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Maintenance Box Handling Precautions

Read the following instructions before replacing the maintenance box.

  • Do not touch the green chip on the side of the maintenance box. Doing so may prevent normal operation and printing.

  • Do not replace the maintenance box during printing; otherwise, ink may leak.

  • Do not remove the maintenance box or open its cover except when replacing the maintenance box; otherwise ink may leak.

  • Do not reuse a maintenance box which has been removed and left detached for a long period. Ink inside the box will have solidified and no more ink can be absorbed.

  • Do not tilt the used maintenance box until after it is sealed in the plastic bag; otherwise ink may leak.

  • Do not store the maintenance box in high or freezing temperatures.

  • Keep the maintenance box out of direct sunlight.

  • Do not drop the maintenance box or subject it to strong shocks.

  • Do not touch the openings in the maintenance box as you may get smeared with ink.