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Adjusting Print Quality
If your print quality declines, you may need to run a utility to clean or align the print head.
If running these utilities does not solve the problem, you may need to run a Power Cleaning or clean the
paper or print head path.
Print Head Maintenance
Print Head Alignment
Cleaning the Paper Guide
Cleaning the Print Head Path
Cleaning the Paper Rollers
Checking the Number of Sheets Fed
Print Head Maintenance
If your printouts become too light, or you see dark or light bands across them, you may need to clean the
print head nozzles. Cleaning uses ink, so clean the nozzles only if print quality declines.
You can check for clogged nozzles before you clean them so you don’t clean them unnecessarily.
Note:
You cannot clean the print head if the ink level has reached the lower line on the ink tank, and may
not be able to clean it when the ink level in any of the tanks is low. You must refill the ink tank first.
If you still see white or dark lines or gaps in your printouts, even after cleaning the print head several
times, you can run a Power Cleaning.
Print Head Nozzle Check
Print Head Cleaning
Power Cleaning
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Related tasks
Print Head Nozzle Check
You can print a nozzle check pattern to check for clogged nozzles.
Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Control Panel
Checking the Nozzles Using a Computer Utility
Summary of Contents for ET-3850
Page 1: ...ET 3850 User s Guide ...
Page 2: ......
Page 12: ......
Page 17: ...17 Product Parts Inside 1 Document cover 2 Scanner glass 3 Control panel ...
Page 55: ...55 2 Pull out the paper cassette until it stops 3 Slide the edge guides outward ...
Page 137: ...137 You see an Epson Scan 2 window like this ...
Page 151: ...151 You see a screen like this 2 Click the Save Settings tab ...
Page 156: ...156 You see this window ...
Page 185: ...185 You see a window like this 5 Click Print ...