Epson 5500 Transporting the Printer, Related Documentation, separate, resealable plastic bags

EPSON Stylus Pro 5500

Caution:

To avoid damaging the printer, never turn it off while the

POperate light is flashing—unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than five minutes.

3.After the P Operate light stops flashing, print a few lines or run a printer check (as described on page 7) to confirm that the nozzles are clean.

If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions in your Printer Guide. You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight—this allows any dried ink to soften—and then try cleaning the print head again.

Transporting the Printer

If you need to ship your printer, you must prepare it for transportation and repack it in the original box. You must also remove the ink cartridges, to avoid the possibility of ink leakage. However, if you are moving the printer only a short distance, for example, from one table to another, you don’t need to remove the cartridges.

Be sure to keep the printer level whenever you move it.

1.Turn on the printer.

2.Remove any paper in the printer and in the paper trays. Press the Eject/Continue button to eject any paper that has been fed into the printer.

3.If you’re shipping the printer or moving it a long distance, remove all four of the ink cartridges and store them in separate, resealable plastic bags. Close the ink cartridge clamps and compartment covers.

Caution:

You must remove the ink cartridges before shipping the printer to prevent leakage. Remove the ink cartridges while the printer is turned on, and then turn off the printer using the Operate button. This will properly close and seal the ink supply valves.

Don’t turn off the printer by unplugging it or turning off a power strip. This will not properly lock the print head in the home position, causing ink to leak out and damage the printer.

4.Turn off the printer and make sure the print head is in the home (far right) position.

If it’s not, turn the printer back on, wait until the print head

stops moving and is in the home position, then turn off the printer. After you turn it off, the P Operate light may flash for a while. Do not unplug the power cord until the light goes off.

5.Unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet, then disconnect the interface cable from the printer.

6.Remove the standard paper tray. If the optional lower paper cassette is installed, remove the lower tray too.

Warning:

The printer weighs approximately 50 lb. Do not try to lift or carry the printer alone.

7.If the optional lower paper cassette is installed, unscrew it and lift the printer off of the cassette.

8.Insert the protective materials you removed when you unpacked the printer.

9.Repack the printer, paper tray, and any other parts in the original boxes.

Remember to keep the printer level during transport.

To set up the printer after transporting it, follow the instructions in Chapter 1 of the Printer Guide, except:

❏Turn off the printer before reinstalling the cartridges, if you removed them before transporting the printer. It is best to install new cartridges because your printer’s ink counter will be reset and able to report the remaining ink level accurately.

❏The first time you print after transporting the printer, the print head nozzles may be clogged. You may need to run a cleaning cycle, as described on page 12.

EPSON Stylus Pro 5500	Printer Guide	CPD-11338
EPSON Stylus Pro 5500 CD-ROM		CPD-12055
EPSON Stylus Pro 5500	Service Manual	TM-SPro5500
EPSON Stylus Pro 5500	Parts Price List	PL-SPro5500