Troubleshooting With Led Error Indications - Epson Stylus Photo895 Service Manual

EPSON Stylus PHOTO 895/785EPX/915/825

3.2 Troubleshooting with LED Error Indications

This section describes how to troubleshoot the problem when the printer indicates an
error at power on and can not print. The Stylus PHOTO 895/785EPX/915/825 can detect
the printer condition and errors, and indicates them with the LED on printer panel and
LCD on the monochrome panel. Following table shows the LED and LCD indications.
Table 3-3. Error LED Indication
Printer Status
Power ON
Ink sequence proceeding
Ink cartridge changing
Data processing
Paper out
Paper jam condition
Ink end (black)
Ink low (black)
Ink end (color)
Ink low (color)
Ink end (both color, black)
No ink cartridge (color or black)
Reset, Timer IC reset, EEPROM clear
Ink overflow counter reset
Maintenance request
(Ink overflow counter)
Fatal error
Special setting
Troubleshooting
Error Priority
- 10
- 6
- 5
- 9
On 4
On 3
On -> Blink 8
Blink 8
On -> Blink2 8
Blink 8
On -> On 8
On 7
On (1s) -
On (2s) -
Blink 2
On 1
Blink2 -
Troubleshooting with LED Error Indications
"-": No change.
"A->B": A is a indicator condition when carriage is on Home Position
B is a indicator in ink exchange sequence.
Blink: Repeats lighting on for 0.5 sec.+ off for 0.5 sec.
•
•Blink2: Repeats lighting on for 0.2 sec.+ off for 0.2 sec. + on for 0.2 sec.+ off
for0.4 sec.
Table 3-4. Error LCD Indication
Source Detail of error
No ink (black)
No ink (color)
No paper
Printer
Paper jam
No ink
cartridge/abnormality
Maintenance required
Printon Memory card error
Common Fatal error
Revision B
Display Display
(First (Second Remarks
line) line)
Err IEb -
Err IEc
Err PE -
Err PJ -
Err IC -
Err Sr -
When an error occurred
Err CE during reading data from a
memory card
Err FE Unrecoverable error
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