Chapter 7 Maintaining the Printer 105Ink Tank CapacityThe BC-10 Black BJ cartridge contains the BCI-10 Black ink tank. The inktank can print about 170 pages at 5% coverage.The BC-11 Color BJ cartridge contains the following two ink tanks: BCI-11Color ink tank and BCI-11 Black ink tank.o The BCI-11 Color ink tank can print about 40 pages when printinggraphics at 7.5% coverage for each color.o The BCI-11 Black ink tank can print about 30 pages at 7.5% coverageand about 45 pages at 5% coverage.The actual amount of ink that is used will vary depending on the printdensity of a page. If you often print heavy ink density graphics, you willneed to change cartridges more frequently.Ink tanks continually run out of inkIf your ink tanks seem to run out of ink before you think they should, makesure you are following these guidelines:o Make sure you turn off the printer only when the cartridge holder is inthe home position. When in the home position, the BJ cartridge iscapped; this protects the print head nozzles and ink tanks from damageor drying out.o Only transport the printer when the BJ cartridge is in the homeposition.o Never unplug the printer or turn off a power strip to which the printeris attached when the printer’s power is turned on.o Try not to clean the print head unit unnecessarily. The print headcleaning procedure consumes a small amount of ink.o Don’t print documents with solid background colors. This consumes anexcessive amount of ink. See the Visual Guide for other helpful hints.Maintaining thePrinter
