3-2 Ink System Overview
Ink System Overview The printer’s ink system consists of the following components:
◆ OffHead System (OHS) reservoirs — four solvent-based ink
reservoirs (CMYK) and one cleaning solvent reservoir.
◆ Ink tubes — carry ink and cleaning solvent to the print-
heads, and cleaning solvent to the service station.
◆ Printheads — permanent piezo-based printheads.
◆ Vacuum/Pressure (VP) System — provides vacuum to main-
tain negative pressure at the printheads, and pressure to
purge the ink tubes and printheads.
◆ Profilers — provided with each bottle of ink and cleaning
solvent, they contain information about the ink and must be
installed together with their corresponding bottle of ink or
cleaning solvent. Profiler data are used to track ink and
cleaning solvent levels, and to help ensure optimal output
quality and compatibility with printer components.
◆ LEDs — LEDs over each reservoir illuminate to indicate the
status of the OHS:
◆ Refill bottles — refill bottles of ColorSpan SolaChrome-HR
ink and cleaning solvent are designed to be emptied into the
reservoir an entire bottle at a time. This helps reduce the
effects of pigment settling in the bottle, and keeps the ink
level calculations accurate.
Caution
Use only genuine ColorSpan inks and cleaning sol-
vent in the printer. Use of any other inks or cleaning
fluids COULD DAMAGE THE PRINTER AND WILL
VOID THE WARRANTY.
Condition Meaning
Off Less than 2 liters of ink have been used since
the reservoir was refilled.
On Over 2 liters of ink have been used since the
reservoir was filled. Refill the ink (see
“Checking Jet Health” on page 3-6).
Blinking (fast) Ink has been refilled, but the new profiler
has not yet been installed, or a new profiler
has been installed, but the ink has not yet
been refilled.
Blinking (slow) Ink refilled and profiler installed, printer is
reading the profiler.
