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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer | 153
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Windows XP: Click Start and select Control Panel. Double-click
Printers and Faxes. Right-click your printer icon and select
Printing Preferences. Click the Utility tab.
• Mac OS X: Open the EPSON Printer Utility3 in your
Applications folder. Select your printer and click OK.
You see a menu like the following:
3. Select the
Nozzle Check icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
4. After the pattern is printed, use at least a 10
× eye loupe to examine it.
• If the pattern looks good, as shown below, the print head is clean.
• If any dots or segments are missing or deflected, as shown below,
run a cleaning cycle as described on page 155. Then print another
nozzle check pattern to make sure the nozzles are clean.
• If the nozzles are still clogged after three cleaning cycles, run a power
cleaning cycle as described on page 155.
Windows Mac OS X
Caution: Don’t run a
cleaning cycle while
thick media is loaded in
the printer.