Epson WorkForce C362B - Maintaining Your Workforce 310 Series; Checking the Print Head Nozzles

42 Maintaining Your WorkForce 310 Series
Maintaining Your WorkForce
310 Series
Follow the instructions in this chapter for checking and cleaning the print head
nozzles and replacing ink cartridges. To align the print head, if necessary, see your
on-screen Epson Information Center.
Checking the Print Head Nozzles
If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print
head may be clogged or ink may be running low in one or more of the ink
cartridges. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles.
1. Load letter-size plain paper in the sheet feeder.
2. Press the r
Copy button, then press x Menu .
3. Press u or d to select
Maintenance , then press OK .
4. Press u or d to select
Nozzle Check , then press
the x
Color button.
5. Check the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
Note:
If Auto Answer is turned on, press OK to continue.
6. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean and you can continue printing.
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, clean the print head. See page 43 for
details.
Nozzles are clean Nozzles need cleaning
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