Chapter 4 Maintaining the Printer 4-1
Maintaining
the Printer
This chapter covers the care required for your Canon BJC-5100 Series
Color Bubble Jet Printer. It includes:
❍ Printer guidelines
❍ Cleaning the printer
❍ Printing a test page
❍ Performing printer maintenance through the BJC-5100 Series
Printer Driver
❍ BJ cartridge guidelines
❍ Replacing BJ cartridges and BJ tanks
❍ Storing a BJ cartridge
❍ Transporting the printer
Printer Guidelines
Follow these guidelines to avoid damage to your printer and harm to
you or others:
❍ Set the printer on a stable surface. Do not use an angled printer
stand. Avoid setting the printer in direct sunlight.
❍ Keep the printer cover closed when printing.
❍ Do not set anything on top of the printer.
❍ Make sure the power is off any time you connect or disconnect the
power cord or interface cable.
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Maintaining the Printer