Printer maintenance
This section describes important procedures required to maintain the per- formance of the printer. Here we will show you how to:
■Replace ink tanks
■Test print head performance
■Clean the print heads
■Replace a BJ Cartridge
■Clean the printer
■Store BJ Cartridges in the BJ Cartridge Container
Replacing an ink tank
Follow these general guidelines for replacing ink tanks:
■When the ink supply in an ink tank becomes low, the printer will beep, a message will appear on the screen, and the ERROR lamp will light. If you want to continue the print job with the nearly depleted ink tank, press the RESUME button. Replace the ink tank as soon as possible.
If you are using a network, an error message will not appear but the printer will beep and the ERROR lamp will light when an ink tank runs low.
■The print heads should be cleaned every time an ink tank is replaced.
■After your replace an empty ink tank, the printer will start print head cleaning automatically. However, if you replace a partially full ink tank, or if you remove a partially full ink tank and insert it again, the printer may not start print head cleaning automatically.
■After you insert an ink tank, close the top cover or press the REPLACE button to move the BJ Cartridge holder to the home position.
■After the cartridge holder moves back to the home position, always check the POWER lamp and make sure that it is blinking to indicate that print head cleaning has started. If the POWER lamp does not start flashing, start print head cleaning with the operation panel. (☞ 98)
Remove an ink tank only after it has run out of ink. To avoid printing problems, do not remove ink tanks unnecessarily.
1 Press the POWER button to turn on the printer
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