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EPSON Stylus COLOR 850N

Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge

If an ink cartridge is more than six months old, you may need

to replace it. How can you tell? You may notice that your

printouts don't look as good as they used to. If print quality

doesn't improve after cleaning and aligning the print heads,

you can replace one or both cartridges.

Follow these steps to replace an ink cartridge before the

black or

color ink out light is flashing or on:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing.

2. Lower the output tray and raise the printer cover. Then

locate the

black and

control panel under the printer's cover.

Caution:

To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print heads by hand.

3. Press both the

black and

hold them down for a few seconds until the black print head

moves to the left.

To replace the black ink cartridge, follow the instructions

beginning with step 4 of "Removing an Empty Ink

Cartridge" on page 9.

To replace the color ink cartridge, press the

cleaning button and hold it down for a few seconds. After

the color ink cartridge moves to the left, follow the

instructions beginning with step 4 of "Removing an

Empty Ink Cartridge" on page 9.

Cleaning the Print Heads

If your printed image is unexpectedly light or faint, or dots are

missing from the image, you may need to clean the print

heads. This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink

properly.

Cleaning the print heads uses ink, so clean them only if print

quality declines. You can clean the print heads in either of the

following ways:

With the Head Cleaning utility in your printer software

(when the printer is on a local port, not on a network)

Using the printer's control panel buttons

Using the Head Cleaning Utility

Follow these steps to run the utility from a Windows

computer or a Macintosh:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on but not printing, and the

black and

color ink out lights are off.

2. Access the printer settings dialog box.

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color cleaning buttons next to the

color cleaning buttons and

color

3. Click the Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button

(Macintosh). You see the Utility menu.

4. Click the Head Cleaning button.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean one or

both print heads. Cleaning each head takes about two

minutes, during which the printer makes some noise and

the

power light flashes.

When the power light stops flashing, you need to run a

nozzle check to test the print quality and reset the cleaning

cycle.

Caution:

Never turn off the printer when the

unless the printer hasn't moved or made any noise for more than

10 minutes.

6. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer and click Print

nozzle check pattern (Windows) or Confirmation

(Macintosh). Then click Next. See "Examining the Nozzle

Check Pattern" on page 11 for instructions.

If your print quality has not improved, repeat the steps above.

If you don't notice any improvement after doing this two or

three times, check the print quality solutions in the User's

Guide.

Using the Control Panel

Follow these steps to clean the print heads:

1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing, and

that the

black and

2. Open the printer cover, then press the

cleaning button and hold it for three seconds. Cleaning

takes about two minutes, during which the printer makes

some noise and the

3. When the

other print head if necessary.

Caution:

Never turn off the printer when the

unless the printer hasn't moved or made any noise for more than

10 minutes.

4. After you're finished cleaning and the

flashing, you need to print a page to test the print quality

and reset the cleaning cycle. If you're connected directly to

the printer, run a nozzle check. Go to step 5.

If you're using DOS or a network interface card, open an

application and print a document containing black and

color data. Then go to step 7.

5. Access the printer settings dialog box. Then click the

Utility tab (Windows) or the Utility button (Macintosh).

You see the Utility menu.

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power light is flashing,

color ink out lights are off.

power light flashes.

power light stops flashing, repeat step 3 for the

power light is flashing,

black or

color

power light stops