Initial Ink Charge Operation - Epson Stylus Color 400 Service Manual

4.2.2.2 Initial Ink Charge Operation

There is no ink charged in the ink path of the print head that is mounted on the print head and printer
mechanism as spare parts. Therefore, when the following units are exchanged, perform initial ink
charge and return the printers after making sure that ink is discharged correctly from the print head.


When exchanging the printer mechanism


When exchanging the print head


When exchanging the C206 main board (Refer to "Caution" below.)


Before or after performing this operation, perform appropriate adjustment or operation, referring
to the table 4-2.


Since this operation consumes quite amount of ink, do not perform more than necessary except
for ink absorption for the recovery from nozzle clogging and exchange of C206 main board.
Note) Refer to the end of this chapter for [Screen 1 to 6] when you perform procedures below.
1. Connect the printer and PC and turn on the printer. Install the newly just opened black and color ink
cartridge. (When C206 main board is exchanged, it is not necessary to perform initial ink charge
by the program since initial ink charge is performed automatically at this point.)
2. Insert the disk of adjustment program to the floppy disk drive of PC. Type Load" a:\J80C10E and
press the return key.
3. After running the adjustment program, press the return key on the menu [Screen-1] indicated
on the PC screen. Then, press the return key again on the [Screen-2].
4. Select "1"(WORLD) on the [Screen-3].
5. Input "2" (Cartridge) on the ink supply method selection screen [Screen-4] and press the return key.
Note) Do not press "1"(Jig) at this point, because it consumes ink more than necessary.
6. Initial menu screen [Screen-5] appears. At this point, select "1"(Production).
7. On the main screen [Screen-6], select "2"(Ink Charge). After this, initial ink charge is performed
automatically.


Since [Screen-1] through [Screen-6] are attached in the end of this chapter, refer to them for
procedures above.
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CAUTION
CAUTION
Chapter4 Adjustment
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