Epson Stylus Photo 895 - Troubleshooting with LED Error Indications

EPSON Stylus PHOTO 895/785EPX Revision A
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting with LED Error Indications 55
3.2 Troubleshooting with LED Error Indications
This section describes how to troubleshoot the problem when the printer indicates an
error at power on and can not print. The Stylus PHOTO 895/785EPX can detect the
printer condition and errors, and indicates them with the LED on printer panel and LCD
on the monochrome panel. Following table shows the LED and LCD indications.
"-": No change.
"A->B": A is a indicator condition when carriage is on Home Position
B is a indicator in ink exchange sequence.
•Blink: Repeats lighting on for 0.5 sec.+ off for 0.5 sec.
•Blink2: Repeats lighting on for 0.2 sec.+ off for 0.2 sec. + on for 0.2 sec.+ off
for0.4 sec.
Table 3-3. Error LED Indication
Printer Status Error Priority
Power ON - 10
Ink sequence proceeding - 6
Ink cartridge changing - 5
Data processing - 9
Paper out On 4
Paper jam condition On 3
Ink end (black) On -> Blink 8
Ink low (black) Blink 8
Ink end (color) On -> Blink2 8
Ink low (color) Blink 8
Ink end (both color, black) On -> On 8
No ink cartridge (color or black) On 7
Reset, Timer IC reset, EEPROM clear On (1s) -
Ink overflow counter reset On (2s) -
Maintenance request
(Ink overflow counter)
Blink 2
Fatal error On 1
Special setting Blink2 -
Table 3-4. Error LCD Indication
Source Detail of error
Display
(First
line)
Display
(Second
line)
Remarks
Printer
No ink (black) Err IEb -
No ink (color) Err IEc
No paper Err PE -
Paper jam Err PJ -
No ink
cartridge/abnormality
Err IC -
Maintenance required Err Sr -
Printon Memory card error Err CE
When an error occurred
during reading data from a
memory card
Common Fatal error Err FE Unrecoverable error