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How To / Replacing Ink Cartridges

Checking the Ink Supply

For Windows
For Macintosh

For Windows

You can check the amount of ink remaining in the ink cartridges using EPSON Status Monitor 3 or the progress meter. Refer to the appropriate section below for details.

EPSON Status Monitor 3

Access EPSON Status Monitor 3 in one of the following ways.

Double-click the printer-shaped shortcut icon on your Windows taskbar. To add a shortcut icon to the taskbar, see Monitoring Preferences.

Open the printer software, click the Maintenance tab, and then click the EPSON Status Monitor 3 button.

A graphic display showing the remaining amount of ink appears.

Note:

If any of the ink cartridges installed in the printer is broken, incompatible with the printer model, or is installed improperly, EPSON Status Monitor 3 will not display an accurate calculation for the amount of ink remaining in any of the ink cartridges. Be sure to replace or reinstall any ink cartridge indicated by EPSON Status Monitor 3.

Progress meter

The progress meter dialog box appears automatically when you send a print job to the printer. You can check the remaining amount of ink from this dialog box.

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For Macintosh

You can check the amount of ink remaining in the ink cartridges using EPSON StatusMonitor. Follow the steps below.

For users of Mac OS 8.1 or later (except Mac OS X)

Click Print or Page Setup on the File menu of your application. The Print dialog box appears.

Click the Utility icon button, and then click the EPSON StatusMonitor button in the Utility dialog box.

A graphic displaying the remaining amount of ink appears.

Note:

The graphic displays the amount of ink that was remaining when EPSON StatusMonitor was first opened. To update the ink-level information, click Update.

For users of Mac OS X

Double-click Macintosh HD (the default hard disk name), double-click the Applications folder, and then double-click the EPSON Printer Utility icon. The Printer List window appears.

Select your printer, and then click OK. The EPSON Printer Utility dialog box appears.

Click the EPSON StatusMonitor button. The EPSON StatusMonitor dialog box appears.

Note:

The graphic displays the amount of ink that remained when EPSON StatusMonitor was first opened. To update the ink-level information, click Update.

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