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2.18 Expiration date management of ink and makeup
1.Overview
When the ink or makeup bottle which passed the expiration date were to be opened for
use, or when the ink or makeup passed estimated replacement time after opening or
recommended expiration date
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, fault of “Ink Shelf Life Information” or “Makeup Shelf Life
Information” is output to encourage the customer to replace the ink or makeup using
ink bottle or makeup bottle which is unopened and within expiration date.
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recommended expiration date・・・a value calculated from addition of year and month of
manufacture of ink or makeup, expiration date and estimated replacement time
after opening. Estimated replacement time is uniformly 6 months as for this specification.
2.Manner of operation
(1) Setup of expiration date management
Open the Unit information screen on Maintenance menu in service personnel
maintenance mode. If the setup item on the screen “Expiration date management of ink
and makeup” is set to “Enable”, expiration date management of ink and makeup is
performed. If set to “Disable”, expiration date management of ink and makeup is not
performed. Default is set to “Disable”.
Example of “Unit information screen”