Maintenance
See the instructions in these sections to maintain your printer for optimum results.
When to Maintain Your Product
Preparing for Maintenance
Stirring High Density Black Ink
Replacing the Ink and Chip Unit
Print Head Maintenance
Cleaning the Anti-drying Caps
Cleaning the Platen
Replacing the Waste Ink Bottle
Replacing the Cutter
Replacing the Head Cleaning Set
When to Maintain Your Product
See the guidelines here to determine when you perform maintenance operations on your product or
replace or refill consumables. If you need to perform an operation, use the links at the end of this topic.
Caution: To prevent sedimentation and incorrect colors in your printouts, stir the High Density Black ink
in the ink tank once a week.
Note: You can set up certain maintenance operations to run automatically using settings on your product
control panel.
Symptom
Regular ink maintenance
A low ink warning appears on the LCD screen.
A prepare and replacement message appears on
the LCD screen.
Maintenance or consumable operation
Stir the High Density Black ink in the ink tank and
clean the anti-drying caps once a week. Clean the
platen once a month.
Check if you need to replace an ink and chip unit
for the indicated color.
Replace the waste ink bottle.
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