Washing Nozzle Surface - Ricoh L4160 Operation Manual

Washing nozzle surface

Using dedicated washing liquid and a waste cloth, clean the nozzle surface of the head.
• Perform this if discharging defect such as nozzle clogging (slight touching of ink or nozzle missing)
cannot be improved even if you performed head cleaning (
17).
Tools required for Maintenance • Maintenance kit
• When you usually use photographic fixer, do not leave Wiper for CR in a room filled with vapor
of photographic fixer. If you wash the nozzle surface with Wiper for CR left in a room filled with
vapor of photographic fixer, ink adhering to the head hardens and it may cause image quality
defect that cannot be improved even if you perform head cleaning many times and may cause
nozzle clogging.
• Besides photographic fixer, if you use Wiper for CR left in an environment where acidic vapor
(acetic acid, muriatic acid, etc.) is generated, the same phenomenon occurs.
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• Carriage will move to the left end of this device.
• If the carriage is not covered by the ink cap for a long period of
time, the nozzle face of the head may get dry and clogged,
resulting in white lines being left in the printed image.
• The buzzer sounds periodically while the carriage is out of the
capping station. The buzzer sounds at shorter interval when the
print heater temperature is high.
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key in LOCAL.
MAINT.
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to select [HEAD MAINT.].
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The nozzle part
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• Gloves
CARR I AGE OU T
MOVE POS I T I ON
: S T A T I ON MA I N T .
MOVE POS I T I ON
: HEAD MA I N T .
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