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Control Panel Lights Step 1 Find the three small lights located on top of your printer. Different combinations of those lights can to describe common printer problems. They to correspond to the buttons they are adjacent to: ink, paper and power. Step 2 Check the light adjacent to the power button. If it is flashing, the computer is always receiving the copy job. to give it time to process. Step 3 Check the power light. If it is off, to make sure your printer is on and reception electricity--check the connections and élém. élect. outlet. Step 4 Check the paper light. If it is on, the paper is not charged properly. Reload the paper and press the summary button. Step 5 Check the paper light. If it is Flickering and the ink light is on, you to have a paper jam. Press the paper button to automatically to remove the jam. If that doesn't work, opened the cover and to remove any pieces of paper of your printer. charge paper in the printer and press the paper button. Step 6 Check the power and paper lights. If they are both flashing, something is blocking the copy head. control for any paper jams or obstructions; to ensure that you to have removed all packing material and bandage that came with your printer. Step 7 Check all three lights. If they are all flashing, an unknown error is occurrence and you would have contact Epson. Run a Printer Check Step 1 Print a test page to to determine if the problem is located in your printer or computer. Turn off your computer and printer. disconnection the printer's interface cable and to make sure you to have letter-size paper loaded. Step 2 Hold downwards the paper button. subsistence the button pressed until the power light beginnings to flash. Step 3 Watch your printer. If the printer product a test page, the problem majority likely lies in your computer, software or interface cable. See the to repair Your Computer section below. If the printer Fact not product a test page, or if the lines on the page are bad or to contain gaps, the problem is probably with your printer. See the to repair Your Printer section below. Troubleshoot Your Computer Step 1 Insert the CD that came with your printer and to follow the on-screen instructions to to reinstall the printer software. Step 2 Visit Epson's Web site. to follow the on line instructions to to install the majority recent version of your printer drivers. Step 3 Ensure that the cable is comfortably attached to both your computer and printer. Troubleshoot Your Printer Step 1 Clean the copy head. Click the "Start" menu in Windows and chosen "Settings." chosen "Printers." Right-click "Epson switches C80." Left-click "Properties." Step 2 Select the "Utility" tab, then click "Head Cleaning" and to follow the on-screen instructions to clean the copy head. Step 3 When the power light stops flashing, click "Print nozzle control pattern." If the lines on the test page to have no gaps, your copy head is clean. If there are gaps, clean the copy head a in the second place time. Step 4 Click the "Print Head Alignment" button of the same screen you used to clean the copy head. to follow the instructions on-screen to complete the alignment.
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