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SP4000 printer from EpsonService manual, error codes and Maintenance tank reset on the Epson Stylus Pro 4000

More life for the maintenance tank in the SP4000 and printer fixes.

These procedures should be used with care!

When the maintenance tank for your SP4000 reads full, you can just put a new one in.

Why not reset it to get a bit more life (or to make it last until your spare maintenance tank is delivered)

We've also got a PDF service manual for the 4000 with loads more useful info (be careful with any service operations).

Resetting the maintenance tank on the Stylus Pro 4000

The maintenance reset procedure for Epson Stylus Pro 4000.

Turn off the printer

Hold down the three leftmost arrow buttons [left-arrow] [down-arrow] [up-arrow]

Turn on the printer

Release the buttons

A new menu will appear

Press the up/down arrows to get to the "Clear Counters" menu

Press RIGHT

Press the up/down arrows to get the "Maintenance Tank" menu

Clear the counter.

Turn off printer.

When you restart the printer, the maintenance tank should indicate 'Empty'

Just remember to change it (or replace the wadding it contains)

An overflowing maintenance tank makes a lot of mess

Repair manual

SP4000 Service manual - PDF

SP4000 printer manual -PDF

Service manual for 7600/9600 (PDF)

Epson 4000 maintenance error codes

(0002, 0004, 0008, 0010, 0020, 0040, 0080, 0100, 0200)

Epson 4000 error codes

Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Service error codes

Note that some of these are more serious errors or faults with the printer. Do be sure you are comfortable in what you are doing if you start taking the printer apart!

(00000088, 00000101, 00000103, 00000105)

Epson 4000 service error codes

sp 4000 error code information

Stylus pro 4000 error code numbers

Cleaning dried ink

You really only need to check out the household products line at your local supermarket ;-)

I've written a short guide about 'cleaning inkjet printers'

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