This procedure is from spectraflow.com They suggest tap water, but with the hard water we have here in Leicester, I much prefer to use distilled water.

See also our main inkjet cleaning page

As ever, try these tricks at your own risk

It is suggested to do this procedure every 3-6 months, or whenever you experience a decline in cleaning efficiency. If you have never done this procedure before, repeat it several times in succession to soften up the capping pad. Lines through nozzle checks, clogged nozzles and “missing” colours on your nozzle check can usually be solved with this procedure.

Open the main window/door

Press down on the cutter and move the carriage to the left

Locate the capping pad. It should be a multi-colour fabric pad, usually orange and black.

With an eyedropper of distilled water, soak the pad to the point of spill over.

Allow the water to be absorbed (2-3 minutes should do the trick)

Repeat, and return the carriage to it’s home position while still wet

Wait 3 minutes for absorption

Run a standard clean cycle (not a power clean)

If you still experience trouble, try the following:

After step 2, lay down a half-folded wet paper towel (do not fold more than once as this will be too thick) in the carriage path

Run the carriage over the paper towel and center it

Grab the edges of the paper towel and “shimmy” the back of the carriage. This will wipe off some of the more stubborn dried ink chunks around the edges of the print head. *Be careful not to tear the paper towel as this can leaves hard to remove pieces of paper towel lodged in the back of the carriage.

Continue with step 3 in the first procedure.

After step 5, reach in and locate the rubber wiper blade.

Wipe the blade with a damp paper towel until clean.

Finish the first procedure

Epson Printer Error Codes for EPSON 7600 & 9600 - Printer LCD Panel Messages

Code number	Reason for Error	What to do
0002	CR pass count reaches the limit Perform Maintenance Mode 2 This is a CR Motor end-of-life error (not good) Clear the CR motor Counter. Check the ink tubes for wear and listen to the CR motor. If it is not making any unusual noises as it travels left and right, then it's probably OK to go on - take this as a warning sign and keep an eye on things.	Perform Maintenance Mode 2 [CLEAR COUNTERS / CR MOTOR
0008	Real Time Clock (RTC) backup battery is dead	Install a new battery and perform Maintenance Mode 2
0020	The number of shots (per nozzle) has reached a services limit - not fatal, but start paying more attention to print quality and nozzle checks.	Perform Maintenance Mode 2 [CLEAR COUNTERS / CLEANER]
0040	Pump motor operation count has reached the service limit. Potentially messy if this breaks - think about a service call...	Perform Maintenance Mode 2 [CLEAR COUNTERS / CLEANER]
0080	The Date is not specified	Perform Maintenance Mode 2 [CLEAR COUNTERS / CLEANER]
0100	RTC backup battery faulty/low	(Wait for a while) *2 If the same message appears again, replace the RTC backup battery and perform Maintenance Mode 2 [CLEAR COUNTERS / RTC].
0088	RTC backup battery is not installed	Install the battery and perform Maintenance Mode 2 [CLEAR COUNTERS / CLEANER]

Service manual for 7600/9600 (PDF)

Service manual for 10600 (PDF)

Other info pages

Deactivate 7600/9600 ink counter

7600 / 9600 Maintenance tank reset

SP4000 maint tank reset

SP4000 ink counter deactivation

Swapping black inks on the 9600 / 7600

Cleaning inkjet printers

7880 / 9880 Black ink swap

7800 / 9800 black ink swap

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