Ink is used for various purposes other than printing.

Ink may be used for purposes other than printing.

When you use the Canon printer for the first time after you install the bundled ink tanks, the printer consumes a small amount of ink in the amount to enable printing by filling the nozzles of the Print Head with ink. For this reason, the number of sheets that can be printed with the first ink tanks is fewer than the succeeding ink tanks.

The printing costs described in the brochures or websites are based on the consumption data from not the first ink tank /ink cartridge but the succeeding ink tank /ink cartridge.

Ink is sometimes used to maintain the optimal printing quality.

To keep printer's performance, Canon printer performs cleaning automatically according to its condition. When the printer performs cleaning, a small amount of ink is consumed. In this case, all colors of ink may be consumed.

[Cleaning function]

The cleaning function helps the printer to suck air bubbles or ink itself from the nozzle and thus prevents print quality degradation or nozzle clogging.

In addition to cleaning the print head, the printer automatically performs the system cleaning at regular intervals to prevent trouble such as unwanted lines or the complete stopping of ink ejection.

If the remaining ink level is low, the system cleaning may not be performed automatically. Follow the message displayed on the LCD to replace the deficient ink tank with a new one.

There will be some ink remaining in the ink tank removed for replacement to perform the system cleaning.

Important The used ink is ejected into the maintenance cartridge. When the maintenance cartridge becomes full, replacement is necessary. If the displayed message indicates that the maintenance cartridge is nearly full, promptly obtain a new one. A certain amount of ink is consumed in regular operations performed automatically to keep printer performance, such as print preparation, ink path bubble removal and print head cleaning. The maintenance cartridge is also consumed for this operation. When using the printer for the first time after installing the ink tanks which are bundled with the printer, a certain amount of ink is consumed to set up the printer for printing. For this reason, the printable volume of the ink tanks which are bundled with the printer will be less than that of subsequent replacements. Since the maintenance cartridge is filled with the ink which is ejected for the initial set up mentioned above and its remaining capacity is consumed approximately 50%, the timing of replacing the maintenance cartridge becomes sooner than that of subsequent replacements.

Black-and-white printing uses color ink.

Black-and-white printing may use ink other than black ink depending on the type of printing paper or the settings of the printer driver. So, color ink is consumed even when printing in black-and-white.

Note CO (Chroma Optimizer) ink is applied onto the print side of paper to adjust glossiness. This ink is also consumed in order to keep printer's performance and ensure good print quality, even when not applied onto the print side. The printer uses pigment ink. Due to the nature of the pigment ink, the ink on the printed surface may be removed when being rubbed or scratched.