Epson Printhead installation Guide

Installation guide
How to install the first print head
1.Check external appearance
2.Switch on electricity, check the carriage reset action is normal or not
3.if carriage reset OK, check heaters, fans working well or not
4.Install software
5.Connect USB cable, install driver
6.check forward and backward function
7.Install Maintop software and install driver
8.RIP a picture and printing (without install the head)
9.Check printing status, then checks material auto feeding and auto take up system
function well or not (press the two button to check if running)
10.Check the print head holder, it should match with the ink station.the ink suction mouth
should be in the middle of the head holder.
Turn off the printer.Move the ink station by hand, the ink sucktion mouth will rise up and
cover up the carriage bottom.
11.Move the wiper by hand, check if can move freely,apply some lubrication on the guide
rail.
12. Checking the wiper forward and backward movement by click the button in control
software.if wiper move not smoothly, check the machinery.
13.Click clean button, check pump, wiper, carriage works well for clean action.it is better
that the distance between carriage bottom and pint table among 1.2-2 MM.wiper should
be 0.5-1 MM higher than carriage bottom.
14.filling ink, the correct order is YMCKKCMY .see picture :
15.Fix data cable.connceting one side of the data cable into print head as above
picture.(Another side do not conncet to the board).install the print head to print head
holder. First print head connect to the left holder.see picture:
16.check print head installed well or not(should be on horizontal level), the screws which
fix the print head should not too tight(the print head is made by plastic material)
17.Use a injector to sucking some ink from the small damper,each color should be sucking
out at least 20ml.
18.connect the small damper to print head in order:YMCKKCMY
19.Click clean button in control software, check if the pump can pumping ink out or not,
this is very important, if ink can not be pumping out, adjust the position of ink station or
stop buffer until ink can be pumping out freely.it spend some time to adjust welll but is
very important.
20.turn off the printer after ink can be pumping out normally.connecting the data cable to
head board(carriage board).
head board/carriage board
21.Check and make sure all the connection are ok, then turn on printer, printing the test
bar.
22.If the test bar not printing perfect, clean print head again.
23.Click one key adjust button, adjust parameters then printing.
How to install the second print head
1. Check the print head holder before installing, it should match with the ink station.the
ink suction mouth should be in the middle of the head holder.Turn off the printer.Move the
ink station by hand, the ink sucktion mouth will rise up and cover up the carriage bottom.
2.Installing print head, connecting the data cable to print head but do not connecting the
carriage board/head board.
3. Use a injector to sucking some ink from the small damper,each color should sucking at
least 20ml.
4.connecting small damper to print head
5.use the pumping function of the control software to pumping ink, if ink can be pumping
out well. Go ahead to step 6; if not, adjust ink station until both print head can be pumping
out ink well.this action takes some time.
6.turn off printer and connecting data cable to the right side of head board/carriage board.
7.click parameter setting-Group,choose 2 print head
8.turn on printer,printing test bar check print head status
9.Two-way adjust.make sure two print head printing well,if not, adjust print head position
phisically,print head do not too lower, otherwise will damage the print head.use software
adjust the distance between two head.
10.adjust stepping and double direction parameters,printing and check.