Epson Printer L6270

Power button used for turning the printer on and off

Power light off before disconnecting the power cord

Ink properly covered to prevent drying

Print head properly capped to prevent ink from drying

Power cord unplugged or power outage occurred while printer was in operation

If power cord was unplugged or power outage occurred, turn the printer on and off again as soon as possible to cap the print head

Sign off on the nozzle clogging prevention procedure

Warning: Never use alcohol or thinner to clean the printer. These chemicals can damage the printer.

Use a soft, moist cloth to clean the roller and the interior of the ADF

Warning: Using a dry cloth may damage the surface of the roller. Use the ADF after the roller has dried.

Close the ADF cover, and then open the document cover

Clean the part that is shown in the illustration

Warning: If the glass surface is stained with grease or some other hard-to-remove material, use a small amount of glass cleaner and a soft cloth to remove it. Wipe off all remaining liquid. Do not press the glass surface too hard. Be careful not to scratch or damage the surface of the glass. A damaged glass surface can decrease the scan quality.

If the problem cannot be cleared, turn off the printer by pressing the U button, open the ADF cover, and then raise the ADF input tray

Clean the part that is shown in the illustration

Warning: Do not use cleaning liquid other than water with a few drops of detergent

Items required: Cotton swabs (several), Water with a few drops of detergent (2 to 3 drops of detergent in 1/4 cup of tap water), Light for checking smears

Turn off the printer by pressing the 'power' button

Close the document cover if it is open

Open the scanner unit with both hands until it locks

Check if the translucent film is smeared. Smears are easier to see if you use a light

If there are smears (such as finger marks or grease) on the translucent film (A), go to the next step. Be careful not to touch the rail (B). Do not wipe off the grease on the rail, because this is necessary for operations

Moisten a cotton swab with the water with a few drops of detergent so that it is not dripping water, and then wipe the smeared part. Wipe off the smear gently

Use a new dry cotton swab to wipe the film. Do not leave any fibers on the film

You can check the approximate service life of the maintenance box from the printer's control panel

Select (droplet) on the home screen

To confirm the actual ink remaining, visually check the ink levels in all of the printer's tanks

Prolonged use of the printer when the ink level is below the lower line could damage the printer

You can also check the approximate ink levels and the approximate service life of the maintenance box from the status monitor on the printer driver

Click EPSON Status Monitor 3 on the Maintenance tab

The Power Cleaning utility allows you to replace all of the ink inside the ink tubes

In the following situations, you may need to use this feature to improve the print quality

You printed or performed head cleaning when the ink levels were too low to be seen in the ink tank windows

You performed the nozzle check and head cleaning 3 times and then waited for at least 12 hours without printing, but print quality still did not improve

Before running this feature, read the following instructions

Make sure that there is enough ink in the ink tanks

Visually check all ink tanks are at least a third full

Low ink levels during Power Cleaning could damage the product