Replacing Ink Cartridges; Continue Printing Temporarily Without Replacing Ink Cartridges - Epson XP-4200 Series User Manual

Solving Problems
❏ Do not disassemble or remodel the ink cartridge, otherwise you may not be able to print normally.
❏ You cannot use the cartridges that came with the printer for the replacement.
Ink consumption
❏ To maintain optimum print head performance, some ink is consumed from all cartridges during maintenance
operations. Ink may also be consumed when you replace ink cartridge or turn the printer on.
❏ When printing in monochrome or grayscale, color inks instead of black ink may be used depending on the
paper type or print quality settings. This is because a mixture of color inks is used to create black.
❏ The ink in the ink cartridges supplied with your printer is partly used during initial setup. In order to produce
high quality printouts, the print head in your printer will be fully charged with ink. This one-off process
consumes a quantity of ink and therefore these cartridges may print fewer pages compared to subsequent ink
cartridges.
❏ Quoted yields may vary depending on the images that you are printing, the paper type that you are using, the
frequency of your prints and environmental conditions such as temperature.

Replacing Ink Cartridges

When a message is displayed prompting you to replace the ink cartridges, select How To and then view the
animations displayed on the control panel to learn how to replace the ink cartridges.
If you need to replace the ink cartridges before they are expended, select Maintenance > Ink Cartridge
Replacement on the home screen, and then follow the on-screen instructions. Select How To for details.
Caution:
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Be careful not to trap your hand or fingers when opening or closing the scanner unit. Otherwise you may be injured.
See the following related information before replacing ink cartridges.
Related Information
"Ink Cartridge Handling Precautions" on page 137
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"Ink Cartridge Codes" on page 154
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Continue Printing Temporarily without Replacing Ink Cartridges

Temporarily Printing with Black Ink
When color ink is expended and black ink still remains, you can use the following settings to continue printing for
a short time using only black ink.
❏ Type of paper: Plain paper, Letterhead, Envelope
❏ Color: Grayscale
❏ Borderless: Not selected
❏ EPSON Status Monitor 3: Enabled (When printing from the printer driver on Windows.)
Because this feature is only available for approximately five days, replace the expended ink cartridge as soon as
possible.
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