About Your Ink Jet Printer; A Few Precautions - Epson Stylus 800 User Manual

About Your Ink Jet Printer

If you're new to ink jet printers, you may wonder how they
differ from dot matrix or laser printers. Two noticeable benefits
of this technology are high print quality and quiet printing.
An ink jet printer produces cost-effective, quality print results.
When you use the right paper, you get crisp, laser-sharp
printouts usually associated with laser printers. And the ink
cartridge inside your printer is easier to replace and more
affordable than the toner cartridges used by lasers.
Inside the ink jet print head, tiny spray units, or jets, draw ink
from the cartridge and then propel them onto the page in the
form of characters or graphics. Because the print head doesn't
strike the page as it prints, it is much quieter than an impact
printer such as a dot-matrix.

A few precautions

Even if you are familiar with other types of printers, be sure to
read through the following list of precautions to operate your
ink jet printer safely and efficiently:
cartridge. If it does get on your skin, wash it off with soap
and water. If it gets in your eyes, flush them immediately
with water.
remove the ink cartridge except to replace it with a new
one. The cartridge may become unusable otherwise.
from its package. Leaving the cartridge unpacked for a long
time before use may result in poor print quality.
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