User manual EPSON STYLUS COLOR 760

[. . . ] EPSON Stylus COLOR 760 EPSON Stylus COLOR 860 ® ® Printer Basics Printed on recycled paper with at least 10% post-consumer content. Copyright Notice 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 CORPORATION. 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 your printer is connected directly to the computer, go to step 4 to run a nozzle check. If you're printing over a network, open an application and print a short document containing black and color data. If you have an application running, access the printer settings dialog box as described on page 15 (Windows) or page 20 (Macintosh). 39 Or, with Windows, click Start, point to Settings, then select Printers. Right-click your EPSON Stylus COLOR printer icon in the Printers window. Then select Properties (Document Defaults in Windows NT). Macintosh: Click the Utility button. 6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer, click the Nozzle Check button, and click Next. The nozzle check pattern prints (see the next section for details). If the nozzle check pattern has no gaps in its dots, click Finish. If the pattern is missing dots, click Clean to clean the print head again. If you don't see any improvement after cleaning three or four times, check the solutions beginning on page 55. You can also turn the printer off and wait overnight--this allows any dried ink to soften--and then try cleaning the print head again. Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Examine the nozzle check pattern you print. It should look something like this: Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete, with no gaps in the dot pattern. If your printout looks okay, you're done. If any dots are missing, as shown below, clean the print head again; see page 37 for instructions. missing dots missing dots missing dots 40 Replacing an Ink Cartridge When the B black or A color ink out light flashes, the indicated cartridge is low on ink. This is a good time to make sure you have a new cartridge. When the light stays on, the cartridge is empty and you need to replace it. You cannot print if either ink cartridge is empty. Leave the empty cartridge installed in the printer until you have obtained a replacement. Otherwise the ink remaining in the print head nozzles may dry out. Use these EPSON ink cartridges within six months of installing them and before the expiration date on the package: s s Black ink cartridge: Color ink cartridge: S020189 S020191 To ensure good results, use genuine EPSON ink cartridges and do not refill them. Other products may cause damage to your printer not covered by EPSON's warranty. When you need new ink cartridges, contact your dealer or call EPSON Accessories at (800) 873-7766 or visit our web site at www. epsonsupplies. com (U. S. In Canada, please call (800) 873-7766 for dealer referral. If you need to replace an ink cartridge before the lights flash (because the ink is too old, for example) follow the instructions in "Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge" on page 44. 41 Removing and Installing Ink Cartridges You can replace a cartridge when the B black or A color ink out light is either flashing or on. [. . . ] This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: s s s s Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. [. . . ]