Maintenance - Ricoh Ri 2000 User Manual

3. Maintenance

3. Maintenance
Your printer performs automatic maintenance routines based on time and use. Because of this, your
machine is almost always ready to print when you need it. However, it is also a best practice to perform a
nozzle check prior to printing.
Below is a list of maintenance procedures and frequency for those that are time based.
Period
Every 1 hour
Every 3 hours
Every 12 hours
Every 3 days
Every 10 days
Monthly
IMPORTANT! Auto maintenance does not perform if the following conditions occur. Failure to perform
Auto maintenance can result in a clogged print head. These conditions need to be
cleared ASAP before auto maintenance is performed.

Printer is powered off (always keep the printer powered on).

Ink cartridge is missing or reading 0%.

Waste ink tank is full.
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Encoder error and other errors.
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Any Service call message (see page 166, "Troubleshooting Guide")

Front cover is open.
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The ink bay is opened for maintenance.
If the auto maintenance is not being performed, then the print heads can be clogged.
If Auto maintenance is prevented from happening for any reason, the messages appear.
When you acknowledge by pressing [YES], the message appears again in 5 minutes if the
condition that prevented auto maintenance is not cleared (empty cartridge, full waste tank
etc.).
White ink circulation
White channel cleaning
All channel cleaning
Alarm agitating white cartridge
Jig head maintenance for the white ink station
Regular maintenance (cleaning the maintenance unit and the
flushing box) for the white ink station
Jig head maintenance for the color ink station
Regular maintenance (cleaning the maintenance unit and the
flushing box) for the color ink station
Regular maintenance (cleaning the guide rod)
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