Cleaning The Thermal Head And The Internal Rollers - Sony UP-25MD Instructions For Use Manual

When the cabinet becomes dirty
Clean the cabinet, panel and controls with a soft dry cloth,
or a soft cloth lightly moistened with a mild detergent
solution.
Do not use any type of solvent, such as alcohol, benzene or
a chemical cloth, which may damage the finish.
Cleaning the thermal head and the
internal rollers
If marks and stripes appear on printouts and printing
problems such as paper jams occur regularly, clean the
thermal head and internal rollers using the supplied
thermal head cleaning cartridge.
To maintain print quality, we recommend performing
regular cleaning about once every 10 printing packs.
To perform cleaning on the thermal head and internal
rollers, the reverse side of the protective sheet supplied
with printing packs UPC-21S, UPC-21L, UPC-24SA, and
UPC-24LA can be used as a cleaning sheet.
1
Press the paper feed tray to eject it.
Remove all paper from the feed tray. Remove any
paper remaining in the tray insertion area. 1
2
Turn over the protective sheet that was removed in
step 3 of "Loading the Paper" (page 17), and load it in
the paper feed tray with the unprinted reverse side (the
cleaning sheet) facing up. 2
Note
Once a protective sheet has been used as a cleaning
sheet, do not use it again.
Cleaning side
2
Printed side
3
Insert the paper feed tray into the printer.
4
Load the thermal head cleaning cartridge into the
printer.
When an ink ribbon is loaded in the printer, remove it
before loading the thermal head cleaning cartridge.
The procedure is the same as loading an ink ribbon.
For details, see "Loading the Ink Ribbon" on page 15.
Once the thermal head cleaning cartridge is loaded
and the ribbon door panel is closed, the message
"CLEAN HEAD:PRESS EXEC" appears on the
printer window display.
If the paper feed tray is not inserted, the message
"CLEAN HEAD:SET SHEET" appears on the printer
window display. In such cases, insert the paper feed
tray.
5
Press the EXEC button.
The thermal head cleaning operation begins.
While cleaning is in progress, the message "CLEAN
HEAD:NOW CLEANING" appears on the printer
window display.
When the message "CLEAN HEAD:FINISHED"
appears on the printer window display, the cleaning
operation is finished.
After cleaning finishes, the cleaning sheet is ejected.
Discard the sheet, because a protective sheet that has
been used as a cleaning sheet cannot be used again.
Do not turn off the printer while the cleaning
operation is in progress.
6
Remove the thermal head cleaning cartridge.
The thermal head cleaning cartridge can be used for
future cleanings, so keep it in a safe place and do not
discard it.
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Note
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