DisplayMaker Legacy Mach 12 - User Manual

3-12 Installing Ink for the First Time in a New Printer
Installing Ink for the
First Time in a New
Printer
When you receive a new printer, numbered empty ink tubes are
preinstalled at the factory. This prepares the printer to accept ink
reservoirs and printheads with any ink type or color set. It also
avoids introducing air into the ink, which would occur gradually
if ink tubes filled with ink were installed and stored unpressur-
ized (without an ink reservoir connected).
During the ink installation process, you will displace the air
inside the ink tube with ink before you connect the tube to the
printhead.
Caution
Always fill an empty ink tube with ink before con-
necting it to a printhead. Connecting an empty ink
tube to a printhead will result in enough air to be
introduced to cause the printhead to fail. This condi-
tion may be recoverable by purging the cartridge of
air (see “Purging the Printheads” on page 5-11 for
instructions), and then priming them (see “Manual
Priming” on page 5-8).
1. On the printer’s Ready screen, press the Online/Offline key.
The Front Page screen appears.
2. On the control panel Front Page screen, press the Carriage
key.
The printhead carriage moves to the center area of the platen
so you can load the printheads.
3. Open the printer’s top cover.
4. If desired, label the ink tubes at the reservoir end.
Referring to the Color Map card, affix the labels showing the
ink color and ink type onto the ink tubes at the reservoir
end. This will identify the ink used in each tube, and help
reconnect any tubes that are removed and stored to the cor-
rect ink reservoir and printhead.