EPSON Stylus Photo 700

4.Press the P power button to turn on the printer. The

P power light flashes, the B and A ink out lights come on, and the ink cartridge holders move left to the installation position.

Caution:

Always use the P power button to turn the printer on or off. Never use an external switch—such as a power strip—to turn off the printer.

5.Pull up the two ink cartridge clamps. (The illustration shows the color ink cartridge clamp.)

6.Remove the ink cartridges from their foil packages. Then remove only the yellow part of the tape seal on the top of each cartridge. Do not remove the white part.

Caution:

You must remove the yellow tape seal from the top of the cartridge or you will permanently damage it. It’s OK if the tape does not exactly tear off along the dotted line. Don’t remove the tape seal from the bottom.

don’t remove

don’t remove

remove

remove

The printer moves the print head and begins charging the ink delivery system. Charging can take up to two minutes. During this time, the P power light flashes, and the printer makes various sounds. Don’t turn off the printer or interrupt the charging process or you’ll use more ink than necessary. Charging is complete when the P power light stops flashing and is continually lit.

Caution:

Never turn off the printer when the P power light is flashing. But if the light is still flashing after five minutes and the printer isn’t moving or making noise, you may turn off the printer.

Testing the Printer

You can run a printer check to determine whether a problem comes from the printer itself or some other source.

❏If the results are satisfactory, the problem lies in software settings, the interface cable, or your computer.

❏If the printer check does not print correctly, there is a problem with your printer.

Follow these steps to check the printer:1.Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off.2.Disconnect the interface cable from the printer.3.Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.

4.Hold down the E load/eject button and press the P power button. Hold down the buttons until the P power light starts to flash. Then release both buttons.

The printer prints one page containing the printer’s ROM version, ink counter code, character table number, and a nozzle check pattern. Only the nozzle check pattern is shown below:

black ink cartridge

color ink cartridge

Warning:

If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with soap and water. If ink gets in your eyes, flush them immediately with water.

5.After it prints the page, turn off the printer. Remember to reconnect the interface cable, then turn on the printer and your computer.

7.Insert the ink cartridges into their holders. Be sure the labels are face up and the arrows point toward the back of the printer. The black ink cartridge goes on the left and the color ink cartridge goes on the right.

8.Push down the clamps until they lock in place.9.Press the R cleaning button and close the printer cover.

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