Ink Tips - Canon MB5100 Series Online Manual

Ink Tips

Is ink consumed for purposes other than printing?
Ink is sometimes consumed for purposes other than printing.
When you use the Canon printer for the first time after you install the bundled ink tanks, the printer
consumes a small amount of ink in the amount to enable printing by filling the nozzles of the Print Head
with ink.
The printing costs described in the brochures or websites are based on the consumption data from not the
first ink tank /ink cartridge but the succeeding ink tank /ink cartridge.
Ink is sometimes used to maintain the optimal printing quality.
To keep printer's performance, Canon printer performs cleaning automatically according to its condition.
When the printer performs cleaning, a small amount of ink is consumed. In this case, all colors of ink may
be consumed.
[Cleaning function]
The cleaning function helps the printer to suck air bubbles or ink itself from the nozzle and thus prevents
print quality degradation or nozzle clogging.
Is color ink consumed for black-and-white printing?
Black-and-white printing may consume ink in colors other than black, depending on the type of paper and
printer driver settings used. Color ink is therefore consumed in some cases even for black-and-white print
jobs.
Note
• The machine uses pigment ink. With pigment ink, some ink on printed surfaces may come off when
rubbed or scratched.
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