Checking The Printer's Lights; Replacing An Ink Cartridge; Checking The Ink Supply - Epson Stylus Photo R280 Manual

Checking the Printer's Lights

To diagnose problems, check the printer's lights:
Lights Explanation
Green power The printer is receiving a print job, replacing an ink
light flashes cartridge, charging ink, or cleaning the print head.
Red paper If you're printing on paper, your paper ran out. Load
out light is on more paper and press the
and green resume printing.
power light
If you're printing on a CD or DVD, the CD/DVD tray
flashes
is not inserted. Insert the tray, then press the
paper button.
Red paper If you're printing on paper, it is jammed in the
out light and printer. Press the
green power paper. If that doesn't work, turn off the printer, open
light flash the cover, and pull the paper out from the front,
including any torn pieces. Then turn on the printer,
reload paper, and press the
If you're printing on a CD or DVD, the CD/DVD tray
has not ejected. Pull out the tray and press the
paper button.
Red ink light One of the cartridges is nearly expended. Check the
flashes and message that appears on your screen to determine
green power which cartridge is nearly expended or follow the
light is on instructions in the next section to check the ink
supply. Make sure you have a replacement
cartridge.
Red ink light One of the cartridges is nearly expended or not
and green installed. Make sure you have a replacement
power light cartridge, then follow the instructions in the next
are on section to install it.
If you have just installed a new cartridge, it may be
incompatible with the printer or incorrectly installed.
Reinstall it or replace it with the correct cartridge, as
described in the next section.
Green power Paper may be blocking movement of the print head.
light is off; red Turn off the printer, then open the cover and
paper out remove any jammed paper or other foreign objects.
and ink Turn the printer back on again. If the lights are still
lights flash on, contact Epson.
Red paper The printer may have an internal error. Turn it off,
out and red wait a few seconds, and then turn it on again. If the
ink light flash lights are still flashing, contact Epson.
alternately and
green power
light is off
paper button to
paper button to eject the
paper button.
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Replacing an Ink Cartridge

❏ When the red
ink light flashes, one or more ink
cartridges are low on ink.
❏ When the red
ink light stays on, you need to replace the
cartridge(s).
You'll also see a message on your screen when you print telling
you which cartridge is low or expended.
When a cartridge is more than six months old, you may need
to replace it if printouts don't look their best. If the quality
doesn't improve after cleaning and aligning the print head,
you can replace the cartridge even if the red
Caution:
You cannot print when an ink cartridge is expended, even if other
cartridges are not expended. Leave the expended cartridge(s)
installed until you have obtained a replacement, or the ink
remaining in the print head nozzle may dry out.
A window may appear on your computer screen if you try to
print when ink is low. On a Windows computer that is
connected to the Internet, you may see a screen asking if you
want to receive ink offers and other updates from Epson.
Click or to continue.
Accept Decline
Note:
To disable checking for ink offers or updates from Epson, see the
instructions in your on-screen User's Guide.

Checking the Ink Supply

Note:
Epson cannot guarantee the quality or reliability of non-genuine ink.
If you install non-genuine ink cartridges, the ink cartridge status will
not be displayed.
If any of the ink cartridges installed in the printer is broken,
incompatible, or improperly installed, the ink cartridge status will
not be accurately displayed.
When you use your printer as a shared printer on a network, the
client operating systems may not be able to communicate directly
with the printer and some functions will not be available for the
client.
To check your ink supply, do one of the following:
❏ Windows: Double-click the
taskbar.
❏ Macintosh OS X: Open the
EPSON Printer Utility2
printer list, click , and select
OK
Epson Stylus Photo R280
ink light is off.
printer icon on your
folder and select
Applications
. Select in the
SP R280 Series
EPSON StatusMonitor
.
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