Canon MP 1000 manual Ink Cartridge Guidelines

N❏ Clean the print head only when you encounter a print quality problem or when you have installed a new BX-2 or BC-02 ink cartridge. Unnecessary and repetitious print head cleaning wastes ink.

Ink Cartridge Guidelines

Use only the Canon BX-2 or BC-02 ink cartridge with the

MultiPASS 1000.

Each ink cartridge contains enough ink to print about 700 pages in standard mode and 1400 pages in economy mode (based on CCITT #1 Chart).

The actual amount of ink that you use will vary depending on the print density of a page. If the majority of your printed output is graphics, you may need to change the ink cartridge more often than when you are receiving or printing text only.

You may need to replace the ink cartridge when either of the following conditions exist:

❏Your printed output is not crisp and clear, and there are gaps in the characters (missing dots) even after you have cleaned the print head once or twice and you have removed and reinstalled the ink cartridge a few times.

❏You have been using the ink cartridge for over six months.

NCanon makes numerous ink cartridges; the BX-2 and BC-02 ink cartridge are designed to be used with the MultiPASS 1000 and are the only ones you should use.

Maintaining the MultiPASS 1000

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