EPSON Stylus Photo 700
Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge
If an ink cartridge is more than six months old, you may need to replace it. How can you tell? You may notice that your printouts don’t look as good as they used to. If print quality doesn’t improve after cleaning and aligning the print head, you may need to replace one or both cartridges.
Follow these steps to replace an ink cartridge before the
Bblack or A color ink out light is flashing or on:
1.Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing.
2.Lower the output tray and raise the printer cover.
3.Press the E load/eject button and hold it down for a few seconds until the print head moves to the left. (The printer automatically moves the print head back to the home position after 60 seconds if you don’t continue with step 4.)
Caution:
To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print head by hand.
4.Pull up the ink cartridge clamp. The cartridge rises up from its holder.
5.Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it carefully.
6.Follow the steps in the previous section, “Installing the New Cartridge,” to install the new ink cartridge.
2.Access the printer settings dialog box.
3.Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
4.Click the Head Cleaning button.
5.Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head. Cleaning takes about two minutes, during which the printer makes some noise and the P power light flashes.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than 5 minutes.
When the P power light stops flashing, you need to run a nozzle check to confirm that the print head is clean and to reset the printer’s cleaning cycle.
6.Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print nozzle check pattern (Windows) or Confirmation
(Macintosh). Then click Next. See “Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern” for further instructions.
If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above.
Using the Control Panel
Follow these steps to clean the print head:
1.Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, and that the B black and A color ink out lights are off.
2. Press the R cleaning button and hold it for three seconds.
Cleaning the Print HeadCleaning takes about two minutes, during which the printer makes some noise and the P power light flashes.
If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are missing from the image, you may need to clean the print head. This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly.
Caution:
Don’t use the cleaning sheets that may be included with your special media; they may damage the printer.
Cleaning the print head uses ink, so clean it only if print quality declines. You can use either of the following to clean the print head:
❏The Head Cleaning utility (recommended) in your printer software (if the printer is on a local port rather than a network)
❏The printer’s control panel buttons.
Using the Head Cleaning Utility
Follow these steps to run the utility:
1.Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the B black and A color ink out lights are off.
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Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the Ppower light is flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than 5 minutes.
After the cleaning cycle is complete and the P power light stops flashing, you need to run a nozzle check to confirm that the print head is clean and to reset the printer’s cleaning cycle.
3.Access the printer settings dialog box as described in Chapter 1.
4.Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button (Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.
5.Click the Nozzle Check button. Then click Next. See the next section for instructions on examining the nozzle check pattern.
If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above.
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