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Monitoring the printer, Maintaining and transporting the printer, Resolving problems – Epson Stylus Pro 7000 User Manual

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5 Monitoring the Printer

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

Setting Up the Printer After Transporting It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Moving the Printer on the Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

Replacing the Waste Ink System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

7 Resolving Problems

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