How should I transport or store my 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:

  • When storing or transporting the product, place the product in a plastic bag and fold it closed. 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.
  • Do not carry the product by its control panel; this may damage the product.
  1. Turn off the product.
  2. Remove all the paper from the product.
  3. Open the scanner unit and check to see if the print head is in the far right position (the home position). If not, turn on the product, wait for the print head to move to the far right, then turn the product off again.
     
     
  4. Set the transportation lock to the locked position.
     
     

     Caution:
     Do not touch the white flat cable inside the product; otherwise, you may damage your product.

  5. Secure the print head to the case with tape.
     
     
  6. Unplug the power cable.
  7. Disconnect any connected cables.
  8. Open the ink tank unit cover and make sure the ink tank caps are securely closed.
     
     
  9. Close the ink tank cover until it clicks into place.
     
     
  10. Close the scanner unit.
      
      
  11. Close the ADF document support and the ADF output tray extension. Slide in the output tray, close the front cover, and lower the control panel.
      
      
  12. Place the product in a plastic bag.
  13. 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.

  Related concepts
  Print Head Cleaning
  Print Head Alignment