Storage - Brother GT-3 Series Service Manual

7. Transporting the GT-3 Series / Required Maintenance for Long-term Storage
7-2. Required Maintenance for the Long Storage
There are two types of storage: "A. Only Color Ink is printed with GT-381/GT-361" and "B. In case you do not
run the printer at all" and each requires different maintenance.
Prepare the storage in the following procedures and keep maintenance once in two weeks to keep your
printer in good conditions.
A. Only Color Ink is printed
with GT-381/GT-361
B. In case you do not run the
printer at all
<Note>
・The menu [ GT-341 mode ] is for GT-381/GT-361 with no White Print Heads mounted. If you select this
menu with White Print Heads mounted, the White Print Heads will surely get damaged by no maintenance.
・Do not run the printer when you mount Capping Cartridge. The Print Heads may be seriously damaged.
・Keep the Maintenance operation once in every two weeks, even if the printer is under A or B conditions to
keep the printer in good conditions.
・Use Wash Liquid for cleaning GT-3. You can use the one in the Nozzle Cleaning Kit, the Maintenance
Cleaning Kit, or you can purchase one. It is recommended to have one with you.
(The following pages show the details.)
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Preparation before storage
Color side: -
White side:
Execute Tube Cleaning, install
'almost empty but not expired'
White Ink Cartridges on the
Slots; Tubes filled with
Maintenance Solution.
Color side:
Clean the Caps and Wipers,
inject Wash Liquid into the
Caps.
White side:
Execute Tube Cleaning. Insert
the Capping Cartridges* with
Tubes filled with Maintenance
Solution.
GT-3 Series
Maintenance once in two weeks
Color side: -
White side:
Execute Tube Cleaning one by
one and fill the Tubes with fresh
Maintenance Solution. Install
'almost empty but not expired'
White Ink Cartridges on the
Slots.
Color side:
Confirm that the Caps and Wipers
should be clean. Inject Wash
Liquid into the Caps again.
White side:
Fill the Tubes with Maintenance
Solution and cover the needles
with Capping Cartridges*.
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