Maintaining your Mailing System16711Maintaining the Ink CartridgeAbout the Ink CartridgeThe ink cartridge for printing is located in the mailing system and contains fluorescentred ink that has been tested and approved by the postal service.The ink cartridge uses ink jet technology. It requires the print head nozzles to becleaned regularly to provide a good printing quality. The system performs cleaningautomatically or on your request. You can also clean the head manually if the au-tomatic cleaning is not sufficient.The ink cartridge printing head has to be mechanically 'aligned'. An alignmentprocess is provided p.169 .When there is no more ink in the cartridge, you have to change the cartridge as in-dicated p.172 .Ink Cartridge MaintenanceThis section explains how to:• Check the ink level in the cartridge to make sure you will not be short of ink• Align the print heads• Do an automatic cleaning of the print heads• Clean the print heads manually• Change the ink cartridge.Note: the term 'Print Headset' is also used to refer to the ink cartridge.11.1 Maintaining the Ink CartridgeIf you observe poor printing quality (streaked, too light, blurred,etc.), seeCleaning the Printing Head p.171 .
