EPSON Stylus Photo 870
Orange ink cartridge replacement button
2. Lift up the two ink cartridge clamps.Don’t place the cartridges under the holder clamp; you may damage the clamp when you close it.
5.Close the ink cartridge clamps. (The color clamp is a bit harder to close.)6.Press the orange ink cartridge replacement button (shown in step 1) and close the printer cover.
Ink charging takes about two minutes, with the Ppower light flashing and the printer making noise until it’s finished. Don’t turn off the printer or interrupt charging or it will start over, using more ink than necessary. It’s finished when the Ppower light stops flashing.
Testing the Printer
3.Unwrap the ink cartridges, then remove only the yellow part of the tape seal on top. Don’t pull off the blue part.
Black ink | Color ink | Don’t touch the |
cartridge | cartridge | green chips |
4.Tilt each cartridge forward slightly as you lower it into its holder. Hang the tabs at the back of the cartridge on the hooks on the holder clamps.
You can run a printer check to determine whether a problem comes from the printer itself or some other source. Follow these steps to run the printer check:
1.Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off.2.Disconnect the interface cable from the printer.3.Make sure4.Hold down the E load/eject button, then press and release the Ppower button. Continue holding down the
E load/eject button until the Ppower light starts to flash, then release it.The printer prints one page showing its ROM version number, ink counter, and a nozzle check pattern. Only the nozzle check pattern is shown below. (If the pattern has gaps in its dots, you need to clean the print head; see page 8.)
tabs
hooks
5.To end the check, turn off the printer after it prints the check page. Then reconnect the interface cable and turn on your printer and computer.
If the check page prints, the problem probably lies in your software settings, the interface cable, or your computer.
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