Printer head cleaning on Puppy Linux

[MatthewBrian]

I'm using Puppy 4.0, and I'm happy with CUPS which detected and my printer, Epson C45 finally works flawlessly. But I have a problem - the printer was not used for quite a long time (around 1 months), so the head are dirty (print results are unclear).

How to clean the print head on Puppy Linux?

[rcrsn51]

On many ink-jet printers, you can start a head cleaning by pressing (and holding) some combination of buttons when you power up.

[MatthewBrian]

Epson C45 doesn't have the keys to clean the head. My old HP does have it, and cleaning was so easy even if the PC is off.

I couldn't find it on CUPS administration page - is there any other solutions?

[rcrsn51]

You may have a program installed called "escputil" that does maintenance on Epson printers. Type:

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escputil -h

for instructions on how to do a print head cleaning.

[MatthewBrian]

Thank you!
It's a great solution!

[rcrsn51]

Glad to help.

[MatthewBrian]

Is there any equivalent software like escputil for Canon printers?