Error Status; Ink Out; Paper Out; Paper Jam - Epson Stylus Color 600 Service Manual

EPSON Stylus Color 600

1.5 Error Status

When following status occur, the printer goes to the error status and stops taking data, setting the
/ERROR signal in the interface as "Low", and Busy signal as "High". At this time, the printer goes to non
printable status. Refer to section 1.4.2 for more details of LED Panel indicators during the various error
status.

1.5.1 Ink Out

When the printer runs out the most part of the ink of any one color, it warns ink-low and keeps printing.
When the printer runs out the whole ink of any one color, it stops printing and indicates ink-out error. User
is requested to install a new ink-cartridge in this state. An ink-cartridge once taken out should never be
used again. Re-installation of the cartridge not filled fully upsets the ink level detection and may cause a
serious problem in the print head as a result.


Never use the ink cartridge once taken out from the printer.
Following explains the reason of the above warning.


After the cartridge is once taken out, airs come in from the ink supply hole located at the top of
cartridge and becomes bubbles, and they are absorbed into the head during printing performance.
Therefore, the head will be unable to discharge the ink properly. Also, inevitable entering of bubbles
when installing a new ink cartridge can be absorbed to ink itself since the ink itself in the cartridge is
deaerated during the production process. However, this absorbing ability can last only about one hour
after the cartridge is installed.


Even after the bubble absorbing ability described above stops, there is no worry about entering
bubbles as long as the ink cartridge is being installed to the printer. However, if the ink cartridge which
does not have absorbing ability any more is once removed from the printer, new coming bubbles into
the cartridge will never disappear naturally. These bubbles may cause not only printing malfunction but
also thickening ink. This thickened ink goes into the head and clogs ink path in the head or nozzle and
may cause serious head damage.


As standard specification for EPSON Stylus Color 600, ink consumption counter is reset when the ink
cartridge is removed. If an ink cartridge is removed and re-installed unnecessarily the value on the ink
consumption monitor which the user can check will be wrong and printer may keep printing even
though the ink cartridge is installed empty. This may cause head damage.

1.5.2 Paper Out

When printer fails to load a sheet after power on operation including timer-cleaning is done and Load/Eject
button on the FF command or operation panel is pressed, it goes paper out error.

1.5.3 Paper Jam

When printer fails to eject a sheet even after feeding motion is completed or Load/Eject button on the FF
command or operation panel is pressed, it goes paper jam error.
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