Checking Maintenance Counters; Clearing Maintenance Counters - Epson Stylus Pro 9000 - Print Engine Service Manual

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6.4.1 Checking Maintenance Counters

You can check the printer's maintenance counters in two ways:

Using the Printer Status Menu
This is by far the easier method, but it's less precise. To view the Printer Status
Menu, press the SelecType button when the printer is turned on but not
printing. Press it repeatedly until "Printer Status Menu" appears on the LCD
display. Then press the Item button to view the status of the parts listed below:
Table 6-3. Printer Status Menu
Message
VERSION <number>
Shows the firmware version
INK LEFT-K
Amount of black ink remaining
INK LEFT-C
Amount of cyan ink remaining
INK LEFT-M
Amount of magenta ink remaining
INK LEFT-LC
Amount of light cyan ink remaining
INK LEFT-LM
Amount of light magenta ink remaining
INK LEFT-Y
Amount of yellow ink remaining
CUTTER LIFE
Useful remaining life of the cutter remaining
PAGE COUNT
Total number of printed documents; displays in
standard decimal notation
INK PAD
Useful remaining life of the Waste Ink Pads
CR MOTOR
Useful remaining life of the Carriage motor
PF MOTOR
Useful remaining life of the Paper feed motor
HEAD UNIT
Useful remaining life of the Printheads
CLEANER
Useful remaining life of the Printhead Cleaner Blade
Maintenance
Description
The indicators read as follows:
E *****F = full life remaining
E ****F = ¾ life remaining
E
***F = ½ life remaining
E
**F = ¼ life remaining
E
*F = nearly used up
E
F = fully used up
Example: new Waste Ink Pads display as E*****F and fully used ones as
E
F.

Using the Self-Diagnostic Mode
In the Self-Diagnostic Mode, you can view most of the maintenance records
described above as well as others. The records display as a precise number,
but you have to convert the number from hexadecimal to standard decimal
notation, which is a hassle. The easiest way to do this is to use a calculator,
such as the Calculator utility that comes with Windows.
To view the maintenance records, enter the Test\Elec. menu in the Self-
Diagnostic Mode. For more information on the Self-Diagnostic Mode, see
Using the Self-Diagnostic Mode

6.4.2 Clearing Maintenance Counters

After you replace a part that's monitored by a counter, you need to clear or
reset its counter. See
Service Parts & Required Adjustments
for detailed instructions on which counters you need to clear after replacing
certain parts.
This printer provides various ways of clearing its counters:

from the Self-Diagnostics Mode

from Maintenance Mode 2
See
Table 6-4
on page 141 for a summary of the counters that can be cleared
in each mode.
To reset the Initial Ink Charge Flag, use the Parameter\Update\Ink Parameter
menu in the Self-Diagnostics Mode. See
on page 108.
on page 103
Parameter menu
on page 129.
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