Epson FX 870 user manual

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870/890 CFS Assembly Instructions

Pre Assembled CFS with Auto Reset Chips
Rev 4/23/03

Below are the instructions for installing a pre-assembled CFS for an Epson 870 / 890 printer. On the pre-
assembled unit, the cartridges come full. You do not have to inject ink or vacuum fill the cartridges. The empty

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Remove Cartridge Hold Down Clamps – 3. Remove both the black clamp and the color clamp. With the power on and with the printer idle, push the Orange button under the printer lid. The cartridges will slide to the left, to the cartridge removal position. Use your screw driver to remove the clamps. Put the screw driver blade in between the blue and black plastic parts where the clamps are hinged, and twist. The clamps will pop right off. With the cartridges in the left position,

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tube clip so the tubes don’t touch the bottom of the printer, and so the carts can reach far left and right with out the tubes stopping the motion. This is important. 6. Clean the right section of the printer housing with alcohol, then install the second bracket on the right hand edge of the housing so the tubing is in a straight line. Put the tubing into this small bracket. Now you are ready to insert the tubes into the bottles. The position of the bracket opening can be either

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Understanding the Auto Reset Chips - 10. Your CFS cartridges have Auto Reset chips on them. Each time the printer power is turned on the chips will reset themselves to full. If need to reset the ink levels, simply turn off the printer power, wait 10 seconds, and turn the power back on. This resets the chips. The actual ink level inside the cartridges is kept full by the CFS unit. The ink level displayed on your screen by the Epson monitoring system is not the true ink level insi

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the CFS troubleshooting page on the website. Keep your original Epson cartridges, they are needed for this procedure. They can be used several times for revalidation of printer performance.