Product Information Guide

EPSON Stylus C44 Series
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5. Press down on the ink cartridge clamps until they click shut.
6. Press the
b maintenance button and close the printer
cover. The P power light flashes and you hear the ink
charging. Wait until ink charging is finished (the P power
light stops flashing).
Caution: Don’t turn off the printer or interrupt charging while
the
P power light is flashing or you’ll use up more ink than
necessary when you turn it back on.
Testing the Printer
You can run a printer check to determine whether a problem
comes from the printer itself or some other source.
1. Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off.
Then disconnect the USB cable from the printer.
2. Make sure letter-size or larger paper is loaded in the printer.
3. Hold down the
b maintenance button, then press and
release the Ppower button. Continue holding down the
b maintenance button until the P power light starts
to flash, then release it.
The printer prints one page showing its ROM version
number and a nozzle check pattern. (If the pattern has gaps
in its dots, you need to clean the print head; see page 7.)
4. Turn off the printer after it prints the check page. Then
reconnect the USB cable and turn on your printer and
computer.
■ If the check page prints, the problem probably lies in
your software settings, interface cable, or computer.
Your software may not be installed correctly.
■ If the check page doesn’t print, you may have a problem
with your printer. Try the suggestions in the electronic
User’s Guide on the printer software CD-ROM. If
nothing works, contact your dealer or EPSON.
Printing on Special Media
Select the paper Type Windows) or Media Type (Macintosh)
setting according to the guidelines in the table below.
Additional Media Loading Guidelines
Caution: Don’t use the cleaning sheets that may be included
with your special media; they may damage the printer.
■ Always load paper short edge first, even when printing
landscape-oriented pictures.
■ Always handle sheets by the edges, and don’t touch the
printable surface.
■ Be sure to load the printable (whiter) side of the media face
up in the sheet feeder.
■ You can load paper up to the arrow on the left edge guide.
■ In addition to the paper Type (Windows) or Media Type
(Macintosh) setting, remember to select the correct
Paper
Size for your media in the printer software.
■ If the special media has protective sheets between each
sheet, be sure to remove the protective sheets before
printing.
■ Some special media have a cut corner that you need to
position in the upper right corner when you load it.
■ You can load EPSON special media as follows:
For this paper name...
Select this Type or
Media Type setting
Plain paper and envelopes
EPSON Premium Bright White Paper
Plain paper
EPSON High Quality Ink Jet Paper
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards
EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive
Sheets
Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
EPSON Matte Paper Heavyweight
EPSON Double-Sided Matte Paper
Matte Paper - Heavyweight
EPSON Glossy Photo Paper
EPSON Photo Paper
EPSON All-Purpose Glossy Paper
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper
EPSON Glossy Photo Greeting Cards
Glossy Photo Paper
EPSON Photo Stickers Photo Quality Glossy Film
EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies Ink Jet Transparencies
For this paper name...
Load this number of
sheets
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper Up to 30 sheets; 10
sheets for legal-size
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards
EPSON Glossy Photo Greeting Cards
Up to 30 cards with the
included support sheet
beneath the stack
EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets
EPSON Photo Stickers
EPSON Photo Paper (Panoramic size)
One sheet at a time
EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies Up to 10 sheets
EPSON Glossy Photo Paper (4 × 6-inch size)
EPSON Photo Paper (4 × 6-inch size)
Up to 20 sheets with the
included support sheet
beneath the stack
EPSON Glossy Photo Paper (A4 and
letter-size)
EPSON Photo Paper (A4- and letter-size)
Up to 20 sheets at a
time with the included
support sheet beneath
the stack
Matte Paper Heavyweight Up to 20 sheets with the
included support sheet
beneath the stack
For this paper name...
Select this Type or
Media Type setting