Refurbishment For Doa - Epson STYLUS COLOR 480 Service Manual

EPSON Stylus COLOR 480

5.3.6 Refurbishment for DOA

If you clean the cavity of the printhead and cap assembly, this function will be useful.
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After carry out this function, replace the waste drain ink pad
with new one and reset the Waste drain ink pad counter.
Otherwise, the ink or S46 liquid may leak from the pad during
the transportation.
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Prepare the following tool.
* Dummy ink cartridge, Injector, S46 liquid
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Do not carry out this program (Exchange sequence 1&2)
repeatedly. This operation is available only one time.
Excessive operation causes overflow of the ink& S46 liquid.
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When you refurbish the repair product by using this program,
do it on your responsibility.
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When you charge S46 liquid into the dummy ink cartridge with
the Injector, make sure fill out the dummy ink cartridge with S46
liquid. In case enough S46 liquid is not charged into the dummy
cartridge, the printhead will not cleaned and not filled with the
S46 liquid enough in this operation.
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Keep the S46 liquid and the dummy ink cartridge clean.
Select the "Refurbishment for DOA" function in the Maintenance menu. The main
menu of this function is as following figure.
Figure 5-51. Refurbishment for DOA
Adjustment
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Exchange sequence 1
Set the dummy I/C filled with S46 liquid into the CR unit and click the
"EXCHANGE SEQUENCE1" in the Transportation Liquid Exchange menu.
The S46 liquid is charged into the printhead cavity and ink is discharged from
printhead cavity to the cap.
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Exchange Sequence 2
Remove the dummy I/C from the CR unit and click the "EXCHANGE
SEQUENCE2" in the Transportation Liquid Exchange menu. In this sequence, the
S46 liquid is not discharged from the printhead and only the ink in the cap is
discharged to the waste drain ink pad. After complete this sequence, this program
set the initial ink charge flag into the EEPROM and reset the several ink
consumption counters to "0".
Individual service adjustment program feature
Revision B
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