Epson 220-240 V Manual De Usuario

EPSON Stylus Photo EX

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EPSON Stylus Photo EX

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If an ink cartridge is more than six months old, you may need 
to replace it. How can you tell? You may notice that your 
printouts don’t look as good as they used to. If print quality 
doesn’t improve after cleaning and aligning the print head, 
you may need to replace one or both cartridges.

Follow these steps to replace an ink cartridge before the 

 

B black or 

 

A color ink out light is flashing or on:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing.

2. Lower the output tray and raise the printer cover. 

3. Press the 

 

E load/eject button and hold it down for a few 

seconds until the print head moves to the left. (The printer 
automatically moves the print head back to the home 
position after 60 seconds if you don’t continue with step 4.)

Caution:
To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print head 
by hand.

4. Pull up the ink cartridge clamp. The cartridge rises up from 

its holder. 

5. Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it 

carefully. 

6. Follow the steps in the previous section, “Installing the New 

Cartridge,” to install the new ink cartridge.

If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are 
missing from 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 use either of the following to clean 
the print head:

❏ The Head Cleaning utility (recommended) in your printer 

software (if the printer is on a local port rather than a 
network)

❏ The printer’s control panel buttons. 

Follow these steps to run the utility:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the 

 

B black and 

 

A color ink out lights are off.

2. Access the printer settings dialog box.

3. Click the 

Utility

 tab (Windows) or the 

Utility

 button 

(Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.

4. Click the 

Head Cleaning

 button.

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

head. Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the 
printer makes some noise and the 

 

P power light flashes. 

Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the 

 

P

power light is 

flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any 
noise for more than 5 minutes.

When the 

 

Ppower light stops flashing, you need to run a 

nozzle check to confirm that the print head is clean and to 
reset the printer’s cleaning cycle.

6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click 

Print 

nozzle check pattern

 (Windows) or 

Confirmation

 

(Macintosh). Then click 

Next

. See “Examining the Nozzle 

Check Pattern” for further instructions.

If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above.

Follow these steps to clean the print head:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, and 

that the 

 

B black and 

 

A color ink out lights are off.

2. Press the 

 

R cleaning button and hold it for three seconds. 

Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the printer 
makes some noise and the 

 

Ppower light flashes. 

Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the 

 

P

power light is 

flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any 
noise for more than 5 minutes.

After the cleaning cycle is complete and the 

 

Ppower light 

stops flashing, you need to run a nozzle check to confirm 
that the print head is clean and to reset the printer’s 
cleaning cycle.

3. Access the printer settings dialog box.

4. Click the 

Utility

 tab (Windows) or the 

Utility

 button 

(Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.

5. Click the 

Nozzle Check 

button

. 

Then click 

Next

. See the 

next section for instructions on examining the nozzle check 
pattern.

If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above.