Product Guide
Table Of Contents
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chap1-Connecting Your Printer and Installing Drivers
- Chap 2-Handling Paper
- Chap 3-Printing with EPSON Drivers for Macintosh
- Chap 4-Printing with EPSON Drivers for Windows
- Chap 5-Monitoring the Printer
- Chap 6-Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
- Running a Cleaning Cycle
- Aligning the Print Head
- Running the Print Head Alignment Utility
- Replacing Ink Cartridges
- Replacing the Paper Cutter Blade
- Running the Speed and Progress Utility for Improved Windows Printing
- Cleaning the Printer
- Transporting the Printer
- Replacing the Waste Ink System
- Diagnosing Problems
- Chap 7-Resolving Problems
- Chap 8-Specifications
- Appendix A-Configuring the Printer
- Index
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5 Monitoring the Printer
Checking Printer Status from the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Pausing and Resetting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Monitoring Normal Printer Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Checking Ink Levels and Component Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Printing a Status Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Responding to Messages and Light Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Checking Printer Status from a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Configuring Printer Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Checking Printer Status from Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
6 Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
Running a Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Running a Cleaning Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Running the Print Head Alignment Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Aligning the Print Head from the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Replacing the Paper Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Removing the Used Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Installing the New Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Running the Speed and Progress Utility
for Improved Windows Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Setting Up the Printer After Transporting It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Moving the Printer on the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Replacing the Waste Ink System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
7 Resolving Problems
Diagnosing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Using Hex Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Improving Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Solving Operational Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Solving Miscellaneous Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7