Installation Instructions
To install a print cartridge:
1. Press the Power button to turn on the printer.
2. Open the printer cover.
The cradle moves to the center of the printer.
3. Push down on the print cartridge and slide it out of the print cartridge cradle.
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1. Press the power button
2. Lift the printer cover
3. Push down on the print cartridge
4. Slide the print cartridge out of the cradle
4. Remove the replacement print cartridge from its packaging and carefully
remove the plastic tape. Hold the print cartridge so that the copper strip is on
the bottom and facing toward the printer.
1. Remove plastic tape
Caution: Do not touch the print cartridge ink nozzles or copper contacts.
Touching these parts will result in clogs, ink failure, and bad electrical
connections. Do not remove the copper strips. They are required
electrical contacts.
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1. Ink nozzles
2. Copper contacts
5. Slide the print cartridge firmly into the cradle at a slight upward angle until you
feel resistance.
6. Push the cartridge into the cradle.
You hear a snap when the print cartridge is correctly positioned.
7. Close the printer cover.
8.
Calibrate
the printer by aligning the print cartridges for optimum print quality.
For information about storing print cartridges, see the
print cartridge storage
page.
For information about recycling empty print cartridges, see the
print cartridge
recovery
page.
Warning: Keep both new and used print cartridges out of the reach of
children.
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