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Installation Manual IP4200, IP5200, MP800, MP830 – 100ml Series Version 6-2009 Installation Manual .................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 1) Printer pre-check. ...........................................................................................................................................................................
Instruction Manual Canon Printers IP4200, IP5200, MP800, MP830 – 100ml Series tm Congratulations on your purchase of a rihac Continuous Ink Supply System (CISS). Before using the system please read this manual carefully. It will help you install the system correctly and ensure trouble free printing. Great care is taken to prepare your CISS for trouble free installation. Your CISS has been primed (Australian customers only) and should be ready for immediate installation into your printer.
b) After performing a head clean you must then perform Print Check Pattern. The computer will automatically ask you this, however if it does not, simply choose to perform a ‘Nozzle Check’ on the printer maintenance screen. Your printer will print either of the following; A or B If your printer has produced a perfect result (A), please attach a copy of the nozzle check to your purchase receipt as this will validate your warranty. You can now start to install your CISS.
2) Preparing your new CISS for installation Please ensure the following are present with your CISS. (1) Air filters x5 (2) Silicone nozzle seal x 5 (3) Cable ties (spare) 6 1 2 5 (4) Double sided tape tabs (spare) (5) Syringe and filling needle (6) Spare elbow joints and connections (7) Single spacer clips (for use on MP500/530 only) 3 4 b) Remove your CISS from the box and check the there are no leakages or cracks and that the silicone tubing is not damaged.
3) Attaching Cartridge Chips – un chipped CISS unit only If you have purchased a pre chipped system please proceed to section 4) on page 10 Your original cartridge chips must be transferred onto the CISS cartridges. Please follow the following steps carefully a) Turn on your printer and open the cover. The cartridge holder will move to the cartridge change position. Remove power cable from the back of your printer. Remove the cartridges from the printer.
d) Examine the rear of the chip to ensure the LED has not been damaged or cut off. LED Missing LED undamaged cartridge chip damaged cartridge chip e) Place the chip onto the corresponding coloured CISS cartridge, ensuring that the small plastic lugs are inserting into the chip holes. Use a soldering iron gently melt the plastic lugs to hold the chip in place.
4) Preparing your ink reservoirs a) Carefully remove the small travel plugs on the CISS, leaving the filler plug in place. Travel Plug Filler Plug b) Using the syringe, remove any excess ink from the inner air balance chamber. The chamber does not have to be completely empty for the CISS to function correctly. Removing excess ink simply helps reduces the air pressure drawing back from the cartridges and can assist in preventing air to develop in the ink feeder tubes.
THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL CANON PRINTERS. 5) Inserting the silicone nozzle seals. a) Remove the printer head from your printer by lifting the print head lock arm. The print head will then lift out b) Remove the 5 silicone seals from your kit. During manufacture 2 seals may stick together giving the appearance of a single seal. c) Ensure each seal is clean by placing each seal onto the small pieces of double sided tape provided. Please ensure both sides of the seal are cleaned.
6) e) Incorrectly placed silicone seals can cause poor printing quality. Please ensure that the silicone seals do not move from position when inserting the cartridges. These seals must not cover the silver printer head. f) Reinsert the print head (with silicone seals now fitted) back into the printer Inserting the cartridges a) Remove the orange cartridge cover from each of your new cartridges. This is done by slowly moving the clip in an anticlockwise direction.
7) Tube set up (IP Series Only) a) Remove the backing to the double sided tape and attach the metal tube support arm approximately 6cm from the front as pictured below. 6cm Please be careful not to twist the tubing before connecting it to the printer. X b) Adjustments to the tube length may be required. To check this, move the cartridge holder left and right to each end of the printer. It should reach both ends with ease. Check that the tubing is neither too long nor too short.
d) Peel off the backing tape to the tube connection and place it as pictured below. Once again please ensure not to twist or bend the tubing. e) Place the spare travel or filler plug in the printer lid sensor button. This will keep the switch permanently activated as your printer lid will no longer close enough to activate this switch.
8) Tube set up (MP800 and MP830 only) a) Using a Phillips head screwdriver, remove the plastic cartridge bay sealing cover from the scanner lid. Store this cover away with your printer manuals etc, in the event you need to re-attach it for printer warranty return issues. b) Remove the backing to the double sided tape and attach the metal tube support arm approximately 4cm from the front as pictured below. 4cm c) Adjustments to the tube length may be required.
e) Run the tubing as per the following exiting through the front of the printer. Please refer to section 11) Finishing Touches on 22 to complete the installation process.
9) Tube set up (MP500 ONLY) a) Attach the two black clips as pictured below. The clips have a piece of double sided tape attached, simply remove the backing and attach. This will prevent the scanner lid from crushing the silicone tubing. b) Run the tubing as per the following photographs c) Adjustments to the tube length may be required. To check this, move the cartridge holder left and right to each end of the printer. It should reach both ends with ease.
e) Close the scanner lid and check that the ink flow will not be restricted by the lid. Please note after the installation of the CISS the printer may not registered that the lid is closed. If this occurs please place some tape across the trigger to keep it activated.
10) Tube set up (MP530 only) a) Feed the cartridges into the printer through the scanner lid swing arm (as depicted below) and click the cartridges in place as per the IP4200 Manual section 6 ‘inserting the cartridges’. Swing arm b) Attach a raiser clip to the printer (using double sided tape) as show in the following photographs. The metal tube arm is then attached to the clip also using the double sided tape.
c) Attach tubing holder clip at the following point d) Attach the large raiser clips to the left and right side of the printer case. This allows the scanner lid to close without crushing the feeder tubes. Left Side Right side e) The scanner lid has moulded plastic parts which should fit into the recess of the metal tubing rod. If it does not, move the metal tube arm to a position where the plastic fits into the recess when the lid is closed.
f) Adjustments to the tube length may be required. To check this, move the cartridge holder left and right to each end of the printer. It should reach both ends with ease. Check that the tubing is neither too long nor too short. The tubing must not interfere with the printer data wire nor should it fall down into the paper support or cause any interference to the head movement. g) If required, adjust the tube length by gently pulling the silicone tubing in the direction required.
11) Final touches (all models) a) Place the CISS unit on the left hand side of your printer and Insert all the air filters into the top of each air balance chamber. The larger end should be inserted into the air balance chamber. b) Release the tube clamp on the front of the CISS by rolling it up. Release the tube clamp by rolling the roller up. c) Reinsert power cable to the rear of your printer. Perform a head clean and nozzle check as per steps 1)a) & 1)b).
12) Refilling your CISS a) Do not allow the ink levels to fall below the refill line. To refill each ink simply remove the air filters and replace the travel plugs (to prevent the air balance chambers filling with ink) for the colour in which you are refilling. Refill Line b) Remove the filler plug and carefully pour or syringe the correct coloured ink into the appropriate ink reservoir. Please ensure to double check the colour with the sticker located on the bottle and the top of the tank.
13) Priming a) Only prime your CISS if excess air (5cm or more) is present in the tubing. It is recommended that priming is conducted in a suitable workspace. Please ensure to wear gloves & have some tissues handy to soak up excess ink before undertaking any priming. b) Remove the CISS from the box and place it on a suitable work area with the cartridges upside down. Remove the cover from the cartridge you are priming by twisting it anticlockwise.
e) Draw air into the syringe (DO NOT ATTACH A NEEDLE) then place it in the hole left by the removed travel plug. f) Push down very slowly on the syringe, pushing air into the reservoir. It is very important that you push down very slowly (use the gauge on the side of the syringe and do not push down more than 1ml at a time). The ink reservoir becomes pressurized as you push air into it.
14) Cartridge chip disable - Low ink. a) Flashing printer cartridges Your canon cartridges will flash when the chip thinks that ink is running low. You will find that the following message will appear when printing. Please continue to print as normal when this message appears. b) Canon messages – Turning off the printer status monitor Your printer will proceed through a series of steps informing you that your ink cartridges need replacing. Please follow the steps as displayed carefully.
Warning message #2 Press Yes to continue. Warning Message #3 Press Yes to continue. Warning Message #4 Press and hold the resume/paper feed button (or the stop/reset button for the MP series printers) for 5 seconds then release it. This will disable your printer’s capability of reading ink levels for the individual cartridge. This is not a permanent feature and should you return to using genuine cartridges the ink monitoring will return when new cartridges are installed.
15) Trouble Shooting Please contact rihactm on (+61)3 9005 5555 If any of the following trouble shooting suggestions do not fix your problems. DO NOT CONTACT THE PLACE OF PURCHASE a) Leaking Ink If your CISS appears to be leaking from the cartridges, please ensure that you do not have the ink reservoirs placed higher then the printer level. The CISS works on a vacuum and if raised gravity will take over and flood you printer. Ensure that you installed the silicone seals as section 5) of this manual.
d) Ink Tank Error. If your printer is stating that an ink tank error has occurred please check the following if the message does not identify the problem cartridge ; i) Check the ink feed tubing is neither too tight nor too loose as per page 13. . ii) Unclick and re-click all cartridges whilst in the cartridge change position. This will temporarily activate all the LED lights on the cartridges.
Does the printer still display ‘Ink tank errors have occurred’ on the screen? NO YES Re-click the cartridge back into position and repeat the steps in section 16) for the next cartridge in sequence. Does the error message indicate that the cartridge is not being recognised? Something is interfering with the chip or the chip is faulty. Please check the LED is not damaged & is clean of ink. Insert the cartridge & test the printer again.
17) Canon Error Messages If one or more of your ink cartridges cannot be recognised, please ensure that the cartridges are clicked into position and/or the chips are correctly placed on the cartridges. The most common cause of this issue is the blockage or damage of the LED as per page 9. Ensure the printer lid is closed when checking cartridge recognition. Ambient light in some situations can affect the LED sensors.
Service error 5100 will occur if you have the silicone tubing fitted too tightly on your printer. Please check the tubing by follow steps 7)b) on page 13 again carefully. You will then need to turn off and on your printer at the power button. Service error 6502 generally means that your cartridge chips cannot be recognised. The primary causes of this error message are: 1- Covering of the LED light at the back of the chip 2- Incorrect chip positioning on the cartridge.
18) Warranty Please note that your CISS has a manufactures warranty of 3 months from date of purchase. Your warranty will be void if the system is incorrectly handled. This warranty does not cover printer hardware.
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