EPSON Stylus COLOR 1160
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 1160
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7. Press down the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in place, 
but don’t press down on the cartridge itself.
8. If you need to replace the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 3 
through 7 before continuing with step 9.
9. Press the 
 
R cleaning button and close the printer cover. 
The printer moves the print head and begins charging the 
ink delivery system.
The 
 
Ppower light flashes, and the printer makes noise. 
Charging takes about 30 seconds. When it’s finished, the 
 
Ppower light stops flashing and stays on.
Never turn off the printer while the 
 
P
power light is 
flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made noise 
for more than 5 minutes.
Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge
When an ink cartridge is more than six months old, you may 
need to replace it if you notice that your printouts don’t look 
as good as they used to. If print quality doesn’t improve after 
cleaning and aligning the print head, you can replace one or 
both cartridges.
Follow these steps to replace an ink cartridge before the 
 
B black 
or 
 
A color ink out light is flashing or on:
1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing (the 
 
Ppower light should be on, but not flashing), then open 
the printer cover.
2. Press the 
 
E load/eject button and hold it for about three 
seconds until the print head moves left and the 
 
Ppower 
light begins flashing.
To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print head 
by hand. Don’t open the clamp or remove a cartridge 
except to replace it with a new one. Once you remove a 
cartridge, you can’t reuse it, even if it contains ink.
3. Pull up the ink cartridge clamp. The cartridge rises up from 
its holder. (The illustration shows color ink cartridge 
replacement. To replace the black ink cartridge, lift up only 
the smaller clamp on the left.)
4. Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it 
carefully.
Keep ink cartridges out of the reach of children. 
If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with 
soap and water. If ink gets into your eyes, flush them 
immediately with water.
5. Unwrap the new ink cartridge. Then remove only the yellow 
part of the tape seal on top. 
You must remove the yellow tape from the top of the 
cartridge or you will permanently damage it. Don’t pull off 
the blue portion or try to remove the clear seal 
underneath the cartridge.
black cartridge
(S020189)
color cartridge
(S020191)