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8. Press down the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in place.
(The color clamp is a bit harder to close than the black
clamp.)
9. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 4
through 8 before continuing with step 10.
10. Press the orange ink cartridge replacement button and close
the printer cover. The printer moves the print head and
begins charging the ink delivery system.
The
Ppower light flashes, and the printer makes noise.
Charging takes about one minute. When it’s finished, the
Ppower light stops flashing and stays on.
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.
Cleaning the Print Head
If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are
missing from the image, you may need to clean the print head.
This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly.
Cleaning the print head uses ink, so clean it only if print
quality declines. You can clean the print head in either of the
following ways:
❏ using the Head Cleaning utility (when the printer is
connected to a local port, not over a network), as described
in the next section
❏ using the printer’s control panel buttons, as described to the
right
When you don’t turn on your printer for a long time, the
print quality can decline. It’s a good idea to turn on your
printer at least once a month to maintain good print
quality.
Using the Head Cleaning Utility
Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility
(recommended method):
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 instead.)
2. If you have an application running, access the printer
settings dialog box.
Or, with Windows, click
Start, point to Settings, then
select
Printers. Right-click your EPSON Stylus Photo 870
printer icon in the Printers window. Then select
Properties
(
Document Defaults in Windows NT).
3. Windows: Click the
Utility tab.
Macintosh: Click the Utility button.
4. Click the
Head Cleaning button.
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print
head. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds, 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.
6. When the
Ppower light stops flashing, run a nozzle check
to confirm the print head nozzles are clean.
Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click
Print
nozzle check pattern
. Then click Next. The nozzle check
pattern prints (see page 9 for details).
7. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, 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 the Printer Basics
book. 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 to Clean the Print
Head
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 instead.)
2. Press the
R cleaning button and hold it down for three
seconds. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds, during which the
printer makes some noise and the
Ppower light flashes.