Cleaning The Print Head; Using The Head Cleaning Utility - Epson Stylus Color 900N User Manual

EPSON Stylus COLOR 900N
3. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, then
open the printer cover.
4. Press the E load/eject button and hold it down for three
seconds until the print head moves to the left to the black
ink cartridge replacement position and the Ppower light
begins flashing.
5. If you need to replace only the color ink cartridge, press the
E load/eject button again until the print head moves to the
color ink cartridge replacement position.
If the print head moves to the home position instead of the
color ink cartridge replacement position, try holding down
E
the load/eject button for three seconds until the print
head moves to the black ink cartridge replacement
position; then press the
second to move the print head to the color ink cartridge
replacement position.
To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print head
by hand. Don't open the clamp or remove a cartridge
except to replace it with a new one. Once you remove a
cartridge, you can't reuse it, even if it contains ink.
6. Pull up the ink cartridge clamp. The cartridge rises up from
its holder.
7. Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it
carefully.
If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with
soap and water. If ink gets into your eyes, flush them
immediately with water.
8. Lower the new ink cartridge into its holder with the label
facing up and toward the back of the printer.
9. Press down the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in place.
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load/eject button for half a
10. Press the E load/eject button. The print head moves to the
color ink cartridge replacement position. If you need to
replace the color ink cartridge, repeat steps 6 through 9.
Then continue with step 11.
11. Press the E load/eject button again and close the printer
cover.
The printer moves the print head and begins charging the
ink delivery system. The P power light flashes and the
printer makes various sounds.
Charging takes about one minute. When it's finished, the
P power 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 in your printer software
(when the printer is connected to a local port, not over a
network)
Using the printer's control panel buttons
Always wait until your document has finished printing before
cleaning the print head.
Don't use any cleaning sheets included with special
media; they may jam inside the printer.

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

Follow these steps to run the Head Cleaning utility:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and
both the B black and A color ink out lights are off.
2. Access the printer settings dialog box.
3. Click the tab (Windows) or the
Utility
(Macintosh).
4. On the Utility menu, click the
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print
head. Cleaning takes a little over a minute, during which
the printer makes some noise and the P power light flashes.
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Utility icon
icon.
Head Cleaning