Epson Stylus COLOR 660 Service Manual page 23

EPSON Stylus Color 660
5.2.1.3 Initial Ink Charge
There is no ink charged in the ink path of a spare printhead and printer
mechanism. Therefore, after you replaced any of the following units,
perform initial ink charge and return the printer after making sure that
ink is ejected correctly from the printhead.
After replacing the printer mechanism
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After replacing or removing the printhead
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1. On the Stylus COLOR 660 SERVICE PROGRAM, select
maintenance menu.
Figure 5-8. Maintenance Menu
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2. Select "Initial ink charge" from the maintenance menu. The following
screen appears.
Figure 5-9. Initial Ink Charge
Before you set the initial ink charge, replace the
installed cartridges with new ones, because the ink
amount used for the initial ink charge operation is so
large.
3. Click OK, and the printer enters the initial ink charge sequence.
(It takes 90 seconds for this operation to complete the whole
sequence.)
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