Hang this guide on the printer using the hook provided. Quick Reference Guide E P S O N ColorPage 8000 About This Guide This guide provides the information you need to keep your EPSON color printer operating at its best. Use it to: ■ ■ ■ Replace consumable parts Clear jammed paper Understand control panel status and error messages Your printer displays a message on the control panel when a consumable component needs to be replaced or if an error has occurred.
Quick Reference Guide Hang this guide on the printer using the hook provided. E P S O N ColorPage 8000 About This Guide This guide provides the information you need to keep your EPSON color printer operating at its best. Use it to: ■ ■ ■ Replace consumable parts Clear jammed paper Understand control panel status and error messages Your printer displays a message on the control panel when a consumable component needs to be replaced or if an error has occurred.
Replacing a Toner Cartridge control panel display installation window front cover When the printer runs out of toner, the control panel display indicates the color of the toner cartridge that needs to be replaced. Make sure you have the correct replacement cartridge, as shown in the table, and then follow these steps.
Replacing the Photoconductor Unit and Waste Toner Collector Photoconductor Unit S051061 photoconductor unit front cover The control panel display lets you know when to replace the photoconductor unit. Since the waste toner collector is part of this unit, it is replaced at the same time. Ocassionally, the waste toner collector may need to be replaced separately. See page 3 for instructions. 4 Pull the photoconductor unit out about 12 inches (30 cm).
Replacing the Photoconductor Unit and Waste Toner Collector (Continued) Waste Toner Collector S050020 waste toner collector front cover 7 Position the unit over the guide rails inside the printer. Then carefully slide it all the way in. Replacing the waste toner collector separately The waste toner collector is replaced each time you replace the photoconductor unit. However, you may need to replace the collector separately, as shown. 8 Turn the small lever on the unit to the left.
Replacing the Fuser Oil Roll Fuser Oil Roll S052002 fuser unit face-up tray 1 Lower the face-up tray, if necessary. Then pull the fuser unit all the way out. Be careful not to touch the fuser—marked CAUTION! HIGH TEMPERATURE—or the adjoining areas. If you’ve used the printer recently, the fuser and the area around it can be very hot. 2 3 Take a new fuser oil roll (S052002) out of its box and remove the cover and shipping pins, as shown.
Clearing Paper Jams paper path paper cassette multipurpose tray When a paper jam occurs, the printer stops and displays a message on the control panel. The table below lists the error messages and tells you where to check for jammed paper: Message Description Action Feed Jam Paper is jammed in one of the feed areas. Check the following areas and clear jammed paper if necessary: standard cassette, multipurpose tray, paper path, large capacity paper unit. Paper Jam Paper is jammed at the fuser unit.
Clearing Paper Jams (Continued) Clearing the multipurpose tray and paper path 1 If you see paper 4 Turn the knob clockwise. The jammed paper should come out. 5 After the jammed paper is ejected halfway, pull the paper up and out. Then close the cover. 6 Push in the multipurpose tray firmly. jammed in the multipurpose tray, pull the paper out gently. 2 If paper is jammed inside the printer, pull out the multipurpose tray until it stops. 3 Raise the paper path cover.
Clearing Paper Jams (Continued) fuser unit face-up output tray Clearing the fuser unit 3 Turn the knob in the fuser unit to eject any jammed paper and pull out the paper. 4 Reattach the fuser oil roll. 5 Push in the fuser unit firmly. If you see paper jammed in the path to the face-up output tray, don’t try to pull it out of the tray. You’ll need to clear it from the fuser unit instead: 1 Pull the fuser unit out gently until it stops. 2 Grab the handle of the fuser oil roll and remove it.
Clearing Paper Jams (Continued) output path cover large capacity cassette feeder cover Clearing the output path cover Clearing the large capacity paper unit When you see the Exiting Paper Jam message, follow these steps to clear paper from the output path cover: If you’ve checked the paper cassettes and you still see a Feed Jam message, follow these steps to clear paper from the large capacity paper unit: 1 Open the output path cover on the left side of the printer.
Control Panel Messages For a complete list of status messages, see your Printer Guide. Status message list Messages Description Form Feed The printer is feeding paper. Ready The printer is ready to print. Reset The printer’s current interface has been reset and the buffer is cleared. Reset All All printer settings have been reset to the user default configuration, the last settings that were saved. Reset to Save You should reset the printer to save the current settings.
Error message list (continued) Messages Description Action Mem Overflow The printer doesn’t have enough memory available for the current print job. Press the Continue button on the control panel. If the message remains, reset the printer by holding down the Alt and Reset buttons. If the same message appears when you try printing again, you may need to reduce the number or size of graphics or fonts, lower the resolution, or add memory to your printer. Replace Oil Roll The fuser oil roll is empty.
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