caution:

Never turn off the EPSON Stylus Scan while the Operate light is flashing, unless it hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than 5 minutes.

Cleaning the Print Head

If your printouts are light or have gaps in 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 using either:

■The Head Cleaning utility in your printer software (with the printer connected to a local port, not over a network)

■The EPSON Stylus Scan’s control panel buttons.

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

Follow these steps to use the Head Cleaning utility (recommended method):

1.Make sure the EPSON Stylus Scan is turned on but not printing. Also, make sure that there’s no ink out message on the LCD panel.

2.Start an application and open a document. Access the printer settings dialog box as described in “Basic Printing with Windows” on page 39 or “Basic Printing on a Macintosh” on page 42.

3.Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility icon (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.

4.Click the Head Cleaning icon.

5.Follow the on-screen instructions to clean the print head.

Cleaning takes a few minutes, during which the EPSON Stylus Scan makes some noise and the Operate light flashes. When the Operate light stops flashing, continue with the next step.

6.Make sure paper is loaded in the EPSON Stylus Scan and click Print nozzle check pattern (Windows) or

Confirmation (Macintosh). The nozzle check pattern prints. (See page 128 for details.)

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