6-6Maintaining and Transporting the Printer

Warning

If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with soap and water. If ink gets in your eyes, flush them immediately with water.

To avoid injury, do not reach into the ink cartridge compartments.

1.Make sure the printer is turned on, and determine which cartridge needs to be replaced by checking the control panel lights.

2.Open the appropriate ink cartridge compartment door.

The compartment for the black and cyan cartridges is on the left; the compartment for magenta and yellow is on the right.

3.Lift up the clamp for the empty cartridge, then carefully pull the cartridge straight out of the printer.

4.Make sure the replacement cartridge is the correct color, then remove it from its package.

Warning

Don’t shake the cartridge you remove; ink may leak out.

5.Shake the new cartridge gently, as shown.

6.Insert the ink cartridge with the arrow mark face-up and the pointing into the printer.

7.Lower the clamp until it clicks into place.

8.Make sure the corresponding H ink out light goes off.

If it remains on, the cartridge may not be installed correctly. Remove the cartridge and reinsert it as described above.

9.Close the compartment door and resume printing.

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