Canon BJC 6000 - Color Inkjet Printer Service Manual

1.3.3 Photo BJ cartridgeThe Photo BJ cartridge, mounted on the left side of the carriage for photo printing, isa disposable print head with 144 in-line nozzles, and accommodates replaceablephoto-black, photo-magenta and photo-cyan ink tanks. It has 144 nozzles (48 nozzlesfor each of the three colors), aligned vertically. It uses drop modulation technology forhigh speed, high quality printing, where smaller ink-droplets are discharged for lowdensity images and larger ink-droplets for denser images. The black ink is a dye-typeand the photo-cyan and photo-magenta inks are three times lighter in color densitythan normal color inks.Replace the relevant ink tank and/or Photo BJ cartridge if the ink-out error is issuedor if satisfactory printing cannot be achieved even after the stipulated cleaning andhead refreshing operations have been performed. It is recommended to replace anycartridge which is at least six months old, i.e., unpacked at least six months earlier.The Photo BJ cartridge has a life of approximately 3000 pages and a new color inktank provides for approximately 280 pages of a 7.5% duty pattern.1.4 BJ Cartridge ContainerThe BJ cartridge container is used to store non-installed BJ cartridges. The lid of thecontainer must be closed fully to prevent the ink in the nozzles of the BJ cartridge fromdrying out. Each BJ cartridge container can store one Black, Color, or Photo BJcartridge. Always store a BJ cartridge with its ink tanks installed. The BJ cartridgecontainers can be connected together.Part 2: Product Specifications BJC-60002-4Figure 2-5 BJ Cartridge ContainerFigure 2-4 Photo BJ Cartridge