Maintaining Capping Station; Cleaning The Wiper And Ink Caps - MIMAKI JV33-260 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.
Clean it with the cleaning solution and a clean stick unless nozzle missing is cleared even after the head
cleaning.
If nozzle missing cannot be corrected even after executing the Head Cleaning (
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
( P.5-5 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 clean stick. 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 aqueos ink is used :
Cleaning Liquid Bottle Kit A29 (SPC-0137)
• Clean stick (SPC-0527)
key in the local mode.
key.
• Gloves
key to execute the carriage-out.
P.5-7)
P.2-36) , use Cleaning kit and
• Goggles
S T . MA I N T ENANCE
CARR I AGE OU T < e n t >
Projection
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