User manual EPSON STYLUS 300

[. . . ] Color Ink Jet Printer All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORP. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. [. . . ] If ink gets into your eyes, flush them immediately with water. 6. Next, remove only the yellow tape seal from the top of the cartridge as shown below. Caution: u You must remove the yellow tape seal from the cartridge. Installing the cartridge with the yellow tape still attached will permanently damage it. u Do not remove the whole tape seal (especially the white portion) from the top of the cartridge. Do not remove the tape seal from the bottom of the cartridge; otherwise, ink will leak. u (S020138) 5-4 Maintenance and Transportation 7. Lower the ink cartridge into the holder with the label face up and the arrow mark pointing to the rear. Do not push down on the ink cartridge. 5 8. Press the ink cartridge clamp down until it locks in place. Press the T cleaning button again to return the print head to the far right position. The printer charges the ink delivery system for about one minute. c Caution: The P power light continues to flash while the printer performs the ink charging operation. Never turn off the printer while the P power light is flashing; this can cause incomplete charging of printer ink. Note: Even if you do not press the T cleaning button, the printer moves the print head back to its home position about 60 seconds after you replace the ink cartridge. Close the printer cover. Maintenance and Transportation 5-5 Cleaning the Print Head If you find that printed images are unexpectedly faint or dots are missing, you may be able to solve these problems by cleaning the print head. This ensures that the nozzles are delivering ink properly. You can clean the print head from your computer with the Head Cleaning utility in the printer software, or from the printer itself by using the printer's control panel buttons. To avoid wasting ink, clean the print head only if print quality declines. u Use the Nozzle Check utility to confirm that the print head needs to be cleaned. See "Utility menu" in online help for more information. Do not start the Head Cleaning or Nozzle Check utility while printing is in progress; otherwise your printout may be marred. When the V ink out light is flashing or on, you cannot clean the print head. Replace the ink cartridge first. u u Using the Head Cleaning utility To use the Head Cleaning utility, see "Utility menu" in online help. Using the control panel buttons 1. Make sure that the P power light is on and the V ink out light is off. 5-6 Maintenance and Transportation Note: If the V ink out light is flashing or on, you cannot clean the head, and this operation will start the ink cartridge replacement procedure. If you do not want to replace an ink cartridge at this moment, press the T cleaning button to return the print head to its home position. Hold down the T cleaning button for three seconds. 5 The printer starts cleaning the print head and the P power light begins flashing. c Caution: This operation takes about one minute to complete. [. . . ] See also online help E Economy setting, 6-21. See also online help Edge guides, 1-2, 3-3­4 ENERGY STAR compliance, 1-4 Envelopes, loading, 4-2­3, 4-6 printable area, A-4 specification, A-3 EPSON special media, 1-5­6, 4-2­5. See also online help Error Diffusion, 6-21. See also online help Error indicators, 6-2 B Buttons cleaning, 1-3, 5-2­5 load/eject, 1-3, 6-3­4, 6-22­23 C Cables. [. . . ]