Brother GT-3 Series Service Manual page 356

Tube Cleaning (Firmware Version 2.10 or higher)
Execute the flushing ink and cleaning Tubes by the sequence of the Tube Cleaning. After you clean all the
Tubes, turn OFF the printer and confirm if the inside of the Tubes, especially the short Tubes between the
Filters and Print Heads. Execute the Tube Cleaning again if you feel insufficient.
White side
Execute the White Tube Cleaning and cancel the process when the Maintenance Solution was flushed with
air. Refer to "4-1-4. Cleaning the Tubes and Print Heads (white/Color Tube Cleaning)".
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All Whites
Set Maintenance
Retrieving
Cartridge
White Ink
Cancel the process after the Filter Cartridge exhausts the Maintenance Solution with air.
1.
Execute the step 1 to 9 in "4-1-4. Cleaning the Tubes and Print Heads (white/Color Tube Cleaning)".
Refer to the 4-1-4 of this Service Manual.
2.
Cancel the process by pressing the Stop Button when you hear the peep sounds and see the message
"Set Maintenance Cartridge", when the Maintenance Solution was flushed with Filter Cartridge.
3.
Repeat the steps 1-2 above to clean all the Tubes and Print Heads.
Color side
4.
Repeat the process of Color Tube Cleaning twice.
Refer to "4-1-4. Cleaning the Tubes and Print Heads (white/Color Tube Cleaning)".
5.
After the Color Tube Cleaning is done, insert the Filter Cartridge and execute the Tube Cleaning one
more time to flush the Maintenance Solution inside the Tubes and Print Heads.
6.
Repeat the steps 1-2 above to clean all the Tubes and Print Heads.
Uninstallation of Print Heads
<Important!>
・Print Heads are delicate and easy to damage, please handle with care.
・Do not mount/dismount the Print Heads on the Maintenance Unit; the surface of the Print Heads will hit
the edge of Wiper Cleaner (2) and may cause serious damage. Select the menu from the Operation
Panel or move the Carriage over the Flushing Plate (1) by hand.
* Be sure to remove the Wiper Cleaners (2) and lower the Caps (3) beforehand if you have to operate on
the Maintenance Unit.
7. Transporting the GT-3 Series / Required Maintenance for Long-term Storage
Tube
Set Filter
Cleaning
Cartridge
Load Mainte-
nance Solution
GT-3 Series
Insert White Ink
Cartridge or Capping
Cartridge
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