User manual EPSON STYLUS PHOTO R320

[. . . ] Epson Stylus® Photo R320 Printer Basics Copyright Notice All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this Epson printer. Epson is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. [. . . ] For details, read your on-screen Reference Guide (described on page 9). The steps in this chapter must be performed with the printer in Advanced mode. If the printer is in Basic mode, press the Basic/Advanced button to choose Advanced. 49 Cleaning the Print Head If your printouts are unexpectedly light or faint, or dots or lines are missing from the image, you may need to clean the print head. This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly. Print head cleaning uses ink, so clean it only if quality declines. You can clean the print head either from the printer's control panel or using your printer software. To clean it using the printer software, the printer must be connected directly to your computer (not over a network); see your on-screen Reference Guide for details. Caution: When you don't turn on your printer for a long time, the print quality can decline, so turn it on at least once a month to maintain good print quality. Follow these steps to clean the print head from the printer's control panel: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the red b error light is off. If the red b error light is flashing or on, you may need to replace an ink cartridge; see page 51 for details. Press to highlight More Options, then press OK. or to highlight Head Cleaning, then press OK. 4. The printer makes noise and you see a progress bar on the LCD screen. Cleaning takes about 30 seconds. Caution: Do not turn off the printer or interrupt the cleaning process. 5. When cleaning is done, run a nozzle check to confirm the print head nozzles are clean. Make sure letter-size plain paper is loaded in the printer, then press Stop. Examine the nozzle check pattern you printed. Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps in the pattern, as shown below: If your printout looks okay, you're done. If there are any gaps (as shown below), press Stop to clean the print head again. 50 Maintaining Your Printer If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions beginning on page 64. You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight--this allows any dried ink to soften--and then try cleaning the print head again. Replacing an Ink Cartridge You can check the status of the ink cartridges by looking at the icons on the control panel. Press the to highlight More Options. Ink cartridge levels The level of ink shown on the icons indicates the approximate amount of ink remaining. If an ink cartridge is low, the red b error light flashes. This is a good time to make sure you have a new cartridge. If an ink cartridge is empty, the red b error light remains on and you see a message on the display telling you that the cartridge needs to be replaced. Caution: You cannot print if any ink cartridge is empty. Leave the empty cartridge installed in the printer until you have obtained a replacement, or the ink remaining in the print head nozzles may dry out. [. . . ] This warranty covers only normal use in the United States and Canada. This warranty does not cover any color change or fading of prints or reimbursement of materials or services required for reprinting. This warranty does not cover damage to the Epson product caused by parts or supplies not manufactured, distributed or certified by Epson. This warranty does not cover ribbons, ink cartridges or third party parts, components, or peripheral devices added to the Epson product after its shipment from Epson, e. g. , dealer or user-added boards or components. [. . . ]