How to install the CISS continuous ink supply system to Epson Stylus CX7400 printer

How to install the CISS ,continuous ink supply system into Epson Stylus CX7400 printer

Below is the instruction for Epson CX7400 Printer, but you can use the same technique for CX5000, CX6000, Cx7000, CX7450, CX8400, CX9400f.

1.Cautions: Thing need to know

• Find an easy-to-clean place to work when working with ink.
• Most of the refillable cartridges & the cartridges come with the ciss that have auto reset chips cannot be mixed with original cartridges; the same situation applies for the non-auto reset chip cartridges.
• Do not use any software and / or chip re setters to reset the chips as it may damage the auto reset chips.
• During printing do not disturb the external ink tank.
• Leave the external ink tank at the same level (see picture above).
• Do not tear off the seal at the bottom of the cartridges.
• Do not touch or scrape the chips.

• Check the printer status to see whether it is normal or not, and check its mechanics for smooth and any damage.
• Printer a test sheet on the nozzle check to see if any gaps appear on the lines in the printout , Please check your printer manual on information how to printer out the nozzle test page.
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• If the printer show that broken line, do the printer head cleaning till those are good.
• If the printer is alright then follow the step below for the installation instruction

Note: The ink system will not cause any damage to your printer.

A. Place the ink system on the right side of printer. Press ink cartridges change button located on the top of the printer or please check your printermanual for the information on how to replace the cartridges, The cartridges will move to the changing position.

Open the cover locale in front the printer , Remove the original cartridges Unplug the printer So it’s easier move the cartridges holder later..

B. Locate the printer Cartridges cover lock. Insert the screwdriver in between the joint and gently remove the lock clip

C. Remove the cartridges holder cover

D. Move the printer head to the left side of the printer

E. Take the cartridges and carefully slide them under the bar as

shown on the right. Rest the cartridges on the side of printer in order to perform the next step.

F. Move the printer head back to the changing cartridge position.Insert cartridges into printer. Place all eight straight down into printer carriage.Starting from left to right, gently press cartridges until cartridges lock into place. Note: The cartridges maybe a little big tight when pressing it down.

G. Attach tubing bridge by removing adhesive protector and then placing it directly across from the arrow or place a little bit to the left of the arrow. See picture on the side.. When placing the tube holder, place it an angle to ensure the tube can freely move without interfering with the cartridge holder.

E. * Move the printer head carriage all the way to the right. Make sure there is enough tubing to allow printer carriage to move freely to the right.

* Do the same move for the cartridges carriage all the way to the left.

* If it appears that the tubing is too short or too long, please make adjustments by sliding the tubing to the desired amount.

Locate the 4 small plugs located on top of the reservoir bottle.

Remove all 4 small plugs that covers the air hole. See picture on the

side. Insert the air filter.

remove the lock…

Trouble shooting:

Below are the very common when using the Ciss system

If after install the system and you receive the message the cartridges are not recognize by the printer, Red light flashing…This is he very common problem for the printer that manufactured after 8-2008, Check the link below for the instruction on how to correct that problem

http://www.vtechplace.com/articles/epson-printer/cx5000-cx6000-cx7000-cx7450-cx8400-cx9400f/how-to-reset-the-chips-for-the-ciss-that-dont-have-the-reset-switch-on-top-of-the-cartridges..html

Guide to fix the problem with missing color when print http://www.vtechplace.com/articles/epson-printer/common-q-a-for-epson-printer/guide-to-fix-the-problem-with-missing-color-when-print.html

Printer, toner cartridges page yield

Page yield is the total number of pages that you can print with a given ink cartridge. Traditionally each printer manufacturer would run their own differing tests to determine page yields and customers ran the risk of comparing apples to oranges when determining the printer page yields from different manufacturers.

Now, fortunately printer manufacturers work with the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and have developed a set of industry standard tests to measure inkjet cartridge page yields.

What is ISO?

ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 156 countries, on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system.

ISO is a non-governmental organization: its members are not delegations of national governments, as they are in the United Nations. Rather, ISO occupies a special position between the public and private sectors. Some of its member institutes are part of the governmental structure of their countries, or are mandated by their governments, while others represent national partnerships of private-sector industry associations.

Therefore, ISO is able to act as a bridging organization in which consensus can be reached on solutions that meet both the requirements of business and the broader needs of society, such as the needs of stakeholder groups like consumers and users.

These tests consist of printing a standard set of five pages, continuously, until the ink cartridge has reached the end of its life. This continuous method of testing is obviously less time consuming and expensive for the manufacturers to perform and whilst may allow an âapples to applesâ comparison, bears little resemblance to real life situations.

The five pages chosen for example are unlikely to be replicated in actual day to day print situations and industry experts estimate that ink printer users only print a few pages at a time and that hours, if not days can pass before an other print job is requisitioned. This type of start/stop printing can dramatically reduce the page yield obtained from a cartridge. Inkjet printers use some ink to keep the printhead nozzles clear to allow the ink to flow smoothly and most printers perform a maintenance operation on start up which also depletes the volume of ink in the cartridge.

Some page tests are measured on page coverage of only 5% for black print, the standard letter test, and areas of solid black or areas of greyscale on the page will have an effect.

Canon are now alone amongst the major printer manufacturers to continue to display the volume of ink contained in their cartridges and it is unlikely they will continue to do so if their competitors have abandoned the practice. HP and Epson until recently had this information available, however on the latest HP packaging only a page yield figure is given and the latest Epson packaging contains no information at all to aid the consumer in a choice. Lexmark have had a tradition of vagueness when it comes to page yield information on packaging and they have reached new levels of ambiguity with their latest XL cartridges, stating 2x More pages and in the small print telling you that the cartridge will last twice as long as another Lexmark cartridge.

It is true that different printer models would yield differing page yields with the same volume of ink, but it is clear this latest trend sheds little more light on the thorny question of how long an ink cartridge should last.