Trim each tube length so that the tube will make a turn into the bottle without rising up. There must be 3 ¾ inch of tubing inside the bottle. When you cut the tube, cut on a 45 degree angle so the end of the tube is pointed. After you cut the tubes to length, use a black marker and make a mark on each tube 3 ¾ inch from the end of the tube. Insert the tubes through the larger hole in the center of the cap until the black mark is just inside the cap. Don’t cut the tubes too short.
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Be sure to get the right color tube into the right ink bottle – follow tube from cart to bottle to be sure.
Maiden Voyage
10.Okay, now everything is put together. Double check your cartridges, they may have become lose during the assembly steps above. Reseat them, make sure they are down all the way. Some black electrical tape to hold them down is not a bad idea. If they pop up slightly you will have red light problems.
Never Lift Your Cartridges Up
Push the cartridges to the far right until they stop. Plug the printer in, and turn on the power. Watch for anything unusual. You are ready to start printing.
11. Run 3 cleaning cycles. Print a couple of copies of purger6.tif, found on the diskette. The inks should begin to climb up the tubes. They will not all rise at the same rate. If you have banding or incomplete printing, run cleaning cycles in groups of 3. Always do a nozzle check before and after each cleaning. As soon as you have a good nozzle check, you are ready to start using the system. As you print, the inks will continue their climb until they reach the cartridge. Don’t worry if the inks seem to be moving slowly, they will all get to the cartridge eventually. If you have trouble getting a good nozzle check, let the system rest for a few hours or overnight, then try again in the morning.
Auto Reset Chips or F-16 Resetter
12.There is no way to turn off the Epson ink monitoring system. As you print, the monitoring system counts the input to the cartridge and will eventually report that the cartridge is empty. Actually the CFS keeps the ink level in the cartridge constant so it will never be empty. However, the monitoring system thinks it is using up ink and will show you a graphic of what it thinks is the ink level.