Resetting Initial Ink Charge Flag - Epson Stylus Pro 5000 Service Manual

Stylus Pro5000

5.1.1.1 Resetting Initial Ink Charge Flag

Initial ink charge is the absorbing operation with large quantity of ink, when
the users turn the printer on for the first time. This operation should be done
at the following conditions.
Table 5-3. Conditions for Resetting the Initial Ink Charge Flag
No. Conditions
1 Head Exchange
2 Head Clogging
Following shows procedures.
Step1. Connect the PC and printer by the printer cable and turn both
PC and printer on.
Step2. Type the following sentence on the DOS or DOS Prompt.
C:\mode Ipt1:_retry=p
Rev. A
Reason
Transit liquid is filled in the spare parts
head instead of real ink. This liquid should
be ejected correctly and the cartridge
should be filled with ink in order to have the
normal printing.
In order to prevent of wasting the ink
consumption, selecting Cleaning on the
exclusive program (service program) helps
to recover the printing. But, if the printing
quality does not improve even by
CL2(Strong) cleaning, this initial ink charge
becomes the effective means.
WARNING
Typing this sentence prevents PC from going to
Time Out Error, maintaining the scan mode until
the PC is able to recognize the printer ID correctly,
which comes back from the printer. If you ignore
this operation, the program may hang up on the
initial screen.
Step3. Type as it is following on the DOS Prompt for exclusive
program Stylus Pro5000.EXE attached with this manual.
A(In case of FD): \spro.5000.EXE
WARNING
When typing the sentence above, the program
hangs up on the initial screen, if the printer is not
turned on. In this case, start again from Step1.
Step4. Following screen appears.
S t a r t i n g S E R V I C E P R O G R A M
P r i n t e r m o d e l n a m e i s S t y l u s P r o 5 0 0 0
E S C : R e t u r n U P / D O W N : S e l e c t E N T E R : D e t e r m i n e
Figure 5-1. Initial screen for Stylus Pro5000.EXE
Chapter5 Adjustment
I s t h i s o k ?
Y E S
N O
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