Brother HS-5300 Owner's Manual
CHAPTER 6 MAINTENANCE
6–7
English: HS3 User’s Guide, Chapter 6
ADDING INK
The expected ink life is 460 pages at 5% coverage on letter paper for each ink
cartridge ( 3 blocks of ink ).
cartridge ( 3 blocks of ink ).
The printer has ink reservoirs for each color and each reservoir can hold 10
blocks of ink. You can see the amount of ink remaining through the ink reservoir
cover. An ink holder contains 3 blocks of ink so that you can add ink when the
remaining ink is lower than the scale marked 2/3.
blocks of ink. You can see the amount of ink remaining through the ink reservoir
cover. An ink holder contains 3 blocks of ink so that you can add ink when the
remaining ink is lower than the scale marked 2/3.
Fig. 6-12 Ink Reservoir
Use only Brother genuine inks.
The following options are avilable.
The following options are avilable.
HS5K 5 holders of Black ink
HS5C 5 holders of Cyan ink
HS5M 5 holders of Magenta ink
HS5Y 5 holders of Yellow ink
HS5S 2 holders of Black ink and 1 holder each of Cyan, Magenta and
HS5C 5 holders of Cyan ink
HS5M 5 holders of Magenta ink
HS5Y 5 holders of Yellow ink
HS5S 2 holders of Black ink and 1 holder each of Cyan, Magenta and
Yellow ink
✒ Note
Do not touch the surface of the ink blocks.
Do not touch the surface of the ink blocks.
Do not put ink blocks into your mouth.
If an Ink empty error occurs, check the ink reservoir and add ink to the empty
ink reservoir. After adding the ink, press the
ink reservoir. After adding the ink, press the
FF/Cont
button to recover from
the printer error.
Follow these steps to add ink blocks:
1. Open the ink reservoir cover at the left hand side of the printer.
2. Unpack an ink holder from the pack.
Y M C K
Y: Yellow
M: Magenta
C: Cyan
K: Black
M: Magenta
C: Cyan
K: Black