How To / Replacing Ink Cartridges

Checking the Ink Supply

For Windows users
For Macintosh users

For Windows users

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.

A graphic display showing the amount of ink remaining appears.

Note:
For the color ink cartridge, the color with the least amount of ink remaining determines the level that is displayed for all of the colors in the cartridge.

Progress Meter

The Progress Meter dialog box appears automatically when you send a print job to the printer. You can check the amount of ink remaining from this dialog box.


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For Macintosh users

You can check the amount of ink remaining in the ink cartridges using the StatusMonitor. Follow the steps below.

Click Print or Page Setup on the File menu of your application. The Print dialog box appears.

Click the  Utility icon button, then click the EPSON StatusMonitor button in the Utility dialog box.

A graphic displaying the amount of ink remaining appears.

Note:
  • The graphic displays the amount of ink that was remaining when EPSON StatusMonitor was first opened. To update the ink-level information, click the Update button.
  • For the color ink cartridge, the color with the least amount of ink remaining determines the level that is displayed for all of the colors in the cartridge.


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