Installing Ink for the First Time in a New Printer
When you receive a new printer, numbered empty ink tubes are preinstalled at the factory. This prepares the printer to accept ink reservoirs and printheads with any ink type or color set. It also avoids introducing air into the ink, which would occur gradually if ink tubes filled with ink were installed and stored unpressur- ized (without an ink reservoir connected).
During the ink installation process, you will displace the air inside the ink tube with ink before you connect the tube to the printhead.
Caution | Always fill an empty ink tube with ink before con- |
| necting it to a printhead. Connecting an empty ink |
| tube to a printhead will result in enough air to be |
| introduced to cause the printhead to fail. This condi- |
| tion may be recoverable by purging the cartridge of |
| air (see “Purging the Printheads” on page |
| instructions), and then priming them (see “Manual |
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1.On the printer’s Ready screen, press the Online/Offline key.
The Front Page screen appears.
2.On the control panel Front Page screen, press the Carriage key.
The printhead carriage moves to the center area of the platen so you can load the printheads.
3.Open the printer’s top cover.
4.If desired, label the ink tubes at the reservoir end.
Referring to the Color Map card, affix the labels showing the ink color and ink type onto the ink tubes at the reservoir end. This will identify the ink used in each tube, and help reconnect any tubes that are removed and stored to the cor- rect ink reservoir and printhead.
Installing Ink for the First Time in a New Printer |