Monitoring the printer, Maintaining and transporting the printer, Resolving problems – Epson Stylus Pro 7000 User Manual
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Checking Printer Status from the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Pausing and Resetting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Monitoring Normal Printer Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Checking Ink Levels and Component Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Printing a Status Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Responding to Messages and Light Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Checking Printer Status from a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Configuring Printer Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Checking Printer Status from Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
6 Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
Running a Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Running a Cleaning Cycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Running the Print Head Alignment Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Aligning the Print Head from the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Replacing the Paper Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Removing the Used Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Installing the New Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Running the Speed and Progress Utility
for Improved Windows Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Replacing the Waste Ink System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Diagnosing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Using Hex Dump Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Improving Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Solving Operational Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Solving Miscellaneous Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7