Maintaining Your Printer 81
Running the Head Cleaning Utility
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 82.)
2. Do one of the following:
Windows: Right-click the   icon on your taskbar (in the lower right corner of 
your screen). Select Head Cleaning.
Note: If the icon does not appear, click Start > Printer (and Faxes), right-click on 
EPSON Stylus Photo R2400, and select Printing Preferences. Select the 
Maintenance tab and click Head Cleaning.
Mac OS X: Open the Applications folder and select EPSON Printer Utility. 
Select SP R2400, click OK, and select Head Cleaning.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head. 
Cleaning takes about two minutes, 
during which the printer makes noise 
and the green P power light flashes.
4. When the green P power
 light stops flashing, make sure paper is loaded in the 
printer. Click 
Print nozzle check pattern, then click Print (Windows) or click 
Confirmation, then click Next (Macintosh). The nozzle check pattern prints.
5. If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps or lines (as shown below), click 
Finish.
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.