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Replacing Ink System Components 3-17
Replacing Ink System
Components
This section shows you how to replace the individual compo-
nents in the ink system:
◆ Replacing an ink reservoir in an idle printer
◆ Replacing an ink reservoir during printing (“hot swapping”)
◆ Replacing a printhead
◆ Replacing an ink tube
Replacing an Ink Reservoir
in an Idle Printer
Replace an ink reservoir when there is insufficient ink to print,
or when you want to use a different color or type of ink. If you
replace an ink reservoir with the same color and type of ink,
there is no need to replace the printhead and ink tube.
Caution
When switching to a new ink color or ink type,
replace the ink reservoir, printhead, and ink tube as a
matched set. Failure to do so will contaminate the
ink system and compromise performance or output
quality.
When installing ink tubes, avoid placing excessive tension on
the tube end connected to the printhead. Excessive tension may
cause kinking and blockage of the ink flow, and could cause the
tube to separate from its connector, resulting in an unrestricted
flow of ink from the tube.
1. Remove the ink reservoir from the ink tray. Do not disconnect
the ink tube at this time.
This disconnects the profiler, which is built into the ink res-
ervoir, from its port on the back of the tray. The printer
detects that the profiler has been disconnected, but will not
report an error condition unless you try printing.
2. Install the new ink reservoir into place in the ink tray. Care-
fully connect the profiler into its port at the back of the tray.
If you install ink of a different color or type than was origi-
nally installed, the printer will report this as an error mes-
sage on the printer control panel.
3. Disconnect the ink tube from the old ink reservoir, and con-
nect it to the new ink reservoir.