clean the Print Head
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red
ink light is
off. (If the red
ink light is flashing or on, you need to replace a cartridge.)
2.
Windows
: Right-click the
printer icon on your taskbar (in the lower right
corner of your screen). Select
Head Cleaning
.
Macintosh
: Open the
Applications
folder and select
EPSON Printer Utility3
.
Select
SP 1410 Series
in the printer list, click
OK
, and select
Head Cleaning
.
You see a screen like the following:
3. Click
Start
or
Next
.
The printer cleans the print head and the green
power light flashes. Cleaning
takes about two minutes.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while head cleaning is in progress. You may damage it.
4. When the green
power
light stops flashing, make sure paper is loaded in the
printer, click
Print Nozzle Check Pattern
and click
.