Brother GT-3 Series Service Manual page 113

4. Solving Print Quality Problems
11. [ Close Air-in Cap ] is indicated. Confirm that the Air-in Cap is capped (closed) and press OK Button. The
pump starts turning to load the Maintenance Solution again.
12. After refilling the Maintenance Solution, the message to go to W2 is indicated on the Display. Remove
the Maintenance Cartridge from W1 slot and mount the Maintenance Cartridge to W2 slot, and install the
well-shaken White Ink Cartridge to W1. Tube Cleaning W1 is finished successfully. Repeat the steps for
other White Print Head(s).
<Note>
Insert White Capping Cartridges (option) in place of White Ink Cartridge when you leave the GT-3 printer
unused for more than two weeks. See "7-2. Required Maintenance for the Long Storage" and "2-1-4.
Consumable Requirements and Options" for Part Code.
Loading White Ink after Tube Cleaning
1.
Load the White Ink with full of Maintenance Solution in the Tube, the step 11 in the above. Insert the
White Ink Cartridge and select [ Maintenance ] > [ Load White ] from the menu and press OK.
2.
Select [ All Whites ] or one from W1-W4 and press OK. White Ink starts loading.
<Note>
The menu [ Initial Cleaning ] of the White Ink starts from loading Maintenance Solution, to load White Ink
into the Tube smoothly. After Tube Cleaning, when the Tubes are filled with Maintenance Solution, select
[ Load White ] to load White Ink.
One-by-one Tube Cleaning
1.
Fill the bottle with Maintenance Solution. Confirm that at least more than 250 ml per one Print Head is in
the bottle.
2.
Confirm in advance the amount of the Waste Ink in the Waste Ink Tank (more than 500 ml).
3.
Confirm that the printer is either [ Standby ] or [ Ready ].
4.
Select [ Maintenance ] > [ White Tube Cleaning ] from the menu and press OK Button.
5.
Select [ White-1 (or White-2 to White-4) ] then the message [ Set Maintenance Cartridge ] is indicated.
Remove the White Ink Cartridge of W1 and insert the Maintenance Cartridge to W1 slot and press OK
Button. Confirm that the tube of the Maintenance Cartridge reaches to the bottom of the bottle.
<Note> White Ink is retrieved only when [ All Whites ] is selected.
6.
Follow the step 7 – 11 in "All Whites Tube Cleaning" in the previous pages; clean the W1 and fill it with
Maintenance Solution.
7.
After refilling the Maintenance Solution, the message of selecting Print Head menu is indicated. Remove
the Maintenance Cartridge from W1 slot and insert well-shaken White Ink Cartridge. Tube Cleaning W1
is finished successfully. Repeat the steps 5 and 7 (this step) to clean other Tubes.
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