Your Océ Arizona printer uses UV-curable ink. Daily and weekly maintenance activities are necessary to maintain optimum printing performance. Your printer can support different Océ UV-curable ink types. If you want to change from one ink type to another we recommend that you consult with an Application Specialist. There are many variables, such as media, the determine the suitability of an ink to your working methods and output means. An application specialist will help you make the best decisions.
Managing Your UV-curable Ink
Your printer is optimized for UV-curable ink supplied by Canon. The ink is supplied in a collapsible bag. To install ink on the printer, the bag is inverted and a quick connect coupler is engaged. This opens up the flow path for the ink. The bags contain tags that identifies them to the printer when they are loaded. This allows the printer to ensure that the correct ink is loaded.
Ink bags have several benefits over bottles or cartridges:
Self-collapsing bags make it easy to see how much ink remains in each bag.
Virtually all the ink is successfully extracted from the bag by the printer, reducing the otherwise costly waste of usable ink.
Ink changes are performed without mess or spills, keeping the environment around the printer clean.
Ink changes can be performed during printing - this prevents wasted prints and lost time.
Only qualified inks can be used. If a bag of ink with an invalid serial number, expired use-by date, incorrect color placement in the ink bay, or if an expired tag is connected to the printer, then the operator is alerted and an error message is displayed.
SDS (Safety Data Sheets) for each color of ink and the UV Flush are available from the website https://downloads.cpp.canon/. For the latest SDS and PSDS, visit: https://downloads.cpp.canon/. Read and periodically review this safety information to ensure optimal safe handling procedures and proper emergency responses are followed when using UV inks and flush.
CAUTION
Wear eye protection and nitrile gloves when handling or cleaning ink. Also, when working around ink protect your clothing and any exposed areas of skin.
IMPORTANT
Do not install inks that are not certified by Canon for use in this printer, as this may result in poor quality prints, uncured ink in the finished prints and permanent damage to the ink pumps, filters, ink lines or printheads.
The printheads in your printer are protected from contaminants in the ink by means of ink filters. These are easily accessed and can be replaced by the operator when they become blocked with debris (see the Maintenance section "Change Ink Filters").
NOTE
A loss of pigment when printing a nozzle check or long ink fill times indicates that a filter is clogged and must be replaced.
To ensure print quality and to extend the life of printheads in your printer, UV inks must be properly handled and stored correctly.
Inks must be stored within a temperature range of 5 - 30°C (41 - 86°F). Exposure to extreme temperatures will reduce the expected life of the ink.
Do not use ink that is past the expiry date.
Store in cool, dry place and keep away from heat and direct sunlight.
If your printer has the white ink option and white is not printed on a regular basis, pigment settling can occur in the white ink printheads. During periods of white ink inactivity the printer will automatically try to maintain the white ink channel using the following methods:
ink recirculating
spitting
Additional efforts may be required to recover nozzle performance for the white ink printheads.