Installing An Ink Cartridge For The First Time; Testing The Printer - Epson Stylus Color 900N User Manual

EPSON Stylus COLOR 900N
Installing an Ink Cartridge for the First
Time
1. Plug the power cord into a grounded outlet.
Don't use an outlet controlled by a wall switch or timer,
or one that uses the same circuit as a large appliance.
This may disrupt the power, which can erase the
printer's memory or damage its power supply.
2. Remove the ink cartridges from their foil packages. Then
pull off only the yellow part of the tape seal on the top of
each cartridge. It is okay if a bit of the yellow tape remains
on the cartridge. Don't pull off the blue part.
You must remove the yellow tape seal from the top of
the cartridge or you will permanently damage it. Don't
remove the clear seal from the bottom.
Remove the yellow tape
black cartridge
If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with
soap and water. If ink gets in your eyes, flush them
immediately with water.
3. Lower the output tray and open the printer cover.
4. Press the P power button to turn on the printer. The
P power light flashes, the B black and A color ink out
lights come on, and the black ink cartridge holder moves
slightly left to the installation position.
Always use the P power button to turn the printer on or
off. Never use an external switch, such as on a power
strip.
5. Lift up the black ink cartridge clamp.
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6. Place the black ink cartridge in its holder with the label
facing up and toward the back of the printer. Then press
down the clamp until it locks into place.
7. Press the R cleaning button to move the color ink cartridge
holder into the installation position.
If the print head doesn't move to the color ink cartridge
installation position, hold down the cleaning button for
three seconds until the print head moves to the color ink
cartridge installation position.
8. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to install the color ink cartridge.
9. Press the R cleaning button to begin charging the ink
delivery system and then close the printer cover.
Charging takes about two minutes. The P power light flashes,
and the printer makes various sounds until it is finished.
Don't turn off the printer or interrupt the charging process or
it will start over and you'll use more ink than necessary.
Charging is complete when the P power light stops flashing
and is stays on.
Never turn off the printer when the P power light is
flashing, unless the printer hasn't moved or made any
noise for more than five minutes.

Testing the Printer

You can run a printer check to determine whether the
problem comes from the printer itself or some other source.
Follow these steps to run the printer check:
1. Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off.
2. Disconnect the interface cable from the printer.
3. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.
Load paper that's at least 8.27 inches (210 mm) wide.
This prevents ink from spraying inside the printer and
smudging your printouts.
4. Hold down the E load/eject button, then press and release
the Ppower button. Continue holding down the E load/
eject button until the Ppower light starts to flash, then
release it.