Epson 5500 manual Maintaining and Transporting the Printer, Troubleshooting, Specifications, Index

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6 Maintaining and Transporting the Printer

Running a Cleaning Cycle	6-1
Using the Head Cleaning Utility	6-2
Cleaning the Print Head Using the Control Panel	6-3
Running a Printer Check	6-4
Replacing an Ink Cartridge	6-5
Aligning the Print Head	6-7
Running the Print Head Alignment Utility	6-7
Aligning the Print Head from the Control Panel	6-9
Running the Speed & Progress Utility for Improved
Windows Printing	6-11
Cleaning the Printer	6-12
Transporting the Printer	6-13

7 Troubleshooting

Diagnosing Problems	7-1
Improving Print Quality	7-1
Solving General Printing Problems	7-3
Solving Paper Problems	7-6
Uninstalling and Reinstalling the Printer Software	7-7

A Specifications

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Printable Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Safety Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Parallel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

USB Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

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