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3.2 Error Indications and Fault Occurrence Causes

This chapter describes how the printer indicates an error status with LEDs, and why the error is caused, when a problem happened during each sequence/operation (power-on sequence, paper feeding, ink drawing, and so on).

Table 3-1. Error Indications and Fault Occurrence Causes

Error Name

 

LED Indications

Error Cause

Reference

 

Power

Paper

Ink

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fatal error (scanner)

High-speed

High-speed

 

High-speed

• RAM trouble occurs.

 

flashing

flashing

 

flashing

• System trouble occurs.

Table 3-2. (p30)

 

 

 

Fatal error (printer mechanism)

Flashing

Flashing

 

Flashing

Mechanical trouble occurs.(CR error, PF error etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance error (waste ink overflow)

Flashing

ON

 

ON

The waste ink counter exceeds to capacity.

Table 3-3. (p36)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper jam error

 

--

Flashing

 

OFF

Paper stays in the paper path after paper ejection.

Table 3-4. (p37)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper out error

 

--

ON

 

OFF

Failure to load paper to print.

Table 3-5. (p40)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double feed error

 

--

Flashing

 

OFF

Double feed during double sided printing.

Table 3-6. (p42)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The cartridge has run out of ink.

 

Ink out error / No ink cartridge error/

--

OFF

 

ON

• The printer could not detect the cartridge.

Table 3-7. (p43)

Ink cartridge detection error

 

• The printer detected non-Epson cartridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Writing to/reading from the CSIC could not be made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note : --:

No change

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing:

Repeats ON and OFF every 1.25 seconds.

 

 

High-speed flashing: Repeats ON and OFF every 0.5 second.

 

 

 

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