Maintaining Capping Station; Cleaning The Wiper And Ink Caps - MIMAKI TS3-1600 Operation Manual

Maintaining Capping station

Maintain Ink cap, Wiper or the like, which are located in the capping station. [ST.MAINTENANCE]
The ink cap and wiper function respectively as follows.
• Wiper : Wiping ink sticking to the head nozzle off.
• Ink cap : Preventing the head nozzle from clogging due to drying.
As the machine is used, the wiper and ink caps gradually become stained with ink and dust.
If nozzle missing cannot be corrected even after executing the Head Cleaning (
and clean stick.
Tools required for
Maintenance
• Be sure to wear the attached goggles and gloves for works when the maintenance of the
capping station is performed. If not, ink may be caught in your eyes during the works.
• Do not move the carriage out of the capping station by hand.
• When it is desirable to move the carriage, press the
out. ( P.4-5 the step 1 - 2)

Cleaning the wiper and ink caps

It is recommended to perform cleaning frequently in order to maintain the high image quality and keep the
machine in good condition.
• When SS21 ink is used, the ink sticks around the wiper easily. Clean the wiper and
surroundings about twice in a week (it varies, depending on frequency of use of the machine.)
• Replace the wiper with a new one if it is badly soiled or curled. (
• Be careful not to leave lint of the cotton swab. Lint may cause printing failure.
1
Press the
2
Press the
• The carriage moves onto the platen.
3
Open the front cover then remove the
wiper.
• Pull out the wiper by holding the projections at
both ends.
• Cleaning solution
When solvent ink is used:
Cleaning solution MS2/ES3/HS kit (SPC-0369)
When sublimation dye ink is used :
Cleaning Liquid Bottle Kit A29 (SPC-0137)
• Clean stick (SPC-0527) • Gloves
key in the local mode.
key.
P.2-24) , use Cleaning kit
• Goggles
key to execute the carriage-
P.4-7)
S T . MA I N T ENANCE
CARR I AGE OU T < e n t >
Projection
4-5
4