Printer Usage Information

This page contains the following information:

Printer Usage.

Usage per Printhead Slot.

Usage per Cartridge Slot.

Media Usage per Media Type.

Component Usage.

Spittoon Usage.

Preventive Maintenance Usage.

Media Used Sections

Total media used in the Printer.

Media used for each media type.

It is possible that the sum of the media used for each media type is lower that the total amount of media used in the Printer. This is because only the total media used in the Printer is saved in the backup EEROM which is located in the ISS PCA. When the Hard Disk Drive is replaced, the total media used per media type is reset to zero (0), but the total media used is recovered from the backup EEROM.

Printhead Section

The Printheads currently being used are not counted.

Total Insertions: This is linked with the crane of the Ink Supply Tubes. When the Ink Supply Tubes are replaced, the total insertions amount will be reset to zero (0).

Cartridge Section

The Ink Cartridges currently being used are not counted.

This section is split by product name and number for each color as we have different Ink Cartridge sizes. The sample below does not represent the reality as we only have one size of Black Ink Cartridge (400cc).

Preventive Maintenance Section

Once the value reaches 100%, the corresponding Preventive Maintenance Kit should be used. For further details, refer to Preventive Maintenance.

Component Usage

One cycle is counted when the Carriage makes one movement to the left of the Printer and then returns to the right.

Tube used with non-HP ink: This is set to Yes as soon as the Printer detects that at least one Ink Cartridge was used with third-party ink. This cannot be reset to No (because it is part of the ISS EEROM), except when:

- The Ink Supply Tubes are replaced (not under warranty).

- The Printer detects that the Ink Cartridge being used no longer uses third-party ink.

Spittoon Section

This section contains information on the different Spittoons located in the Printer.