Chapter 3

To remove plastic tape from a print cartridge

▲Hold the print cartridge so that the copper strips are on the bottom and facing toward the printer, and then carefully remove the plastic tape.

1 Remove plastic tape

CAUTION: Do not touch the print cartridge ink nozzles or copper contacts. Touching these parts will result in clogs, ink failure, and bad electrical connections. Do not remove the copper strips. They are required electrical contacts.

For more information about ink-backup mode, see the following topics:

•Ink-backup mode output

•Exit ink-backup mode

Ink-backup mode output

Printing in ink-backup mode slows the printer and affects the quality of printouts.

Installed print cartridge

Result

Black print cartridge

Colors print as grayscale.

 

 

Tri-color print cartridge

Colors print but black is grayed and is not a true

black.

 

 

 

Exit ink-backup mode

Install two print cartridges in the printer to exit ink-backup mode.

For information about installing a print cartridge, see Replace print cartridges.

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