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2) Automatic charging
1
Turn the printer power switch on.
Connect the printer with the station as shown in the figure 5-10.
Figure 5-10
Battery capacity
The station starts to charge the battery pack in the printer automatically.
When
charging
is
started,
the
CHARGE lamp for the printer will be
illuminated.
However, when the battery capacity is
50% or more, it will not be charged and
Automatic charging is not performed
CHARGE lamp will remains off to
ensure a long life of the battery pack.
When the battery capacity is less than
50% , it will be charged to its maximum
capacity (charging requires about 90
minutes maximum).
Less
than
50%
■
Automatic charqinq is performed
Figure 5-11
When charging is complete, the CHARGE lamp for the printer goes off.
The charger will turn on automatically when the battery has less than half a charge. If the
battery is at more than 50% of its charge and you would like to charge it futher, you must
press the charge, button again.
*
This value will change when the battery life has decreased its capacity according to the
number of charge/discharge cycles.
Note: The battery Vs not afways full charge.
To make it full t^arge, use the CHARGE or
RENEW
See "(3) Renewing the battery pack" in page 19 and "(4) Forced charging" in page 20.
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