Epson X410 Manual

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Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select System Preferences. Select
Print & Fax orPrint & Scan, select your product, and select Options & Supplies. SelectUtility
and select Open Printer Utility.
• Mac OS X 10.5: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select System Preferences. SelectPrint & Fax,
select your product, and select Open Print Queue. SelectUtility.
You see a window like this:
2. Click the Ink Cartridge Replacement icon and follow the on-screen instructions to replace your ink
cartridges as necessary.
Parent topic: Replacing Ink Cartridges
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Purchase Epson Ink Cartridges
Printing With Black Ink and Expended Color Cartridges When a color ink cartridge is expended, you can temporarily continue printing from your computer using
black ink. Replace the expended color cartridge as soon as possible for future printing.
Note:You cannot print with expended color ink cartridges using your products control panel.
Printing With Expended Color Cartridges - Windows
Printing With Expended Color Cartridges - Mac OS X
Parent topic: Replacing Ink Cartridges
Printing With Expended Color Cartridges - Windows If you see a message during printing telling you that you can temporarily print in black ink with an
expended color cartridge, you can cancel your print job and select settings to print on plain paper or on
an envelope.
Note:To use this feature, Epson Status Monitor must be enabled.
1. Click StoporCancel Print to cancel your print job.
2. Load plain paper or an envelope in your product.
3. Access the print settings in your print application.
4. Click the Maintab.
5. Select Plain Paper/Bright White Paper orEnvelope as the paper type setting.
6. Select the Black/Grayscale checkbox.
7. Click OK.
8. Print your document. Epson Status Monitor 3 displays a print message.
9. Click Print in Black to print your document.
Parent topic: Printing With Black Ink and Expended Color Cartridges
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Selecting Basic Print Settings - Windows
Cancelling Printing Using a Product Button
Printing With Expended Color Cartridges - Mac OS X If printing stops, you can cancel your print job and select settings to temporarily print with only black ink
on plain paper or on an envelope.
1. Click the printer icon in the Dock.
2. If you see a message telling you that you can temporarily print with only black ink, click the Delete
icon to cancel your print job.
Mac OS X 10.8: Click the button to cancel your print job. If an error message is displayed, click
the OK button.
3. In the Apple menu or the Dock, select System Preferences.
4. Select Print & Fax orPrint & Scan, select your product, and select Options & Supplies.
5. Select Driver.
You see this screen:
6. Select Onas the Permit temporary black printing setting.
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							7. Click
OK.
8. Close the utility window.
9. Load plain paper or an envelope in your product.
10. Access the print settings in your print application.
11. Select Print Settings from the pop-up menu.
12. Select Plain Paper/Bright White Paper orEnvelope as the paper type setting.
13. Select the Grayscaleoption.
14. Click Printto print your document.
Parent topic: Printing With Black Ink and Expended Color Cartridges
Related tasks
Selecting Basic Print Settings - Mac OS X
Cancelling Printing Using a Product Button
Conserving Low Black Ink with Windows The following window appears when black ink runs low and there is more color ink.
Note:The window appears only when you have selected Plain Paper/Bright White Paperas the paper
type setting, and depends on other selected print settings. To use this feature, Epson Status Monitor
must be enabled.
• Click Yesto use a mixture of color inks to create black, or Noto continue using the remaining black ink
for the document you are printing.
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							• Click
Disable this feature to continue using the remaining black ink.
Note: If you disable this feature, it remains disabled until you reinstall the black ink cartridge.
Parent topic: Replacing Ink Cartridges
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							Adjusting Print Quality
If your print quality declines, you may need to run a utility to clean or align the print head.
If running these utilities does not solve the problem, you may need to replace the ink cartridges.
Print Head Maintenance
Print Head Alignment
Cleaning the Paper Path
Print Head Maintenance If your printouts become too light, or you see dark or light bands across them, you may need to clean the
print head nozzles. Cleaning uses ink, so clean the nozzles only if print quality declines.
You can check for clogged nozzles before you clean them so you don’t clean them unnecessarily.
Note:You cannot clean the print head if an ink cartridge is expended, and may not be able to clean it
when a cartridge is low. You must replace the cartridge first.
Print Head Nozzle Check
Print Head Cleaning
Parent topic: Adjusting Print Quality
Related topics
Replacing Ink Cartridges
Print Head Nozzle Check You can print a nozzle check pattern to check for clogged nozzles.
Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Control Panel
Checking the Nozzles Using a Computer Utility
Parent topic:Print Head Maintenance
Checking the Nozzles Using the Product Control Panel You can check the print head nozzles using the control panel on your product.
1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the product.
2. Press the home button, if necessary.
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							3. Press the left or right arrow buttons to select
Setupand press the OKbutton.
4. Press the up or down arrow buttons to select Maintenanceand press theOKbutton.
You see this screen:
5. Press the OKbutton.
6. Press the start button. After the nozzle pattern prints, you see this screen:
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							7. Check the printed pattern to see if there are gaps in the lines.
Print head is clean
Print head needs cleaning
8. Do one of the following: • If there are no gaps, select Finish Nozzle Checkand press theOKbutton.
• If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, select Head Cleaningand press theOKbutton to
continue.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen to clean the print head, check the nozzles, and repeat the process as necessary.
If you don’t see any improvement after cleaning the print head up to 4 times, turn off the product and wait
at least 6 hours. Then try cleaning the print head again. If quality still does not improve, one of the ink
cartridges may be old or damaged and needs to be replaced.
Parent topic: Print Head Nozzle Check
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Print Head Cleaning
Checking the Nozzles Using a Computer Utility You can check the print head nozzles using a utility on your Windows or Mac computer.
1. Load a few sheets of plain paper in the product.
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							2. Do one of the following:
•Windows: Right-click the product icon in the Windows taskbar.
• Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select System Preferences. Select
Print & Fax orPrint & Scan, select your product, and select Options & Supplies. SelectUtility
and select Open Printer Utility.
• Mac OS X 10.5: In the Apple menu or the Dock, select System Preferences. SelectPrint & Fax,
select your product, and select Open Print Queue. SelectUtility.
3. Select Nozzle Check.
You see a window like this:
4. Click Print.
5. Check the printed pattern to see if there are gaps in the lines. Print head is clean
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							Print head needs cleaning
6. If there are no gaps, click Finish.
If there are gaps or the pattern is faint, clean the print head.
Parent topic: Print Head Nozzle Check
Related concepts
Print Head Cleaning
Print Head Cleaning If print quality has declined and the nozzle check pattern indicates clogged nozzles, you can clean the
print head.
Note:You cannot clean the print head if an ink cartridge is expended, and may not be able to clean it
when a cartridge is low. You must replace the cartridge first.
Cleaning the Print Head Using the Product Control Panel
Cleaning the Print Head Using a Computer Utility
Parent topic: Print Head Maintenance
Related topics
Replacing Ink Cartridges
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