Epson M200 Owners Manual

Adjusting
PrintQuality
 If
your printquality declines, youmay need torun autility toclean oralign theprint head.
 If
running theseutilities doesnotsolve theproblem, youmay need toflush theinktube.
 Print
Head Maintenance
 Print
Head Alignment
 Cleaning
thePaper Path
 Checking
theNumber ofSheets
 Print
Head Maintenance
 If
your printouts becometoolight, oryou seedark orlight bands across them,youmay need toclean the
 print
head nozzles. Cleaning usesink,soclean thenozzles onlyifprint quality declines....

3.
Press theupordown arrow buttons toselect Maintenance andpress theOK button.
 You
seethisscreen:
 4.
Press theupordown arrow buttons toselect Nozzle Checkandpress the Iniciar button.
 After
thenozzle pattern prints,youseethisscreen:
 5.
Check theprinted pattern tosee ifthere aregaps inthe lines.
 Print
head isclean
 Print
head needs cleaning
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6.
Doone ofthe following:
 •
Ifthere arenogaps, presstheuparrow button toselect Finish .
 •
Ifthere aregaps orthe pattern isfaint, press thedown arrow button toselect HeadCleaning .
 7.
Follow theinstructions onthe screen toclean theprint head, check thenozzles, andrepeat the
 process
asnecessary.
 If
you don’t see anyimprovement aftercleaning theprint head upto4times, leavetheproduct turnedon
 and
wait atleast 6hours. Thentrycleaning theprint head again. Ifquality stilldoes notimprove, flushthe
 ink...

•
OS X10.5 :In the Apple menuorthe Dock, select System Preferences .Select Print&Fax ,
 select
yourproduct, andselect OpenPrintQueue .Select Utility.
 3.
Select Nozzle Check.
 You
seeawindow likethis:
 4.
Click Print.
 5.
Check theprinted pattern tosee ifthere aregaps inthe lines.
 Print
head isclean
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Print
head needs cleaning
 6.
Ifthere arenogaps, clickFinish .
 If
there aregaps orthe pattern isfaint, clean theprint head.
 Parent
topic:PrintHead Nozzle Check
 Related
concepts
 Print
Head Cleaning
 Ink
Tube Flushing
 Print
Head Nozzle Check
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Related
topics
 Refilling
Ink
 Print
Head Cleaning
 If
print quality hasdeclined andthenozzle checkpattern indicates cloggednozzles, youcanclean the
 print
head.
 Note:
Youcannot cleantheprint head ifthe inklevel hasreached thelower lineonthe inktank, andmay
 not
beable toclean itwhen theinklevel inthe tank islow. You must refilltheinktank first.
 Cleaning
thePrint Head Using theProduct ControlPanel
 Cleaning
thePrint Head Using aComputer Utility
 Parent
topic:PrintHead Maintenance
 Related
topics...

5.
Press thedown arrow torun anozzle checkandconfirm thattheprint head isclean.
 If
you don’t see anyimprovement aftercleaning theprint head upto4times, usethePower InkFlushing
 utility.

Parent
topic:PrintHead Cleaning
 Related
concepts
 Ink
Tube Flushing
 Print
Head Nozzle Check
 Related
topics
 Refilling
Ink
 Cleaning
thePrint Head Using aComputer Utility
 You
canclean theprint head using autility onyour Windows orMac computer.
 1.
Load afew sheets ofplain paper inthe product.
 2.
Doone ofthe...

4.
Click Start tobegin thecleaning cycle.
 The
powerlightflashes throughout thecleaning cycleandstays onwhen thecleaning cycleis
 finished.

Caution:
Neverturnoffthe product duringacleaning cycleoryou may damage it.
 5.
When thepower lightstops flashing andremains on,you cancheck tosee ifthe nozzles are
 clean;
clickPrint Nozzle CheckPattern andclick Print .
 6.
Check theprinted pattern tosee ifthere aregaps inthe lines.
 Print
head isclean
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Print
head needs cleaning
 •
Ifthere arenogaps, clickFinish .
 •
Ifthere aregaps orthe pattern isfaint, clickClean toclean theprint head again.
 If
quality stilldoes notimprove aftercleaning theprint head 3times, flushtheinktube.
 Parent
topic:PrintHead Cleaning
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Ink
Tube Flushing
 If
you stillsee white ordark lines inyour printouts, evenaftercleaning theprint head several times,you
 can
flush theinktube.
 Flushing
theinktube replaces allthe inkinside thetube, soflush theinkonly ifyou cannot improve print
 quality
bycleaning theprint head several times.
 Caution:
Flushingtheinktube consumes alot ofink. Before flushing theinktube, make surethere is
 enough
inkinthe inktank. Ifnecessary, refilltheinktank before flushing theinktube.
 Flushing
theinktube affects...