36 Maintaining Your All-in-One
Maintaining Your All-in-One
Follow the steps here to check and clean the print head, and replace ink cartridges. 
To align the print head, if necessary, see the on-screen Epson Information Center.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, the print head nozzles may be 
clogged. Follow these steps to check the print head nozzles:
1. Load letter-size plain paper in the sheet feeder.
2. Press the 
Home button.
3. Press 
l or r to select Setup and press OK.
4. Press 
l or r to select Maintenance and press OK. 
You see this screen: 
5. Select 
Nozzle Check and press OK.
6. Press 
x Start.
7. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if 
there are gaps in the lines.
8. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select 
Finish Nozzle Check and 
press 
OK. 
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select 
Head Cleaning and press OK. 
Then press 
x Start to clean the print head. 
Nozzles 
are clean
Nozzles need 
cleaning