Epson Stylus Pro 9890/9908/7890/7908
Adjusting the Print Head
You may need to adjust the print head if white lines appear in your printed data or if you notice the print
quality has declined. You can perform the following printer maintenance functions for maintaining the
print head in consistently good condition to ensure the best print quality.
Manual cleaning function
You can perform cleaning manually according to the print quality.
Functions
Printer driver
✓
Nozzle
check
✓
Head
cleaning
Power
—
cleaning
Auto cleaning function (Auto maintenance function)
Function
AUTO NOZZLE CHECK
Capping
Print head alignment function
Functions
Printer driver
✓
Print head
alignment
User's Guide
Maintenance
Printer
Explanation
✓
Checks the print head nozzles for clogging by printing a
nozzle check pattern.
✓
Cleans the print head to improve the print quality. You
can select the print head to be cleaned.
✓
Cleans the print head more effectively than normal head
cleaning.
Power cleaning process consumes more ink than head
cleaning. When you perform power cleaning, make sure
that enough ink is remaining. Otherwise, prepare a new
ink cartridge.
Explanation
The printer performs a nozzle check and if there are missing dots, it
performs cleaning automatically.
Put a cap on the print head to keep it from drying.
Printer
Explanation
✓
Aligns the print head when misaligned lines appear on
the printed data.
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