Monitoring Of The Amount Of Remaining Ink; Calculation Of The Amount Of Consumed Ink; Updating Of The Amount Of Remaining Ink; Ink Suction During Cleaning And Filling - MIMAKI JV300-130 Maintenance Manual

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Model JV300-130/160 Issued 2014.05.30 Revised

1.3.6 Monitoring of the Amount of Remaining Ink

 Outline
 The amount of remaining cartridge ink is calculated in such a way that the amount of ink consumed for the
following operations is calculated by subtraction of remaining ink.
• Number of ink shots by printing and flushing
• Amount of ink suction by cleaning and filling
 When the amount of remaining ink is updated, it is written into the ink IC chip.
 A cartridge error is issued according to the amount of remaining ink.
 Calculation of the amount of consumed ink
 Ink discharging during printing and flushing
• The amount of ink consumed by ink discharging is calculated by counting the number of ink shots.
• This machine counts ink shots for each row of nozzles and performs calculation by taking account of dot sizes
(small, middle and large).
 Ink suction during cleaning and filling
The table below shows the amount of ink consumed for various ink suction operations. (For the 4-color SS21 ink
set)
Motion
SOFT cleaning
NORMAL cleaning
HARD cleaning
Maintenance Filling up
Initial Filling (No
replacement)
 Updating of the amount of remaining ink
The amount of remaining ink will be updated and written onto the ink IC chip at the timing shown below.
No. Timing for updating
1 At pre-capping operation
2 At completion of cleaning and filling operation
3 When any of the following events has occurred during
printing, cleaning or filling:
 Cover OPEN
 Lever UP
 Media end
4 When any of the following errors has occurred during
printing:
 Cartridge near end
 Cartridge ink end
 Cartridge error
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Ink consumption through one supply path [ml]
Main suction
Cobble filling
F/W ver. 1.10 Remark
0.72
3.20
6.28
17.8 / 28.0 / 38.0
60
35
Execution conditions
 Ink has been used for printing or flushing.
 At capping chiefly after completion of printing.
 Ink has been used for cleaning and filling.
 The amount of ink remaining in the cartridge used for the
suction will be updated.
 Updated by the amount of ink consumed before the
occurrence of any of the events shown at left.
 Updated just after occurrence of the error, not waiting for
writing at the capping pre-operation.
 Updated before replacing the cartridge during printing.
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