1.Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red H ink light is off. (If the H ink light is flashing or on, you need to replace a cartridge; see page 51 for details.)
2.Do one of the following:
■Windows: 
icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of your screen). Select Head Cleaning.
■Macintosh OS X: Open the Applications folder and select EPSON Printer Utility. Select SP R200 Series in the printer list, click OK, then select Head Cleaning.
■Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x: Select Page Setup or Print from the File menu. Click the 
utility icon, then click 
Head Cleaning.
3.Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head.
Cleaning takes about 45 seconds. The printer makes noise and the green
Ppower light flashes.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the green P power light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise for more than 5 minutes.
4.When the green P power light stops flashing, make sure paper is loaded in the printer, then do one of the following:
■Windows: Click Print nozzle check pattern, then click Print.
■Macintosh: Click Confirmation, then click Next.
The nozzle check pattern prints.
5.If the nozzle check pattern has no white lines or gaps (as shown below), click Finish.
50Maintaining Your Printer