Maintaining Capping Station; Cleaning The Wiper And Ink Caps - MIMAKI TS30-1300 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 cotton swab unless nozzle missing is cleared even after the head
cleaning.
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 cap-
ping 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. (

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.
• 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.
4
Clean the wiper and bracket.
• Wipe ink sticking to the wiper and the bracket off
with a clean stick dipped in the cleaning solution.
• Cleaning Liquid Bottle Kit A29 (SPC-0137)
• Clean stick
P.4-5 the step 1 - 2)
key in the local mode.
key.
• Gloves
Wiper
P.2-17) , use Cleaning kit
• Goggles
key to execute the carriage-
P.4-7)
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Projection
Bracket
4-5
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