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7. If the nozzle check pattern is filled in completely, click Finish.
If the pattern is missing dots, click
Clean
to clean the print head again. If you
don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions
in “Solving Problems Getting Good Print Quality” on page 47. You can also turn
the printer off and wait overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and then
try cleaning the print head again.
Using the Control Panel
Follow these steps to clean the print head:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and both the
B black and
A color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out light is flashing, replace the ink
cartridge before continuing.)
2. Press the
R cleaning button and hold it down for three seconds. Cleaning takes
about a minute, during which the printer makes some noise and the
Ppower
light flashes.
Never turn off the printer while the
P
power light is flashing,
unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than
5 minutes.
3. After the
P power light stops flashing, print a page to test the print quality and
reset the cleaning cycle.
If your printer is connected directly to the computer, go to step 4 to run a nozzle
check.
If you’re printing over a network, open an application and print a small document
containing black and color data. Then go to step 8.
4. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box as
described on page 13.
Or click Start, point to Settings, then select Printers. Right-click the EPSON
Stylus COLOR 660
icon in the Printers windows. Then select Properties
(Document Defaults in Windows NT).
5. Click the Utility tab. You see the Utility menu.
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