HP Designjet T1300 ink tubes install

[jonbonse]

Hi all

I will be installing new ink tubes in a T1300. The SM states to run 'Sensor' test after installation but I can't work out how the machine would know to prime the tubes?

I have never fit them in this model before...

The tubes come with 3 orange plugs which when checking the part number, they are described as setup heads but still can't see how the printer would know to prime the new tubes?

Can anyone advise?

[Kiran Otter]

Re: HP Designjet T1300 ink tubes install

You have to use the Purge Tubes option in the Service Utilities menu. The catch is the ink cartridges can't be new; they have to be below 88%, so the manual says. I've never run into a problem with the ink cartridges, plus right out of the box the cartridges would be new, so I don't know how true this one detail is. Also make sure the cartridges aren't nearing empty, too.

Kiran

[jonbonse]

Re: HP Designjet T1300 ink tubes install

You have to use the Purge Tubes option in the Service Utilities menu. The catch is the ink cartridges can't be new; they have to be below 88%, so the manual says. I've never run into a problem with the ink cartridges, plus right out of the box the cartridges would be new, so I don't know how true this one detail is. Also make sure the cartridges aren't nearing empty, too.

Kiran

Thanks Kiran!

When I was looking through the manual, it says to only purge the tubes when they are 'not' new.... That's what threw me off!

I must have an older version of service manual.

Anyways thanks for the info!

[Kiran Otter]

Re: HP Designjet T1300 ink tubes install

Yeah, I'm not sure why it says that. Or why it says to test the sensors after replacing the tube assembly. Looking back through older models, they all say the same thing.

Kiran