Media Sensor; Carriage; Cutter Blade And Slot For Cutting; Capping Station - MIMAKI TS300P-1800 Operation Manual

Chapter 1 Before Use

Media sensor

The media sensor detects the presence of the media and the
media length.
This machine has two media sensors on the platen (in the rear).

Media sensor

• When setting a media, be sure to cover the media
sensors located on the rear of the platen. The
media cannot be detected unless it is placed over
the sensor.

Carriage

The carriage is provided with the ink heads for printing,
the "LED pointer" to be used for manually setting the width
of the set media ( P.2-9), and the cutter unit for cutting
off the sheet of media, etc.
A lever is also provided to adjust the height of Head
according to the thickness of media. (

Cutter blade and slot for cutting

The carriage is provided with a cutter unit for cutting off
the media that has been printed on.
The cutter cuts off the sheet of media along the slot for
cutting on the platen.
slot for cutting
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Capping station

The capping station consists of the ink caps, the wiper for
cleaning the heads, etc.
The ink caps prevent the nozzles in the ink heads from
drying up.
The wiper cleans the nozzles in the heads.
The wiper is consumable.If the wiper is deformed or the
media is stained, replace the wiper with a new one.

Pinch rollers and Feed rollers

This machine retains the media with the pinch rollers and
feed rollers. During printing operation, the feed rollers
P.2-4)
feed the media forward.
Cutter unit
• Be sure to wear the attached goggles in cleaning
within the capping station to protect your eyes
against ink. Otherwise, you may get ink in your
eyes.
• Keep the pinch rollers lifted up when this machine
is not in use. If the pinch rollers are left lowered
for an extended period of time, they can be
deformed and fail to securely retain the media.
Pinch roller Feed roller