EPSON Stylus Pro GS6000

User’s Guide

Maintenance and Move or Transportation

65

Nozzle check

This function checks the print head

*1

 nozzles

*2

 for 

clogging by printing a nozzle check pattern. 
Perform head cleaning if you find that the nozzle 
check pattern is unexpectedly faint or has missing 
dots in the nozzle check pattern. 

*1 Print head: The part that prints by spraying ink 
onto the paper.
*2 Nozzle: A minute hole for spraying ink. It is 
positioned where it cannot be seen from the 
outside.

A

Make sure that roll paper or A3 size or 
larger is loaded in the printer.

B

Press the 

 button to enter the Menu 

mode.

C

Press the 

/

 button to display 

TEST 

PRINT

, and then press the 

 button.

D

Press the 

/

 button to display 

NOZZLE 

CHECK

, and then press the 

 button.

E

Press the 

 button to start printing a 

nozzle check pattern.

F

Check the nozzle check pattern.

Good

There are no missing dots so the nozzles are 
not clogged.

Bad

There are missing dots so the nozzles are 
clogged. Perform head cleaning.

 See “Head cleaning” on page 66

Note:

You cannot perform a nozzle check when the Ink 
Check light is on.

Note:

❏

If blurs or lacking parts in printed paper do not 
disappear with one time of head cleaning, 
perform Cleaning (Medium) or Cleaning 
(Heavy) in the Maintenance menu.

❏

If blurs or lacking parts in printed paper do not 
disappear with several times of head cleaning, see 
the following section and take appropriate 
measures.

 “Printing-related troubleshooting” on page 

79