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EBS-230
Printer User's Manual
20080512#1.0
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3.5.2. Installing a New Bottle of Ink (or Replacing the Empty One)
NOTE:
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Please note that only the recommended type of ink should be used. Any supply of
improper ink must be avoided or otherwise the head might get damaged. In consequence
a lot of problems may arise, from significant deterioration of the quality of printing to a
malfunction of the ink system and the print head and the need for a major repair of the
printer.
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Various types of ink must not be mixed or ink whose usability period has been exceed
must not be added.
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In order to install or replace a bottle of ink, follow the below specified steps:
a). Switch the printer off.
b). Open the drain valve which is next to the ink bottle cap. Therefore the ink pressure drops to zero.
Then close the drain valve.
c). Unscrew the cap on the used bottle by turning its lower part while holding the upper part with
plug, connected to polyethylene tubes, in place. Check that the lower end of the tube is connected
to the ink filter. If it is dirty it needs to be rinsed with wash-up.
air vent valve
pressure tube to feed ink from a bottle to the printer
tube suppling
pressure to ink bottle
cap and a tube tipped
with an ink filter
Fig. 3.5.2.1.
d). Unscrew the cap off a new bottle.
e). Place the new bottle of ink in the carrier.
f). Insert the filter-tipped tube into the bottle and screw on the plug.
g). Switch the printer on. The new bottle is validated after the transponder has been verified (within
about 10 seconds).
The states of indication lamps during the validation of a new bottle are as follow:
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The sensing and verification of a transponder are indicated with the green lamp POWER flickering
uniformly (at 0.5 Hz) for about 10 seconds.
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The validation of the bottle is indicated with the green lamps POWER and PRINT flickering
quickly in turns for about 1 second and then only by the lamp POWER which should emit
continuous light.
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If validation of a bottle is unsuccessful, the red
lamp ERROR flickers. On clicking the
button in the control program window, the user can
view the
Info tab sheet and identify the cause of
the error, see Fig. 3.5.2.2. .
Fig. 3.5.2.2.