Removing And Installing An Ink Cartridge; Printing In Black Ink With An Empty Color Cartridge; Using Special Media - Epson Stylus Color 3000 Manual

Removing and Installing an Ink
Cartridge
When an light flashes, the indicated cartridge is low
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on ink. This is a good time to make sure you have a new
cartridge. When the light stays on, the cartridge is empty and
you need to replace it.
If a color ink cartridge runs out of ink, you can continue
printing in black ink. See the following section for
instructions.
Caution:
For best results, don't replace an ink cartridge unless
its Ink Out light is flashing or on.
If you remove an ink cartridge and reinstall it, the
printer cannot correctly determine the level of ink and
the Ink Out light may not come on when the cartridge
runs out of ink.
To ensure good results, use genuine EPSON
cartridges and do not refill them. Other products may
cause damage to your printer not covered by EPSON's
warranty.
You should replace an ink cartridge only when its
light is flashing or on.
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing.
Caution:
Leave the empty cartridge installed in the printer until
you are ready to replace it.
Once you remove an ink cartridge, it becomes
unusable and cannot be reinstalled.
2. Open the ink cartridge compartment by pushing the top of
the ink compartment door. You see four slots for the ink
cartridges.
Warning:
If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with
soap and water. If ink gets into your eyes, flush them
immediately with water.
3. Carefully pull the used ink cartridge straight out of the
printer.
4. Make sure the replacement ink cartridge is the correct color;
then remove it from its packaging.
5. Insert the ink cartridge into the slot foil with the plug end
first and the arrow pointing toward the printer. Push the
cartridge all the way into its slot until it meets resistance.
The light turns off. If it remains on, pull the ink
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cartridge partly out of its slot and reinsert it.
Printing in Black Ink With an Empty
Color Cartridge
If a color ink cartridge runs out of ink and its
comes on, you can still continue printing with black ink. (If
the black ink cartridge runs out of ink, you cannot continue
printing.) However, you will need to resend any print job you
were printing when the color ink ran out. Follow these steps:
1. Turn off the printer.
2. Wait five seconds and then turn the printer back on again.
Don't remove the empty color ink cartridge.
Caution:
If you're printing on continuous label paper, don't press Load/Eject;
this feeds the paper backward and may cause labels to tear off
inside the printer.
3. If there is paper in the paper path, press the
button to eject it or to advance continuous paper to the
tear-off edge. Tear off any continuous sheets and press
Load/Eject
path.
4. Access the printer software in your application as described
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in the User's Guide. Change the Ink setting for your
document to
necessary. Then print the document.
To switch back to color printing, follow the steps in
"Removing and Installing an Ink Cartridge" to replace the
color ink cartridge. Then turn the printer off and on again to
reset color printing mode. Be sure to set the Ink setting to
in your printer software as described in the User's Guide.
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Using Special Media

Whether you print on plain paper or special media, you need
to load it according to the guidelines in the table below. You
must also be sure to select the correct Media Type setting in
your printer software and on the printer's control panel
(Windows 95 and Macintosh only) to match the media you
loaded.
The following table lists the available EPSON media, the
maximum number of sheets to load, and the Media Type
setting to choose.
For complete paper loading instructions for all the printer's
paper feeders, see the User's Guide.
Note:
If the corresponding Media Type option for your paper is not shown in
the Media Type list, change the Print Quality setting in the More
Settings dialog box, select Automatic as the Mode setting, or change
the predefined setting in the Custom Settings list on the Main menu.
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again to park the continuous paper out of the
and change any other settings as
Black
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light
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Load/Eject
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