When Nozzle Missing Occurs Due To Ink Mixture Or Aeration - Ricoh L4160 Operation Manual

When nozzle missing occurs due to ink mixture or aeration

Push out ink and air in the head from the port.
Use this when ink has been mixed in the port, or nozzle missing due to aeration occurs.
In addition, if nozzle missing cannot be solved even if you performed cleaning because it has not been used for
long time (for about two weeks), perform air purge.
1
Select [AIR PG] of the maintenance menu.
(1) Press the
(2) Press
(3) Press
2
Start air purge by pressing the
• When completing air purge, press the
Step 10.
3
Select the damper to air purge.
• Select the damper with the
• Selectable unit is two types of "MMCC_ _ _ _" and "_ _ _ _YYKK".
4
Press the
5
Press the
• The carriage moves onto the wiper.
• Wait for a while until preparation for opening the port has been
completed.
• The head corresponding to the damper
6
Open the right maintenance cover, and set the jig
into the port.
• Remove the port corresponding to the damper selected in
the Step 3 only. Perform this one by one.
• When removing the jig, ink may leak. Put a
key in LOCAL.
to select [MAINTENANCE] and press the
to select [AIR PG].
key
key.
key.
selected in the Step 3 moves on the wiper.
paper towel etc. around the port.
J i g
key.
A I R PG
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key to proceed to the
S E L EC T DAMP ER
: MMCC _ _ _ _
A I R PG POS I T I ON
MOVE S T AR T
A I R PG
S T AR T
Troubleshooting
key.
> S T AR T
[ EN T ]
P L E A SE WA I GT
PRE PAR I NG
P L E A SE WA I T
[ EN T ]
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Jig
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