5. Prime cartridge with ink: After filling a cartridge with ink and reinserting the fill hole plug, place the cartridge upright as
shown below. With priming tip attached to the slip-tip syringe, insert the priming tip straight into the exit valve to depress the
spring and open the valve (the priming tip must be pushed thru the plastic membrane covering the exit valve- do NOT remove the
plastic membrane). Pull the syringe plunger to fill the exit channel & valve until a few drops of ink enter the syringe. When ink
starts flowing into the syringe, pull the syringe and priming tip straight out of the cartridge, which will close and seal the exit
valve. The cart is primed and ready to be installed into your printer. Syringes and blunt needles can be rinsed with water and air
dried for future use.
NOTE: If your cart has an orange plug over the air inlet point, REMOVE it before priming or installing the cartridge.
NOTE:
Unprimed cartridges will not have ink in the exit channel, indicated by arrows in the photo below/left. The photo below/
right shows a primed cartridge with ink in both chambers. The circle and rectangle chambers marked below MUST be at least
1/2 filled with ink for proper ink flow.
6. Installing cartridges in the printer: Open the cartridge bay door, remove Epson cartridge(s) and install refillable cart(s) into
printer, then close the cartridge bay door. The printer should now pressurize carts. When it stops, the green power light should be
on and "ready" displayed on the printer LCD panel. If you see a red light or cartridge error on the LCD at this point, one or more
chips has not been recognized or seated correctly. If this is the case, open the cartridge bay door, make sure the auto reset chip is
firmly pushed down for a good connection with the Epson chip below, then reinsert firmly into the printer.
7. If you install or replace one cartridge at a time, print a nozzle check to make sure all positions are fully printing. If there are
missing nozzles or positions at this time, let the printer sit for 1-3 hours then do 1-2 regular cleaning cycles before printing
another nozzle check.
NOTE:
If installing Piezography inks, do 3 Power Clean Cycles after installing carts to purge color ink and
get Piezography ink from carts to the print head. Print a nozzle check to make sure all positions are fully printing, then print a test
gradient and examine it for color staining. Yellow, which is the worst for color staining, will show up in the highlights. If color
staining is present, do another Power Clean Cycle or a few regular cleaning cycles. Follow this by printing another gradient to
make sure color is gone before printing images.
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