Useful Information about Ink
How is ink used for various purposes other than printing?
Ink may be used for purposes other than printing. Ink is not only used for printing, but also for cleaning the print head to maintain the optimal printing quality.
The printer has the function to automatically clean the ink jet nozzles to prevent clogging. In the cleaning procedure, ink is pumped out from the nozzles. Used ink for nozzle cleaning is limited to a small amount.
Does black-and-white printing use color ink?
Black-and-white printing may use ink other than black ink depending on the type of printing paper or the settings of the printer driver. So, color ink is consumed even when printing in black-and-white.
The ink lamp indicates when ink is running low.
You can confirm the status of each ink tank by the ink lamps. Open the print head cover of the printer to confirm how the ink lamps light or flash.
When the ink is running low, the ink lamp flashes slowly (about 3-second interval) to indicate that the ink is running low.
Then, when the ink runs out, the ink lamp flashes fast (about 1-second interval) to indicate that the ink tank needs to be replaced with a new one.
