Replacing The Ink Cartridges - Epson Stylus 1500 Reference Manual

To clean the color print head:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and press the Pause
button.
2. Hold down the Alt button and press Load/Eject. The
cleaning cycle begins.
3. Press the Pause button to resume printing.
It can sometimes take up to three cleaning cycles to improve
print quality. To check the print quality, print a demonstration
page after running a cleaning cycle. If the print quality does not
improve after you clean the print heads three times, and you
are sure the cartridges are not low or out of ink (as described in
the next section), contact your dealer or authorized EPSON
servicer.

Replacing the Ink Cartridges

The printer's Ink Out O (black) and Ink Out NNN (color) lights
tell you when your ink cartridges are low on ink and when you
need to replace them. If one of these lights flashes, the
indicated cartridge is low on ink; if it remains on, you need to
replace the cartridge.
Caution:
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Do not replace an ink cartridge unless its Ink Out light tells
you to. If you replace a cartridge before its light flashes, the
sensor that tells you when ink is out will not work with the
new cartridge.
Leave the old cartridge installed in the printer until you are
ready to replace it with a new one. Attempting to print
without a cartridge installed can damage the printer.
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Maintenance