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Maintenance Manual > Operating Principle > Ink System > Supply Cartridge Control and Selection
Model CJV30/TPC Issued 2008.08.04 Revised
2010.11.05
F/W ver. 2.50 Remark
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1.3.3 Supply Cartridge Control and Selection
Supply cartridge control
Cartridge status indicated by LEDs
Selection and determination of the supply cartridge for the 4-color ink set
supply cartridge switching selection timing
At power-on
When an error occurs in the currently selected cartridge
When a cartridge with higher priority than the currently selected cartridge is inserted
Switching is not executed during printing or cleaning but executed when the printer has returned to LOCAL mode.
No. Item Description
1 For the 4-color ink set The printer uses two ink cartridges for 1 supply system (1 nozzle row) and can mount 8
cartridges in total.
1 supply cartridge is assigned to 1 supply system. The cartridge with less amount of
remaining ink is used first by toggle switching.
Switching between cartridges for ink supply occurs under any of the following
conditions:
• “INK END” during printing
• “INK NEAR END” during filling
• Ink IC warning
• When the cartridge is removed
• When executing Ink use-up cleaning
2 Except for the 4-color ink set
(filling 6-color, 6-color +
white, 7-color, 8-color ink
set)
Since there is 1 ink cartridge per supply system, all 8 cartridges are supply cartridges.
LED Status Explanation
Green Lit Supply cartridge
Red Blink INK END, INK NEAR END, Expiration:1MONTH
Lit NO CARTRIDGE
WRONG INK IC
Errors related to PIC, namely, NON-ORIGINAL INK, WRONG INK IC, Kind of INK,
Color of INK, WRONG CARTRIDGE and Expiration:2MONTH
INK REMAIN ZERO
A cartridge having no remaining ink after execution of ink use-up cleaning (only in 4-color use).
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