Menu Options For Setup Mode; Maintenance Box Service Life; Menu Options For Maintenance - Epson ET-16500 User Manual

User's Guide

Menu Options for Setup Mode

By selecting Setup on the home screen from the control panel, you can make printer settings or perform printer
maintenance.

Maintenance Box Service Life

Select the menus on the control panel as described below.
Setup > Maintenance Box Service Life
Displays the approximate service life of the maintenance box. When an exclamation mark is displayed, the
maintenance box is nearly full. When a x icon is displayed, the maintenance box is full.
Related Information
"Replacing a Maintenance Box" on page 140
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Menu Options for Maintenance

Select the menus on the control panel as described below.
Setup > Maintenance
Print Head Nozzle Check
Prints a pattern to check if the print head nozzles are clogged.
Print Head Cleaning
Cleans clogged nozzles in the print head.
Reset Ink Levels
Resets the ink levels to 100% when refilling the ink tank.
Print Head Alignment
Adjusts the print head to improve print quality.
Run Vertical Alignment if your printouts look blurry or text and lines are misaligned.
Run Horizontal Alignment if your printouts contain horizontal banding at regular intervals.
Thick Paper
Reduces ink smearing when printing. Enable this feature only when you see ink smearing on your
printouts because it may lower the printing speed.
Paper Guide Cleaning
Use this feature to feed a plain paper for cleaning when there are ink stains on the internal rollers or a
paper feed problem has occurred.
Menu Options for Setup Mode
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