Testing The Printer - Epson Stylus Color 880 User Manual

3. Lift up the two ink cartridge clamps.
4. Unwrap the ink cartridges, then remove only the yellow
part of the tape seal on the top.
black cartridge
5. Tilt each cartridge forward slightly as you lower it into its
holder. Hang the tabs at the back of the cartridge on the
hooks.
.
Don't place the cartridges under
the hooks; you may damage the
clamp when you close it.
6. Press down on the ink cartridge clamps until they lock in
place, but don't press down on the cartridges themseleves.
7. Press the A cleaning button and close the printer cover.
Ink charging takes about one and a half minutes, with the
P power light flashing and the printer making noise until it's
finished.
color cartridge
Don't turn off the printer or interrupt charging or it will start
over, using more ink than necessary. It's finished when the
P power light stops flashing.

Testing the Printer

You can run a printer check to determine whether a problem
comes from the printer itself or some other source. Follow
these steps to run the printer check:
1. Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off.
2. Disconnect the interface cable from the printer.
3. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.
4. Hold down the S load/eject button, then press and release
the Ppower button. Continue holding down the
S load/eject button until the Ppower light starts to flash,
then release it.
The printer prints one page showing its ROM version
number, ink counter, and a nozzle check pattern. Only the
nozzle check pattern is shown below. (If the pattern has
gaps in its dots, you need to clean the print head; see
page 9.)
5. To end the check, turn off the printer after it prints the
check page. Then reconnect the interface cable and turn on
your printer and computer.
If the check page prints, the problem probably lies in your
software settings, the interface cable, or your computer.
If the check page doesn't print, you may have a problem with
your printer.
Try the suggestions in "Problems and Solutions" in the Printer
Basics book.
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