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SETUP MANUAL

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About This Manual

The instructions and procedures included herein are intended
for the experienced repair technicians, and attention should
be given to the precautions on the preceding page.

Symbols Used in this Manual

Indicates an operating or maintenance procedure, practice, or
condition that, if not strictly observed, could result in damage
to, or destruction of, equipment.

Indicates important point about assembly.

May indicate an operating or maintenance procedure, practice or

condition that is necessary to accomplish a task efficiently.
It may also provide additional information that is related to a
specific subject, or comment on the results achieved through
a previous action.

Wear protective eyewear and gloves when performing

assembly, and maintenance.

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Revision Status
Revision Date of Issue Description

A August 17, 2017 First release

B November 30, 2017 Correct the mistake

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1. Caution for Installation

Assembling and Installation should be done in the proper order
Otherwise, the unexpected problems may be led.

 Installation
Serviceman must set it up. (Not User)
 Choosing a Place for the Printer

 Instructions for Placing the Printer

• Keep adequate room as shown.
• Choose a level and stable location that can support the
weight of the printer (about 290 kg).

 Used Tools
• Phillips screwdriver, No.2 (Long driver (shaft length): more
than 250 mm)
• Phillips screwdriver, No.2 (Less than 200 mm in length)
• Scissors

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 Precautions on charging ink

• For initial charge after installing the printer, perform it in the
operating temperature range (15℃ or higher). If initial
charge is performed at a low temperature, it may be
interrupted in the middle because of malfunction of the ink
end sensor. (Message: Refill Ink Tank Ink has reached
lower limit. After refilling, press .)
• If the ink is cold, the ink end sensor may malfunction. Before
filling the tank, leave the ink in the guaranteed temperature
range (20℃-30℃) for three or more hours.
• If charging is interrupted in the middle, leave the printer in
the guaranteed temperature range for a while. Then, resume
initial charge following the instructions displayed on the
panel. When resuming failed in spite of following the panel
instruction and pressing , and “Load media." is displayed,
turn the power off and then turn it back on. Then, resume
charging following the instruction displayed on the panel.

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2. Inside of carton box

Printer

Accessories

Auto Take-up Reel Unit/Media Feeding Unit

(Adjustment
Screws
(silver))

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Epson Genuine Ink Supply System

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3. Setup
3.1 Setup Flow
Assemble according to the following flow charts.

Customer Service engineer

Stand

Printer Installation

Media Feeding Unit

Auto Take-up Reel Unit

Connecting Cables

Ink Supply System

Parallelism Adjustment

Connecting Power Cable

Filling Ink

Installing Firmware

Before assembling the printer, clear the work area by putting

away the removed packing materials and bundled items.

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3.2 Stand
It is recommended to assemble the stand by a group of three.

[1] Attach the support bar to the both legs.

[2] Fasten the bolts.

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[3] Attach the support bar to the both legs.

[4] Fasten the bolts. (A x 8 pcs)

[5] Fasten the bolt. (B x 1 pc)

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[6] Fasten the bolts. (B x 3 pcs)

[7] Attach the cable clamp.

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3.3 Printer installation

Before the printer is placed onto the stand, Choose a level and
stable location to avoid bending the frame.

[1] Lock the casters.

Before using the printer, be sure the stand is fixed in place.
When moving the printer unlock the casters.

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[2] Pull out the carrying bars.

[3] Set the carrying bars.

Put the bar through the slot of the printer until the two
bolts on the bar are shown one each at the front and rear
side of the printer. Make sure the bolts are facing upward.

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[4] Lift the printer up and place it on the stand.

Then pull out the carrying bars.
When carrying the printer, use at least eight persons.

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[5] Fasten the bolts with washers. (A x 8 pcs)

[6] Fasten the bolts. (B x 2 pcs)

[7] Remove the pieces of tape.

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[8] Route the tubes as shown below.

[9] Secure the tubes with the clamp.

[10] Make sure the tubes are routed correctly.

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[11] Place the caution label for your language over the
English label.

[12] Remove the lid from the Waste Ink Bottle.

The lid of the Waste Ink Bottle is required when disposing of the
waste ink. Keep the lid. Do not throw it away.

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[13] Set the stopper.

[14] Attach the Waste Ink Bottle.

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3.4 Media Feeding Unit

Two people should hold the two bars when carrying the Media
Feeding Unit.

Remove the roll core from the Media Feeding Unit before
installing. Do not throw this away as it will be used as the roll
core for the new media.

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[1] Attach the plate on the Rear Full side.

[2] Place the Media Feeding Unit on the stand.

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[3] Fasten the bolts. (A x 4 pcs)

[4] Fasten the bolts. (A x 8 pcs)

Fasten the screws on the side, keeping the pipes pressed as
shown, and then fasten the screws on the side.

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3.5 Auto Take-up Reel Unit

[1] Attach the plates on the Front Full & Home side.

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[3] Remove the roll core.

Keep this roll core for future use as the take-up reel.

[4] Lift and hold the Auto Take-up Reel Unit, and loosen the
fixing screws on both sides.

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[5] Remove the screws and open the covers.

Keep these screws shown above for future use to close the
covers.

Carry the Auto Take-up Reel Unit using two persons, each
holding the two bars as shown in the figure on the right.

[6] Place the Auto Take-up Reel Unit on the stand.

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[7] Attach the screws. (A x 4)

[8] Close the covers and tighten the screws.

[9] Temporarily attach the adjustment plates.

(A with washer x 8)

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3.6 Connecting Cables

[1] Release the cable.

[2] Open the cable cover.

Media feeding unit

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[3] Connect the cable and route it through the clamps.

[4] Close the cable cover and secure the cable with the clamp.

[5] Secure the cable.

Auto take-up reel unit

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[6] Connect the cable and secure it with the clamp.

Media feeding unit

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3.7 Ink Supply System

[1] Attach PLATE,TRAY,CISS to TRAY,CISS and fix it with

screws (T1 x 3 pcs)

PLATE,TRAY,CISS T1

Hook TRAY,CISS

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[2] Attach JOINT,TRAY,CISS to TRAY,RIGHT. (T1 x 1 pc)

JOINT,TRAY,CISS
TRAY,RIGHT T1

Pay attention to attaching position.

[3] Attach TRAY,RIGHT to TRAY,CISS and fix it with screws

(T1 x 5 pcs).

TRAY,RIGHT

T1

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[4] Attach TRAY,LEFT to TRAY,CISS and fix it with screws

(T1 x 5 pcs).

T1 TRAY,LEFT
Positioning

Insert TRAY,CISS

T1
[5] Attach screws (T2 x 2 pcs) to TRAY,LEFT with slip-out
prevention washers.
TRAY,LEFT
Slip-out prevention washer

Leave space

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[6] Attach the tray unit to the main body. (T2 x 4 pcs)
Tighten screws with slip-out
washers (T2 × 2) which are
described on page 31.

Hook

T2

Tray unit

Fix with screws (T2 x 2) from

the bottom
Confirm the screws are correctly secured. If they are
secured on the wrong places, the hooks are not fully
set in place. In such a case, reattach the tray unit.

Correct places Wrong places

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[7] Attach FRAME,SIDE,CISS (right and left). (T3 x each 2

pcs )
Attach them as shown below.

Printer

FRAME,SIDE,CISS FRAME,SIDE,CISS

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FRAME,SIDE,CISS FRAME,SIDE,CISS

Align tip of triangle with Align tip of triangle with edge of

height of bar ring metal plate with screws

Position 2

Align tip of triangle with edge of

metal plate with screws

Position 3

T3
Use the driver of 200 mm or less in
length.

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[8] Attach FRAME,CISS,BOTTOM (x 4). (T1 x each 2 pcs)

FRAME,CISS,BOTTOM T1 FRAME,CISS,BOTTOM
Tighten rear 4 screws temporarily

T1

Hook Hook

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[9] Set the chip into the slider.

[10] Pull up the lock lever.
[11] Attach the rightmost ink tank (Cyan). Push it to the back
while pushing it down.

1.Push down slightly

2. Push back until it clicks

[12] Slide FRAME,CISS,BOTTOM to the right and left to align

the screw hole with the screw slit at the bottom of the
tank.
FRAME,CISS,BOTTOM

Align screw hole

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[13] Fix the tank with a screw (T4 x 1 pc).

T4

It is OK if there exists a
gap between the tank
and body metal plate
after attaching it.

[14] Attach other tanks in the order shown below.

2 4
3 1
2 4
3 1

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[15] Tighten 2 screws of FRAME,CISS,BOTTOM which were

tightened temporarily.

[16] Check vertical alignment of the ink tanks.

If the ink tanks are not aligned (as shown below), reattach the
tanks.

NG!! OK!!
Reattaching ink tanks is necessary

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[17] Check horizontal alignment of the ink tanks.

If the ink tanks are not aligned (as shown below), reattach the
tanks.

NG!! OK!!
Reattaching ink tanks is necessary

[18] Fix PLATE,COVER,CISS. (T1 x 2 pcs)

[19] Fix COVER, CISS. (T1 x 4 pcs)
[20] Push down the lock levers.
Lock Lever
COVER, CISS

T1

T1

PLATE,COVER,CISS
Secure with the screw hole 184
Make sure to peel off the mm away from the bottom.
protection sheets before
attaching the
PLATE,COVER,CISS.
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3.8 Parallelism adjusting

Things to prepare
(1) (2) (3) (6)

(4) (5)

(1) Counterweight
(2) Hexagonal wrench
(3) Film a
(4) Film b (x 2)
(5) Roll core (short)
(6) Screw (C) (Adjustment screws (silver)) (x 2)

3.8.1 Parallelism Check

[1] Loosen the fixing screws of the roll core holders on both
home and full sides, and move the roll core holders
inward.

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[2] Remove the screws shown below and turn open the
covers.

[3] Temporarily attach the adjustment screws on both home

and full sides.

Home side

Adjustment
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Adjustment
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[4] Open the front cover and pull up the media loading lever.

[5] Peel off the protection film pieces from the film b.

Protection film

Film b

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[6] Align the holes on the sheet with the screws, and then
paste the film b.
Align with screws

After pasting the sheet, confirm that the bottom edge of

the film b is on the media guide bar.

[7] Paste the film b on the other side. (Film b should be

pasted on both home and full sides.)

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[8] Move the roll core holder on the full side outward.

If the handle shaft of the roll core holder on the full side is not
visible, rotate the handle until it stops as shown below. If the
shaft is not visible, you cannot attach the roll core correctly.

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[9] Move the roll core holder on the home side to the
adjustment position.
Pentagonal hole

Roll core holder

Align the end of the roll

core holder with the end of
the plate with the
pentagonal hole as shown.

[10] Secure the roll core holder with the fixing screw.

Fixing
screw

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[11] Put the loop of the film a on the roll core.

Attach the film a in the orientation where you can read

the number on the scale correctly as shown below.

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[12] Insert one end of the roll core to the roll core holder on
the home side.
Use the shorter core.

[10] Push in the roll core holder on the full side to the other
end and tighten the fixing screw on the roll core holder.

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[14] Rotate the handle until part A shown in the figure below is
fully inserted.

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[15] Move the media edge plates toward the center.

Media edge plate

[16] Insert the film a through the printer to the rear side.

Film a

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[17] Align the film a exactly along the film b on the full side.

[18] Put the counterweight to the film a on the rear of the

printer and hang it on to the point shown below.

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[19] When the film a stops swinging, record the value on the
scale at the point where the bottom edge of the white line
on the platen and the scale of the film a overlap.

Reading point

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[20] Lift the film a on both front and rear of the printer
simultaneously and slide the film to the home side until it
is aligned exactly along the film b on the home side.

[21] When the film a stops swinging, record the value on the
scale at the point where the bottom edge of the white line
on the platen and the scale of the film a overlap.

If the value differs more than 0.5mm from the value of the full
side, go to Adjustment. Otherwise, go to Finishing Adjustment.

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3.8.2 Adjustment
[1] Loosen all the fixing screws on the plates.

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[2] While checking the values of the scale on the film a, turn
the adjustment screw of the side with the larger value to
the right until the difference between the home and full
sides falls below 0.5mm.
 The scale moves from the point where you feel the
resistance of the screw. It moves about 0.6mm by
rotating the screw once.
 Do not touch the adjustment screw on the side with the
smaller value.

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[3] Tighten all the screws shown below.

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3.8.3 Finishing Adjustment

[1] Remove the counterweight from the film a on the rear.

[2] Pull out the film a from the printer.

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[3] Loosen the fixing screw on the roll core holder on the
home side and remove the roll core holder.

[4] Remove the roll core.

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[5] Remove the film a from the roll core.

[6] Remove the film b from the printer.

Have users store the film a/b with the counterweight while
taking care not to fold the films. Also, notify them to clean
off dust and such from them and to stretch it fully before
using them again.

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[7] Loosen the fixing screws on the roll core holders and
move them both inward.

[8] Close the covers and secure them with the screws.

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3.9 Connecting Power Cable

Check that the status of the levels are OK as shown in the
illustration before moving to the next step. The indicates that
the status of the printer is not level. You can adjust the printer's
level by using the adjusters. After adjusting the adjusters, we
recommend checking that the casters are raised from the floor.

[1] Attach the clamp (A).

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[2] Connect the power cable, then secure it with the clamp.

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3.10 Filling Ink

 Wear security goggle and globes, wash your skin
immediately when the ink adheres to your skin.
 Shake the ink packs of all colors well to prevent the ink
settlement.
 For initial charge after installing the printer, perform it in the
operating temperature range (15℃ or higher). If initial charge
is performed at a low temperature, it may be interrupted in
the middle because of malfunction of the ink end sensor.
(Message: Refill Ink Tank Ink has reached lower limit. After
refilling, press .)
 If the ink is cold, the ink end sensor may malfunction. Before
filling the tank, leave the ink in the guaranteed temperature
range (20℃-30℃) for three or more hours.
 If charging is interrupted in the middle, leave the printer in
the guaranteed temperature range for a while. Then, resume
initial charge following the instructions displayed on the
panel. When resuming failed in spite of following the panel
instruction and pressing , and “Load media." is displayed,
turn the power off and then turn it back on. Then, resume
charging following the instruction displayed on the panel.

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[1] Shake the new ink pack as [3] Remove the ink inlet cap from the
shown in the illustration ink tank.
horizontally for approximately 5
cm left and right for 5 seconds
approximately 15 times.

[2] Open the slider ink inlet cover. [4] Cut off the tip of the spout of the ink
pack.

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[5] Fill the ink.

 Get all the ink out of the ink pack so that there is none
remaining.
Do not use the ink in an ink pack to refill multiple different ink
tanks.
( This can cause messages from the remaining ink warning
system to not be displayed properly. )
 Do not turn on printer before filling all inks.
 Confirm whether Ink Tank color is suitable for Ink Pack color
before filling ink.

[6] Push and Make sure the ink inlet cap back on ink tank.
Close the slider ink inlet cover.

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3.11 Installing Firmware

[1] Turn ON the printer in the F/W update mode.

Push “ON” while pressing [Media setup] + [Media feed] + [Maintenance].

PUSH

[2] Check the current Firmware version.

[3] Update the latest FW if the FW is not latest one.
[4] Printer will be turned off automatically.
[5] Please turn on the printer by FW update mode again.
[6] Check the FW version if you updated.
[7] Turn off printer.

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Make sure the media loading lever is pushed down in advance.

[8] Turn ON the printer in the Normal mode.

[9] Set the printer setting. (Language, date, time etc.)
[10] Starting Ink Charge. ( Approximately 50 min)

[11] Check the nozzle check pattern. If nozzle missing, do

cleaning.

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*** If necessary ***

Check the Ink Tank position

[1] Turn ON the printer in the Serviceman Mode.

Push “ON” while pressing [Menu] + [Back] + [OK].
[2] [SELF TESTING] -> [Mech Adjustment]
=>[Sensor Check] -> [ILS]
[3] Check all Ink are “OFF”.
=>If it is ON, check and adjust Ink Tank position, again.

OK!!

NG!! 
Set Ink Tank
again

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4. Troubleshooting for ink charge

[1] Check the Ink Tank condition according to the following tables.
[2] If it is not enough to set the Ink Tank, please set this Ink
Tank again.

Trouble Cause

Ink leak from • Hook of Ink Tank comes off

Ink Tank • The height of Ink Tank is not correct

When Ink charge,

• Hook of Ink Tank comes off
There is air inside the
ink tube.
• The height of Ink Tank is not correct

False detection • Hook of Ink Tank comes off

of Ink Level • The height of Ink Tank is not correct
• Hook of Ink Tank comes off
Always light the Lock
• The height of Ink Tank is not correct
Lever Sensor.
• Make sure “Lever down all ink tanks”

Gap of Ink Tank • The height of Ink Tank is not correct

position • Hook of Ink Tank comes off

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