Ink tank is
empty. Open the Top Cover and check the ink lamps.
If an ink lamp is flashing red slowly at about 3-
second intervals, ink is running low. If an ink lamp
is either flashing red fast at about 1-second
intervals or is not lit, the tank is empty.
Replace the ink tank, and close the Top Cover.
See Replacing an Ink Tank.
Note
For details on different flashing speeds, see
Getting the Ink Level Information.
Ink tank is
not installed
securely. /
Part of the
orange tape
is remaining.
Open the Top Cover and check the ink lamps.
If the ink lamp is not lit, press the mark on the
ink tank until it clicks into place. The ink lamp
lights up red when the ink tank is fully inserted.
Make sure all of the orange tape is peeled off the
ink tank and the air hole is completely exposed,
as illustrated in (A). If any orange parts are left as
in (B), remove all of the orange parts.
(A) Correct
L-shaped air hole
(B) Incorrect
Part of the orange tape is remaining. Peel off
the tape completely along the perforation.
Media Type
setting in the
printer driver
does not
match the
actual type
of paper.
Make sure that the Media Type set in the Main
sheet of the printer driver (Windows) or the
Quality & Media in the pop-up menu of the Print
dialog box (Macintosh) matches the type of the
loaded printing paper.
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