HP Designjet Z6200 Photo Printer - Manual (Page 66)

Ink system components
Ink cartridges
The printer's eight ink cartridges provide matte black, chromatic red, magenta, yellow, light magenta,
light cyan, photo black and light gray ink to the printheads.
Ink cartridges require no maintenance or cleaning. When each ink cartridge is shaken vigorously
before installation, and inserted correctly into its slot, the ink will flow to the printheads. Because the
printheads control the amount of ink that is transferred to the page, high-quality printing results continue
even when the ink levels are getting low.
CAUTION: Avoid touching pins, leads, and circuitry when handling ink cartridges because these
elements are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. Such devices are called ESD-sensitive devices. See
Glossary on page 207 . Electrostatic discharges are one of the main hazards to electronics products.
This type of damage can reduce the life expectancy of the device.
Replace ink cartridges
To check the ink levels in the ink cartridges, select the icon, then View ink levels.
The front panel warns you when cartridge ink level is low. When a cartridge is empty, the printer stops
printing and the front panel provides an explanation.
HP recommends that you replace the empty cartridge with a new HP cartridge. See Order ink supplies
on page 78 , Remove an ink cartridge on page 60 , and Insert an ink cartridge on page 62 .
The use of refilled or non-HP ink cartridges has several serious disadvantages:
● There is some risk of damaging the printer. In this case the printer warranty will not be valid for
any printer repairs that are related to the cartridge, nor for any problems due to ink
contamination.
● You will invalidate the warranty of all printheads of the same color used in the printer
subsequently, unless and until the whole ink system (including ink tubes) is replaced.
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