Replacing An Outdated Ink Cartridge; Using Special Media - Epson Stylus Color 600 Manual

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. Lower the ink cartridge into its holder with the label facing
up and the arrow pointing to the back of the printer. The
larger cartridge (color) goes on the right, the black ink
cartridge on the left.
4. Press down the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in place.
Caution:
Don't open the clamp or remove a cartridge except to
replace it with a new one. Once you remove a
cartridge, you can't reuse it, even if it contains ink.
5. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, remove it as
described in "Removing an Empty Ink Cartridge" on
page 14. Then follow steps 1 through 4 in this section.
6. Press the cleaning button and close the printer cover.
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The printer moves the print heads and begins charging the
ink delivery system. (Even if you don't press the button, ink
charging begins 60 seconds after you close the clamp.)
The power light flashes and the printer makes various
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sounds. Charging takes about two minutes. When it's
finished, you can print again.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer while the
flashing.

Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge

If an ink cartridge is more than six months old, you may need
to replace it. How can you tell? You may notice that your
printouts don't look as good as they used to. If print quality
doesn't improve after cleaning and aligning the print heads,
you can replace one or both cartridges.
Follow these steps to replace an ink cartridge before the
black or
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing.
2. Lower the output tray and raise the printer cover.
3. Press the
4. Pull up the ink cartridge clamp. The cartridge rises up from
5. Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it
6. Follow the steps in the previous section, "Installing the New

Using Special Media

When you print on special media, you need to be careful
about choosing the correct Media Type and Paper Size
settings in your printer software. Use the table on the next
page to help you match the media type you loaded in the
printer with the Media Type setting in the printer driver.
The type of paper or other media you use is one of the most
important factors in determining the quality of your printed
output. For example, you can achieve the highest resolution
(SuperFine quality at 1440 dpi) only when you use EPSON
Photo Quality media. The following tips will help you get the
best results on any type of paper or other media.
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power light is
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A color ink out light is flashing or on:
load/eject button and hold it down for a few
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seconds until the print heads move to the left.
Caution:
To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print
heads by hand.
its holder.
carefully.
Cartridge," to install the new ink cartridge.
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