Epson WORKFORCE WP-4530 - Manuel (Page 18)

18 Maintaining Your Product
Maintaining Your Product
Follow the instructions in this chapter to check and clean the print head nozzles, check ink
levels, and replace ink cartridges. If you need to align the print head, or replace the
maintenance box, see the online User’s Guide.
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 a few sheets of plain paper in the cassette.
2. Press F Setup .
3. Select Maintenance , then Nozzle Check .
4. Press one of the x Start buttons.
5. Examine the nozzle check pattern that prints to see if there are gaps in the lines.
6. If there are no gaps, the print head is clean. Select Finish Nozzle Check .
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select Head Cleaning . Then press OK to clean
the print head (see page 19).
Nozzles are clean Nozzles need cleaning