Regular Maintenance; Daily Cleaning White For Replacing Dull White Ink (Once A Day, Before Printing); White Agitation To Save The Waste - Brother GT-341 Instruction Manual

6-2. Regular Maintenance

Do not leave the White ink inside the printer. White pigment precipitates and may cause serious damage to your
printer. This section describes how to maintain the White Ink. Execute the following menu to keep your printer and
print result in good conditions.
Menu
Daily Cleaning White
White Tube Cleaning
<Note>
Confirm if there is enough room in Waste Ink Tank before executing the maintenance.

6-2-1. Daily Cleaning White for replacing dull White Ink (Once a day, before printing)

(1) Shake the White Ink Cartridge one by one to keep the whiteness of the White Ink. Pull out one of the White
Ink Cartridge, hold the cartridge with both hands, upside down from the mounted position. Shake by moving
back and forth to mix up the pigment from the bottom and shake it horizontally, in 30 seconds to 1 minute.
(See "6-1-1. Replacing the Ink Cartridge".)
(2) Select [ Daily Cleaning White ] from the menu and press the OK Button. Select "All White" to do in one time or
select each Print Head to do one by one. Press OK button to continue.
(3) After replacing the White Ink, print Nozzle Check Pattern from [ Test Print ] menu to check the print quality.
Also print Whiteness pattern on the pretreated material so that you can see the whiteness.
6-2-2. White Agitation to save the waste (Firmware ver. 3.00 or higher)
You can save the waste of the White Ink by moving the Carriage with [ White Agitation ] menu when you print a
certain volume every day and the printer is suspended (unused) within approx. 18 hours. See the chart below if
you can use this menu or just execute Daily Cleaning White to flush the White Ink inside the Tube. Confirm the
whiteness before your production.
(1) Shake the White Ink Cartridge one by one for 30 to 60 seconds to keep the whiteness of the White Ink. Refer
to the 6-2-1. (1) of this page or "6-1-1. Replacing the Ink Cartridge".
(2) Select [ White Agitation ] from the menu and press the OK Button. The Carriage will move like you print in
approx. 5 minutes, which is a little longer when you print 1200dpi 14x16 Color-Only Print data.
(3) After the menu is finished, print Nozzle Check Pattern from [ Test Print ] menu to check the print quality. Also
print Whiteness pattern on the pretreated material so that you can see the whiteness.
Timing
Before
printing Replaces the white-less White Ink caused by settled pigments.
(once a day)
Once a week Prevents the Tubes from choking with pigments.
Print at least 12-16 of "Letter size"
designs a day to replace the whole
amount of white ink inside the Tubes.
After 15 hours
GT-3 Series
6. Maintenance
Details
After 41 hours
After 16 hours
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