Installing The New Cartridge; Replacing An Outdated Ink Cartridge; Cleaning The Print Heads - Epson Stylus Color 850 Manual

Installing the New Cartridge

Once you have removed the empty cartridge, you're ready to
install the new one. Follow these steps:
1. Remove the new ink cartridge from its packaging.
2. Remove only the yellow part of the tape seal on top as
shown below. Don't pull off the white portion or try to
remove the clear seal underneath the cartridge.
Remove the yellow
tape seal, but
don't remove the
white portion
black cartridge
Caution:
You must remove the yellow tape from the top of the cartridge or
you will permanently damage it. It's okay if a small corner of the
yellow tape stays on the cartridge. Do not remove the clear seal
from the bottom of the cartridge; ink will leak out.
3. Lower the ink cartridge into its holder with the label facing
up and the arrow pointing to the back of the printer.
4. Press down the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in place.
5. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, follow the
steps under "Removing an Empty Ink Cartridge," and then
steps 1 through 4 under "Installing the New Cartridge."
6. Press the load/eject 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.)
color cartridge
The P power light flashes, and the printer makes various
sounds. Charging takes about three minutes. When it's
finished, you can print again.
Caution:
Never turn off the printer when the
unless the printer hasn't moved or made any noise for more than
10 minutes.

Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge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 color ink out light is flashing or on:
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1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing.
2. Lower the output tray and raise the printer cover. Then
locate the black and
Y
control panel under the printer's cover.
Caution:
To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print heads by hand.
3. Press both the black and
Y
hold them down for a few seconds until the black print head
moves to the left.
To replace the black ink cartridge, follow the instructions
beginning with step 4 on page 8.
To replace the color ink cartridge, press the
cleaning button and hold it down for a few seconds. After
the color ink cartridge moves to the left, follow the
instructions beginning with step 4 on page 8.

Cleaning the Print Heads

If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are
missing from the image, you may need to clean the print
heads. This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink
properly.
Cleaning the print heads uses ink, so clean them only if print
quality declines. You can clean the print heads in either of the
following ways:
With the Head Cleaning utility in your printer software
(when the printer is on a local port, not on a network)
Using the printer's control panel buttons
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P power light is flashing,
color cleaning buttons next to the
X
color cleaning buttons and
X
color
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