Chapter 2 Setup Setup This chapter describes setup and installation of the product and peripherals. When You Use This Product for the First Time Do not turn on the printer power until installation of the printer driver is completed. Ink charging and media position detection setting are necessary before you use this product for the first time. Follow the steps below. 2 1 Load the roll paper. For details, see Loading/Replacing the Roll Paper on page 80 . 2 Turn on the printer. 3 Load a new ink cartridge. For details, see Loading/Replacing the Ink Cartridge on page 67 . • Ink charging starts after the ink cartridge cover is closed.
• When the ink cartridge is installed for the first time, the printer takes approximately 8 minutes for ink charging. The POWER LED flashes during ink charging. Do not turn off the printer or open the roll paper cover or the ink cartridge cover. If the power is turned off, the roll paper cover is opened, or the ink cartridge cover is opened during ink charging, ink charging will restart from the beginning and an extremely large amount of ink will be consumed. • When ink charging finishes, the POWER LED stops flashing and stays on. 4 Set the media position detection of the printer for the paper type you will be using. For details, see 2. Setting for media position detection on page 83 .
• The colors of printouts may become abnormal if you tilt this product or subject the printer to any shocks. When you move this product after ink charging, check the colors by performing a test print. • If the colors of printouts are not normal, perform head cleaning. See Manual Head Cleaning on page 192 for how to perform head cleaning. • If you turn the printer off without using the power switch, the print head may not return to its home position. In this case, the next time the printer is turned on, the auto head cleaning is performed, which wastes ink. 63