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Maintaining Your Printer
This chapter describes maintenance procedures to keep your printer working its best, and 
preparation steps for moving your printer. Follow the instructions here for: 
■ “Cleaning the Print Head” on page 88
■ “Replacing an Ink Cartridge” on page 89
■ “Aligning the Print Head” on page 93
■ “Cleaning the Printer” on page 94
■ “Transporting the Printer” on page 95
Note: You can also maintain your printer from the Maintenance tab on your driver 
(Windows) or from the EPSON Printer Utility (Macintosh). For details, read your 
on-screen Reference Guide (described on page 10).
The steps in this chapter must be performed with the printer 
set to Advanced mode. Press the mode button to choose 
Advanced. 
Press to choose 
Advanced
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