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EPSON Stylus COLOR 300

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EPSON Stylus COLOR 300

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User Replaceable Parts

Accessories

Ink Cartridge

Use only the ink cartridge specified in the table below with the 
EPSON Stylus COLOR 300. Use EPSON ink cartridges 
within six months of installing them and before the expiration 
date on the package.

Media 

Printer Specifications

Printing

Printing method

On-demand ink jet

Nozzle 

Monochrome (black) 31 nozzles 

configuration

Color (cyan, magenta, yellow)
33 nozzles (11 per color 

×

 3)

Print speed (text)

200 characters per second (cps) in LQ 
mode at 10 cpi

Print speed
(graphics)

200 inches per second (ips) at 360 dpi

Printable
columns (text)

80 columns at 10 cpi

Printable
columns (graphics) 2880 dots at 360 dpi

User Replaceable Part

Parts Price List Name

Part Number

Paper support

Paper support

1022997

Printer cover

Printer cover

1035802

Logo

Logo plate

1036165

edge guides

control 
panel

paper support

power 
switch

printer
cover

sheet 
feeder

load/eject button

power light

ink cartridge clamp

paper out 
light

ink out light

cleaning button

adjust lever

paper thickness 
lever

left edge 
guide lock 
lever

Cartridge

Part number

Color ink cartridge (CMYK)

S020138

Media name

Size

Part number

EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper

Letter
A4

S041060
S041059

EPSON High Quality Ink Jet 
Paper

Letter
A4

S041111
S041117

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet 
Paper

Letter
Legal
A4

S041062
S041067
S041061

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy 
Paper

Letter
A4

S041124
S041126

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy 
Film

Letter
A4
A6

S041072
S041071
S041107

EPSON Ink Jet 
Transparencies

Letter
A4

S041064
S041063

EPSON Photo Paper/ Cards

4 × 6 inches

S041134

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet 
Cards

×

 10 inches

A6

S041122
S041054

EPSON Photo Quality Self 
Adhesive Sheets

A4

S041106

Summary of Contents for Stylus Color 300

Page 1: ... Paper support Paper support 1022997 Printer cover Printer cover 1035802 Logo Logo plate 1036165 edge guides control panel paper support power switch printer cover sheet feeder load eject button power light ink cartridge clamp paper out light ink out light cleaning button adjust lever paper thickness lever left edge guidelock lever Cartridge Part number Color ink cartridge CMYK S020138 Media name ...

Page 2: ...hesive Sheets should be stored under these conditions Temperature 59 to 86 F 15 to 30 C Humidity 20 to 60 RH Printable areas Single sheets transparencies index cards and self adhesive sheets A The minimum top margin is 0 12 inch 3 0 mm When loading multiple sheets of EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film the minimum top margin is 1 2 inches 30 mm B L The minimum left margin is 0 12 inch 3 0 mm B R The m...

Page 3: ...ge Environmental Temperature Operation 50 to 95 F 10 to 35 C Storage 4 to 140 F 20 to 60 C stored in shipping container 1 month at 104 F 40 C 120 hours at 140 F 60 C Humidity Operation 20 to 80 RH Storage 5 to 85 RH in shipping container without condensation Safety Approvals Safety standards UL 1950 with D3 CSA C22 2 950 with D3 EMC FCC part 15 subpart B class B CSA C108 8 class B Parallel Interfa...

Page 4: ...pressed for 3 seconds when the V Ink Out light is off Load Eject E Loads or ejects paper if pressed and released within 2 seconds Resumes printing if pressed after a paper out error Power P The P Power light is on when the printer is on When the P Power light flashes the printer is receiving data or you are replacing the ink cartridge charging the ink supply system or cleaning the print head It ma...

Page 5: ...back of the printer 7 Press down the ink cartridge clamp until it locks in place Caution Do not open the clamp again until you replace the ink cartridge otherwise the cartridge may become unusable 8 Press the R Cleaning button The printer moves the print head to the home far right position and charges the ink delivery system Charging takes a few minutes and during this time the P Power light conti...

Page 6: ...ghly with soap and water If ink gets in your eyes flush them immediately with water 4 Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it properly 5 Open the ink cartridge package Next remove only the yellow portion of the tape seal from the top of the cartridge Don t remove the white portion Caution You must completely remove the yellow tape seal from the top of the cartridge installing the c...

Page 7: ...dge package and remove only the yellow portion of the tape seal from the top of the cartridge Don t remove the white portion Caution You must completely remove the yellow tape seal from the top of the cartridge installing the cartridge with any portion of it still on will permanently damage the cartridge Also do not remove the clear seal from the bottom of the cartridge ink will leak out 6 Lower t...

Page 8: ... size paper halfway up to the arrow mark Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper EPSON Special Coated Paper for 720 dpi Printing EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards Up to 30 index cards with a support sheet beneath the cards Load short edge first Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper EPSON 720 dpi Index Cards EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets 1 sheet at a time EPSON Photo Quality ...

Page 9: ... image is unexpectedly light or faint or dots are missing from the image you may need to clean the print head This unclogs the nozzles so they can deliver ink properly Cleaning the print head uses ink so clean it only if print quality declines You can use either of the following The Head Cleaning utility in your printer software when the printer is connected directly to the computer The printer s ...

Page 10: ...ns on examining the nozzle check pattern 4 If your print quality has not improved repeat the steps above You may need to do this two or three times Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Examine the nozzle check pattern you print It should look something like this with the right side of the pattern colored cyan magenta and yellow Each staggered horizontal and straight vertical line should be complete ...

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