Epson 4880 Printer Guide - Page 98

Viewing Status Information, Maintaining and Transporting the Printer - parts

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98 | Maintaining and Transporting the Printer Note: You can replace the ink cartridges, cutter blade, and maintenance tank yourself. Other printer parts need to be replaced by an authorized Epson service technician. Note: Some status information is a projection based on the last print made. Follow these steps to print the status check sheet: 1. Make sure paper is loaded in the tray. 2. Press the Menu button. You see PRINTER SETUP. 3. Press the button so you see TEST PRINT, then press Menu . You see NOZZLE CHECK. 4. Press so you see STATUS CHECK, then press Menu . You see PRINT. 5. Press Menu again to start printing. The amount of ink left or the component life is indicated as follows: E*****F = 100-81% ink or service life remaining E**** F = 80-61% E*** F = 60-41% E** F = 40-21% E* F = 20-11% % = less than 10% ink or service life remaining Viewing Status Information To view printer status information instead of printing it, follow these steps: 1. Press the Menu button. You see PRINTER SETUP. 2. Press the button until you see PRINTER STATUS, then press Menu . You see VERSION. 3. Do one of the following: • To check the firmware version, press Menu again. When done, press the button. • To check the number of pages that can be printed with each ink cartridge, press until you see PRINTABLE PG, then press Menu . When done, press the button. This option must be enabled by using the maintenance mode on the printer's control panel. See page 113 for instructions. 98

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Maintaining and Transporting the Printer
Follow these steps to print the status check sheet:
1.
Make sure paper is loaded in the tray.
2.
Press the
Menu
button. You see
PRINTER SETUP
.
3.
Press the
button so you see
TEST PRINT
, then press
Menu
. You
see
NOZZLE CHECK
.
4.
Press
so you see
STATUS CHECK
, then press
Menu
. You see
PRINT
.
5.
Press
Menu
again to start printing.
The amount of ink left or the component life is indicated as follows:
E*****F
= 100–81% ink or service life remaining
E**** F
= 80–61%
E***
F
= 60–41%
E**
F
= 40–21%
E*
F
= 20–11%
%
= less than 10% ink or service life remaining
Viewing Status Information
To view printer status information instead of printing it, follow these steps:
1.
Press the
Menu
button. You see
PRINTER SETUP
.
2.
Press the
button until you see
PRINTER STATUS
, then press
Menu
. You see
VERSION
.
3.
Do one of the following:
To check the firmware version, press
Menu
again. When done,
press the
button.
To check the number of pages that can be printed with each ink
cartridge, press
until you see
PRINTABLE PG
, then press Menu
. When done, press the
button.
This option must be enabled by using the maintenance mode on the
printer’s control panel. See page 113 for instructions.
Note:
You can replace
the ink cartridges, cutter
blade, and maintenance
tank yourself. Other
printer parts need to
be replaced by an
authorized Epson service
technician.
Note:
Some status
information is a
projection based on the
last print made.