Maintaining Your Printer

Follow the steps in these sections to keep your Epson Stylus Photo 1400 in great shape and transport it, if necessary.

■“Checking the Print Head Nozzles” below

■“Cleaning the Print Head” on page 44

■“Replacing an Ink Cartridge” on page 46

■“Aligning the Print Head” on page 53

■“Cleaning the Printer” on page 54

■“Transporting the Printer” on page 55

Checking the Print Head Nozzles

You can run a nozzle check to see if the print head needs cleaning. Follow the instructions below.

Before you check the print head nozzles, make sure the CD/DVD tray is not inserted in the printer.

1.Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red H ink light is not on. (If the red H ink light is on, you need to replace a cartridge; see page 46 for details.)

2.Make sure letter-size plain paper is loaded in the printer.

3.Windows: Right-click the printer icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of your screen). Select Nozzle Check.

Macintosh: Open the Applications folder and select EPSON Printer Utility2. Select SP 1400 Series in the printer list, click OK, and select

Nozzle Check.

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