Epson 800 Series 52

Chapter 3

Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Replacing the Ink Cartridge ................................................................	3-2
Cleaning the Print Head ......................................................................	3-3
Cleaning the Printer .............................................................................	3-4
Transporting the Printer ......................................................................	3-4
Troubleshooting ...................................................................................	3-5
Power ‘supply ...............................................................................	3-5
Printing .........................................................................................	3-6
Paper handling ............................................................................	3-10

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Contents

G U I D E Page Tips for Printing on Single Sheets Note: Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Printer Chapter 2 Using Other Printer Functions Other Chapter 3 Maintenance and Troubleshooting Appendix Glossary Index Page Features Energy Star Compliant Where to Get Help for United States Users CompuServe® On-lineSupport For United Kingdom Users Epson product guarantee Use of options Safety information Important SafetyInstructions Page Page Setting Up Your Printer About Your Ink Jet Printer A few precautions Choosing the right paper Unpacking the Printer Attaching the paper support Choosing a Place for the Printer Plugging in the Printer Installing the Ink Cartridge Page Page Page Page Testing the Printer Loading paper in the paper feeder Running the self test Connecting the Printer to Your Computer Page Setting Up Your Software Programs Tips for Using the Paper Feeder Chapter Using Other Printer Functions Loading Paper Manually Paper sizes Printing on single sheets Page Printing on envelopes Page Operating the Control Panel Indicatorlights Buttons Controlling the Page with Micro Feed Adjusting the loading position Adjusting the print position Selecting Character Fonts Scalable Fonts Condensed printing Using the Default-SettingsMode Default settings descriptions Character table Auto print direction Network interface mode Mixed text/graphics mode Changing the default settings Page Page Page Page Replacing the Ink Cartridge Cleaning the Print Head Cleaning the Printer Transporting the Printer Troubleshooting Power supply The printer does not work or control panel lights are off The lights come on briefly but then go off and stay off All lights on the control panel are on but nothing prints Printing stops and the printer beeps five times The Ink Out light flashes Printing stops and the Pause light is on The Pause light is off but nothing prints Printed output is not as expected The printer sounds like it is printing, but nothing prints Dots are missing in printed characters or graphics The printed image is light or faint The printed image is blurred the The typestyles or characters set with your software do not print The font selected on the control panel does not print The wrong characters are printed Printing starts too high or too low on the page the Paper handling The ejected paper is wrinkled The paper does not fully eject Paper is loaded crookedly from the manual feed slot The paper is jammed inside the printer Page Appendix Technical Specifications Printer specifications Printing Paper Page Mechanical Environmental Safety approvals Interface specifications Specifications and pin assignments Page Page Page Initialization Default settings Command Summary Sending printer commands Using the command summary General operation Paper feeding Page format motion Font selection Page Font enhancement Spacing Character handling Page Bit image Graphics PC437 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Glossary control code cpi default dot matrix double-heightprinting font hex dump initia/ization ink jet intertcrce pfoportionui printing RAM reset ROM se/f test Index Page Page Page For United States Users For Cunudicrn Users