Epson M200 Owners Manual
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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. You cancheck forclogged nozzlesbeforeyouclean themsoyou don’t clean themunnecessarily. Note: Youcannot cleantheprint head ifthe inklevel hasreached thelower lineonthe inktank, andmay not beable toclean itwhen theinklevel inthe tank islow. You must refilltheinktank first. Print Head Nozzle Check Print Head Cleaning Ink Tube Flushing Parent topic:Adjusting PrintQuality Print Head Nozzle Check You canprint anozzle checkpattern tocheck forclogged nozzles. Checking theNozzles UsingtheProduct ControlPanel Checking theNozzles UsingaComputer Utility Parent topic:PrintHead Maintenance Checking theNozzles UsingtheProduct ControlPanel You cancheck theprint head nozzles usingthecontrol panelonyour product. 1. Load afew sheets ofplain paper inthe product. 2. Press the Ajustes button. 121
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 122
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 tube. Parent topic:PrintHead Nozzle Check Related concepts Print Head Cleaning Checking theNozzles UsingaComputer Utility You cancheck theprint head nozzles usingautility onyour Windows orMac computer. 1. Load afew sheets ofplain paper inthe product. 2. Doone ofthe following: • Windows: AccesstheWindows Desktopandright-click theproduct iconinthe Windows taskbar. • OS X10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9 :In the Apple menuorthe Dock, select System Preferences .Select Print &Fax ,Print &Scan ,or Printers &Scanners ,select yourproduct, andselect Options & Supplies .Select Utilityandselect OpenPrinter Utility. 123
• 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 124
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 125
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 Refilling Ink Cleaning thePrint Head Using theProduct ControlPanel You canclean theprint head using thecontrol panelonyour product. 1. Load afew sheets ofplain paper inthe product. 2. Press the Ajustes button. 3. Press theupordown arrow buttons toselect Maintenance andpress theOK button. You seethisscreen: 4. Press theupordown arrow buttons toselect HeadCleaning andpress the Iniciar buttontobegin the cleaning cycle. Caution: Neverturnoffthe product duringacleaning cycleoryou may damage it. The powerlightflashes throughout thecleaning cycleandstays ongreen whenthecleaning cycle is finished. Youseethisscreen: 126
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 following: • Windows: AccesstheWindows Desktopandright-click theproduct iconinthe Windows taskbar. • OS X10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9 :In the Apple menuorthe Dock, select System Preferences .Select Print &Fax ,Print &Scan ,or Printers &Scanners ,select yourproduct, andselect Options & Supplies .Select Utilityandselect OpenPrinter Utility. • OS X10.5 :In the Apple menuorthe Dock, select System Preferences .Select Print&Fax , select yourproduct, andselect OpenPrintQueue .Select Utility. 3. Select HeadCleaning . You seeawindow likethis: 127
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 128
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 129
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 theservice lifeofthe inkpads bycausing themtoreach theircapacity sooner. Whentheinkpads reach theend oftheir service life,theproduct stopsprinting andyoumust contact Epsonforsupport. Flushing theInkTube Using aComputer Utility Parent topic:PrintHead Maintenance Related topics Refilling Ink Flushing theInkTube Using aComputer Utility You canusethePower InkFlushing utilitytoflush theinktube. Before youbegin, makesurethere arenowarnings orerrors indicated bythe product controlpanel. 1. Make surethetransportation lockonthe inktank unitisset tothe unlocked (printing)position: . 2. Doone ofthe following: • Windows :Right-click theproduct iconinthe Windows taskbarandselect Printer Settings .Then click theMaintenance tab. • OS X10.6/10.7/10.8/10.9 :In the Apple menuorthe Dock, select System Preferences .Select Print &Fax ,Print &Scan ,or Printers &Scanners ,select yourproduct, andselect Options & Supplies .Select Utilityandselect OpenPrinter Utility. • OS X10.5 :In the Apple menuorthe Dock, select System Preferences .Select Print&Fax , select yourproduct, andselect OpenPrintQueue .Select Utility. 3. Click thePower InkFlushing button. You seeawindow likethis: 130