Contents
Meaning of Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Video Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Illustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Front section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Inside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notes on Handling Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Notes on Loading Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Positioning Pressure Rollers and Media. . . . . . . . . . 6
Positioning of media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pressure roller types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Loading media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Settings for the Loaded Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the Auto Take-up Reel Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Notes When Using the Auto Take-up Reel
Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Attaching the Roll Core. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Take-up with the Printed Side Facing Out. . . . . 17
Take-up with the Printed Side Facing In. . . . . . . 20
Removing the Take-up Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cutting Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cleaning Parts and Timings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Location of Consumables and Service Life. . . . . . . 26
Other Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
What You’ll Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Precautions Regarding Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . 29
Moving the Print Head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using Ink Cleaner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning Around the Print Head (Daily). . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning Around the Caps (Daily). . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cleaning a wiper (rubber part) (daily). . . . . . . . 33
Cleaning caps (daily). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cleaning the wiper cleaner (daily). . . . . . . . . . . 35
Cleaning the Flushing Pad (When It Is Dirty). . . . . 41
Cleaning Check Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Shaking and Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . 44
Disposing of Waste Ink. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Waste Ink Counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Replacing the Waste Ink Bottle. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Disposal of used consumables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Disposal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Consumable Replacement Check Sheet. . . . . . . . . 47
Long-term Storage (Pre-storage Maintenance). . . . 48
Performing Pre-storage Maintenance. . . . . . . . . 48
Restarting use of the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Notes on applying grease. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Greasing procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Information on Maintenance Items
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Maintenance Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
EPSON SC-S70600 series/SC-S50600 series Operator's Guide
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