Transporting Your Product

If you need to store your product or transport it some distance, prepare it for transportation as described here.

Caution: During transportation and storage, follow these guidelines:

Avoid tilting the product, placing it vertically, or turning it upside down; otherwise ink may leak.
When storing or transporting an ink bottle after removing its seal, do not tilt the bottle and do not subject it to impacts or temperature changes. Otherwise, ink may leak even if the cap on the ink bottle is tightened securely. Be sure to keep the ink bottle upright when tightening the cap, and take measures to prevent ink from leaking when transporting the ink bottles.
Do not put opened ink bottles in the box with the product.

Note: Before storing your product for a long period, replace low, expended, or expired ink to help prevent the print head from drying out. Store your product in a cool, dry place.

Turn off the product.
Remove all the paper from the product.
Unplug the power cable.
Note: Unplug the power cable when the power light is off. Otherwise, the print head will not return to the home position causing the ink to dry, and printing may become impossible.
Disconnect any connected cables.
Open the scanner unit with the document cover closed, and check to see if the print head is in the far right position (the home position). If not, turn on the product, and push the print head to the home position by hand.
Close the ink tank cap until it clicks into place.
Secure the print head to the case with tape.

Caution:

Do not place tape on the white flat cable or ink tubes inside the product; otherwise, you may damage your product.
Close the scanner unit. Pack the printer as shown below.

Caution:

The scanner unit is designed to close slowly and resist a little as a precaution against catching fingers. Continue to close even if you feel some resistance.
Place the product in a plastic bag.
Place the product in its original packaging materials, if possible, or use equivalent cushioning around the product.

Be sure to remove the tape from the print head before turning on your product. If print quality has declined when you print again, clean and align the print head.