Epson 810, 820, 830 6.1 Overview, 6.1.1 Cleaning, 6.1.2 Service Maintenance, printer, Overview, Revision B, Maintenance, EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830

EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B

6.1 Overview

This section provides information to maintain the printer in its optimum condition.

6.1.1 Cleaning

This printer has no mechanical components which require regular cleaning except the Printhead. Therefore, when returning the printer to the user, check the following parts and perform appropriate cleaning if stain is noticeable.

„Never use chemical solvents, such as thinner, benzine, and

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acetone to clean the exterior parts of the printer like the Housing. These chemicals may deform or deteriorate the components of the

printer.„Be careful not to damage any components when you clean inside the printer.

„Do not scratch the coated surface of the PF roller. Use soft brush to wipe off any dusts. Use a soft cloth moistened with alcohol to remove the ink stain.

„Do not use cleaning sheet included in the media for normal usage. It may damage the coated surface of PF roller.

If the adhesive surface of the cleaning sheet is set to the LD roller shaft side and used to clean the LD roller surface, it is no problem.

†Exterior parts

Use a clean soft cloth moistened with water, and wipe off any dirt. If the exterior parts are stained by the ink, use a cloth moistened with neutral detergent to wipe it off.

†Inside the printer

Use a vacuum cleaner to remove any paper dust.

†LD Roller

When paper loading function does not operate because friction of the LD roller is lowered by any paper dust, set the adhesive side up of the cleaning sheet (included in the media) to remove any paper dust. Repeat loading the cleaning sheet several times.

6.1.2 Service Maintenance

If any abnormal print (dot missing, white line, etc.) has occurred or the printer indicates the "Maintenance request error" (This error is displayed as "Maintenance call error" in the STM3), take the following actions to clear the error.

†Printhead cleaning

When dot missing or banding phenomenon has occurred, you need to perform the printhead cleaning operation*1 by using the printhead cleaning function. This function can be performed by the control panel operation, the printer driver utility and the Adjustment program.

In case that the cleaning sequence is performed by the control panel operation, confirm that the printer is in stand-by state (the Power LED is lighting), and hold down the Error reset button on the control panel for more than 3 seconds. Then, the printer starts the cleaning sequence (the Power LED blinks during this sequence).

In case that you select and perform the manual cleaning by the printer driver utility, the most appropriate cleaning mode is selected. The following is the process to perform the printhead cleaning from the printer driver utility.

As for the operation of the Adjustment program, refer to Chapter 5 Adjustment.

*1: The Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 has four modes for manual cleaning, and even during printing, the appropriate cleaning mode is automatically selected and performed according to various conditions. Therefore the ink consumption amount for manual cleaning varies depending on each mode (Refer to Chapter 2).

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