Supply Cartridge Control And Selection; Supply Cartridge Control; Cartridge Status Indicated By Leds - MIMAKI JV300-130 Maintenance Manual

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Model JV300-130/160 Issued 2014.05.30 Revised

1.3.3 Supply Cartridge Control and Selection

 Supply cartridge control
No. Item
1 For the 4-color ink set
M and Bl ink for the 6-color
ink set
2 Except M and Bl ink for the
6-color ink set
For the 8-color ink set
For the 6-color +W ink set
 Cartridge status indicated by LEDs
LED Status
Blue Lit
Red Blink
Lit
 Selection and determination of the supply cartridge for the 4-color ink set
 supply cartridge switching selection timing
 At power-on
 When an error occurs in the currently selected cartridge
 When a cartridge with higher priority than the currently selected cartridge is inserted
 Switching is not executed during printing or cleaning but executed when the machine has returned to LOCAL
mode.
 When there is more than one effective cartridge for 1-ink supply path
Priority
1 The cartridge having the smaller amount of remaining ink is selected.
2 If there is no distinction at "1", the cartridge closer to the expiration date is selected.
3 If there is no distinction at "1" and "2", the cartridge in the smaller slot number is selected.
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 The machine uses two ink cartridges for 1 supply system and can mount 8 cartridges in
total.
 1 supply cartridge is assigned to 1 supply system. The cartridge with less amount of
remaining ink is used first by toggle switching.
 Switching between cartridges for ink supply occurs under any of the following
conditions:
• "INK END" during printing
• "INK NEAR END" during filling
• Ink IC warning
• When the cartridge is removed
• When executing Ink use-up cleaning
 Since there is 1 ink cartridge per supply system, all 8 cartridges are supply cartridges.
Supply cartridge
INK END, INK NEAR END, Expiration:1MONTH
 NO CARTRIDGE
 WRONG INK IC
Errors related to PIC, namely, NON-ORIGINAL INK, WRONG INK IC, Kind of INK, Color
of INK, WRONG CARTRIDGE and Expiration:2MONTH
 INK REMAIN ZERO
A cartridge having no remaining ink after execution of ink use-up cleaning (only in 4-color
use).
Cartridge status
F/W ver. 1.10 Remark
Description
Explanation
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1.3.3 R.1.0 P.1