EPSON Stylus Photo 820

Installing the First Ink Cartridges

1.Turn on the printer.2.Open the cover and lift the ink cartridge clamps.
7.Wait until ink charging is finished (the green P power light stops flashing).

Don’t turn off the printer or interrupt charging while the green P power light is flashing or you’ll use up more ink than necessary when you turn it back on.

If the ink cartridge holders don’t move into loading position as shown, press the eink cartridge replacement button to move them.

3.Unpack the ink cartridges that came with your printer and remove the yellow tabs.

black cartridge color cartridge

Install both ink cartridges or the printer won’t work.

Keep the cartridges out of the reach of children.

4.Tilt each cartridge toward you as you lower it. Make sure the tabs rest on the hooks.

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Printing on Special Media

Select the Media Type setting in the printer driver according to the guidelines in the table below.

 

Select this Media Type

For this paper . . .

setting . . .

 

 

Plain paper sheets or envelopes

Plain paper

EPSON Premium Bright White Paper

 

 

 

EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper

360 dpi Ink Jet Paper

EPSON Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper

 

 

 

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards

 

EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive

 

Sheets

 

 

 

EPSON Matte Paper - Heavyweight

Matte Paper - Heavyweight

EPSON Double-Sided Matte Paper

 

 

 

EPSON Photo Paper

Photo Paper

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper

 

EPSON Glossy Photo Greeting Cards

 

 

 

EPSON Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Premium Glossy Photo

EPSON Premium Semigloss Photo Paper

Paper

EPSON Premium Luster Photo Paper

 

 

 

EPSON Photo Stickers®

Photo Quality Glossy Film

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film

 

 

 

EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies

Ink Jet Transparencies

 

 

EPSON ColorLife Photo Paper

ColorLife Photo Paper*

 

 

*If your printer driver does not include this setting, check http://support.epson.com for a possible driver update.

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Don’t place the cartridge under the hooks; you may damage the clamp when you close it.

5. Lower the clamps so they snap shut.

6.Press the e ink cartridge replacement button and close the printer cover. The green P power light flashes and you hear the printer make noise.

Additional Media Loading Guidelines

Don’t use the cleaning sheets that may be included with your special media; they may damage the printer.

❏Always load paper short edge first, even when printing landscape-oriented pictures.

❏Always handle sheets by the edges, and don’t touch the printable surface.

❏Be sure to load the printable (whiter) side of the media face up in the sheet feeder.

❏You can load paper up to the tab on the right edge guide.

❏In addition to the Media Type setting, remember to select the correct Paper Size for your media in the printer software.

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