EPSON Stylus Pro GS6000 User’s Guide

Maintenance and Move or Transportation

C Draining the ink cleaner

The message instructs you to remove the cleaning cartridges and empty the drain tank.

After draining the ink cleaner, turn off the printer.

It takes about 33 minutes to complete the head washing.

cCaution:

If an error occurs and the printer stops during head washing process, you need to perform head washing again using the new cleaning cartridges. Beware of the following situation:

❏DRAIN TANK FULL error occurs because you have not followed the message to empty the drain tank.

❏COVER OPEN error occurs because you have opened any one of covers when not instructed.

Follow the messages on the LCD panel for ink charging after head washing is complete.

Automatic maintenance function

This printer has a self-cleaning function and capping function for maintaining the print head in consistently good condition to ensure the best print quality.

Regular cleaning function

Regular cleaning is a function for cleaning the print head automatically at regular interval. You can set the interval of cleaning using the control panel. When more than the set time has passed since the previous print job, the print head is cleaned automatically to prevent it from clogging.

See “PRINTER SETUP” on page 19

Self-cleaning function

Self-cleaning is a function for cleaning the print head automatically to prevent the nozzles getting clogged. It is performed when you turn the printer on (during warming up). A minute quantity of ink is drawn from each ink cartridge to prevent the nozzle drying out.

Even if you press the button during self-cleaning, the power is not turned off until cleaning finishes. Do not pull out the power plug of the printer during cleaning.

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