DisplayMaker Legacy Mach 12 - User Manual

3-18 Replacing Ink System Components
Replacing an Ink Reservoir
During Printing (“Hot
Swapping”)
You can replace an ink reservoir during printing (“hot swap”)
only with an ink reservoir of the same color and ink type.
Caution
When switching to a different ink color or ink type,
wait for printing to finish, then replace the ink reser-
voir, printhead, and ink tube as a matched set. Fail-
ure to do so will contaminate the ink system and
compromise performance or output quality.
1. Place the new ink reservoir near the reservoir to be replaced.
2. 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 fail to connect the new
ink reservoir to the profiler docking station within ten
seconds.
3. 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.
Do this promptly. Since the printer keeps track of ink used,
the longer it takes for you to replace the ink reservoir, the
less accurate this “count” will be. If you install ink of a dif-
ferent color or type than was originally installed, the printer
will report this as an error message on the printer control
panel, and printing will stop.
4. Disconnect the ink tube from the old ink reservoir, and con-
nect it to the new ink reservoir.
Connect the new ink reservoir within five seconds, or the
printhead may deprime, which will damage printed output.