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Replacing Ink Cartridges

Checking the Ink Supply

For Windows
For Macintosh

For Windows

You can check the amount of ink remaining in the ink cartridges using EPSON Status Monitor 3 or the progress meter. Refer to the appropriate section below for details.

EPSON Status Monitor 3

Access EPSON Status Monitor 3 in one of the following ways.

Double-click the printer-shaped shortcut icon on your Windows taskbar. To add a shortcut icon to the taskbar, see the section below.
See Monitoring Preferences

Open the printer software, click the Maintenance tab, then click the Status Monitor 3 button.

A graphic displays the ink status.

Note:

If any of the ink cartridges installed in the printer is broken, incompatible with the printer model, or improperly installed, EPSON Status Monitor 3 cannot display the ink cartridge status correctly. Be sure to replace or reinstall any ink cartridge indicated by EPSON Status Monitor 3.

Make sure that the correct ink cartridge is displayed after replacing the photo black or matte black cartridges. If it is not displayed correctly, set the information manually. For more information see the following section.

Setting the ink cartridge information

Progress meter

The progress meter dialog box appears automatically when you send a print job to the printer. You can check the ink status from this dialog box.

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For Macintosh

You can check ink cartridge status using EPSON StatusMonitor. Follow the steps below.

For Mac OS X

Double-click Macintosh HD (the default hard disk name), double-click the Applications folder, then double-click the EPSON Printer Utility icon. The Printer List window appears.

Select your printer, then click OK. The EPSON Printer Utility dialog box appears.

Click the EPSON StatusMonitor button. The EPSON StatusMonitor dialog box appears.

Note:

The graphic displays the ink cartridge status when EPSON StatusMonitor was first opened. To update the information, click Update.

If any one of the ink cartridges that are installed in the printer is broken, incompatible to the printer model, or is installed improperly, the EPSON StatusMonitor cannot display the ink cartridge status correctly. Be sure to replace or reinstall any ink cartridge when indicated by the EPSON StatusMonitor.

Make sure that the correct ink cartridge is displayed after replacing the photo black or matte black cartridges.

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