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EBS-230
Printer User's Manual
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20080512#1.0
ink bottle carrier
Ink Monitoring System
with an antenna
bottle of ink
Fig. 3.5.1.1.
The I nk M onitoring S ystem is designed for the following:
1) controlling the validity of ink in the ink system. It is intended to prevent using mistakenly ink that is
incompatible with the ink originally used in the ink system of the printer. The type of consumable
in the bottle and the ink validity period are controlled. This is especially important for the Clients
who use a number of EBS printers with various ink types.
2) improved distribution and control of ink through the application of electronic coding and the
validation of information stored in the transponder.
NOTES:
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Do not replenish an empty bottle with ink, as the IMS module will recognize the bottle consumed
soon anyway. There is a limit of ink droplets to be produced with every new bottle of ink. When
the limit is exceeded, the bottle is recognized empty even if it is not. All ink droplets are counted
and the result is used to estimate the ink consumption. If the above mentioned limit is
exceeded, the printer shows symptoms of the lack of ink in the bottle and awaits the
replacement of the bottle with a new one. If the printer fails to detect a new bottle of ink, no
printing can be initiated with the
PRINT ON/OFF button, and if the printer is in the print state,
the current printing is also disabled after a while. During the normal operation of the printer,
the bottle is always emptied before the limit is exceeded.
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Do not remove the bottle while validation is in progress (for about 10 seconds).
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Every bottle can only be used in the printer, in which it has been successfully validated by IMS .
The bottle validated in a printer must not be moved to another printer and the contents of the
bottle must not be added to other bottles. The validated bottle should remain in the printer until
its contents are consumed.
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In order to ensure that the validation is successful, the current date needs to be set in the printer
properly.
No printing is possible after the date has been set back .
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When the date is set back, all bottles are ignored! No other bottle can be validated or printing
resumed until the proper date has been set in the printer.
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Do not set the date ahead because when you decide to set the proper date, the operation will
be recognized as setting back with all the consequences described above.
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