Ink Charge - Epson Stylus PHOTO 950 Service Manual

EPSON Stylus PHOTO 950

5.2.4 Ink Charge

This section describes how to perform ink charge. Perform this operation under the
following conditions:
1. For charging ink to the printhead. (After replacing printhead)
2. For recovering the clogged nozzle(s)
NOTE: The sequence that the ink charge function supports is same to initial ink
charge. But, since the initial ink charge flag does not operated, you need
not to turn off and turn on the printer for executing the initial ink charge.
1. Setup the adjustment program. (Refer to Section 5.2.1.)
2. Select "Maintenance" and then "Ink Charge". Main screen changes as below.
Figure 5-11. "Ink charge" Initial Screen
ADJUSTMENT
3. Press OK button. Then the initial ink charge operation will be performed.
(It will take about 90 seconds to complete it.)
1. You can see the current ink amount by referring the status
C H E C K
monitor visually. And if you can see and understand that the
P O I N T
current ink amount cannot keep for the ink charge, you should
replace to new ink cartridge(s) beforehand. Once you check
current the ink amount.
2. Please do not use at the same time of both adjustment program
and Epson printer driver. This will be source of the
communication error or freezing the adjustment program.
Therefore, if you refer the current ink amount using status
monitor, please once close the Epson printer driver, and then use
the adjustment program continuously.
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