Epson ET-2600 Users Guide - Page 86

Adjusting Print Quality, Print Head Maintenance, Print Head Nozzle Check

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Adjusting Print Quality If your print quality declines, you may need to run a utility to clean or align the print head. If running these utilities does not solve the problem, you may need to flush the ink tubes. Print Head Maintenance Power Ink Flushing Cleaning the Paper Path Checking the Number of Sheets Print Head Maintenance If your printouts become too light, or you see dark or light bands across them, you may need to clean the print head nozzles. Cleaning uses ink, so clean the nozzles only if print quality declines. You can check for clogged nozzles before you clean them so you don't clean them unnecessarily. Note: You may not be able to clean the print head when the ink level in any of the tanks is low. You may have to refill the ink tank first. Print Head Nozzle Check Print Head Cleaning Print Head Alignment Parent topic: Adjusting Print Quality Related tasks Refilling the Ink Tanks Print Head Nozzle Check You can print a nozzle check pattern to check for clogged nozzles. Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Buttons Checking the Nozzles Using a Computer Utility Parent topic: Print Head Maintenance Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Buttons You can check the print head nozzles using the buttons on your product. 1. Press the power button to turn the product off. 86

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Adjusting Print Quality
If your print quality declines, you may need to run a utility to clean or align the print head.
If running these utilities does not solve the problem, you may need to flush the ink tubes.
Print Head Maintenance
Power Ink Flushing
Cleaning the Paper Path
Checking the Number of Sheets
Print Head Maintenance
If your printouts become too light, or you see dark or light bands across them, you may need to clean the
print head nozzles. Cleaning uses ink, so clean the nozzles only if print quality declines.
You can check for clogged nozzles before you clean them so you don’t clean them unnecessarily.
Note:
You may not be able to clean the print head when the ink level in any of the tanks is low. You may
have to refill the ink tank first.
Print Head Nozzle Check
Print Head Cleaning
Print Head Alignment
Parent topic:
Adjusting Print Quality
Related tasks
Refilling the Ink Tanks
Print Head Nozzle Check
You can print a nozzle check pattern to check for clogged nozzles.
Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Buttons
Checking the Nozzles Using a Computer Utility
Parent topic:
Print Head Maintenance
Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Buttons
You can check the print head nozzles using the buttons on your product.
1.
Press the
power button to turn the product off.