Streaking (Sr) - Printing Innovation iCUBE 1 User Manual

Streaking (SR)

White or grey lines or parabolas running vertically in print jobs, as well as white,
unprinted areas, are called "streaks."
SR01: Growing Nozzles Out
SR1 displays as a region of "nozzles out" (that is, nozzles stop working) that becomes
increasingly worse on the way down the page or when any large (>1cm wide) region of
nozzles out moves or changes down the page.
Cause
This print defect indicates a large bubble, or the beginning of a deprime, where air is
entering through some of the nozzles or the Ink Delivery System (IDS), and expanding to
other nozzles.
Solution
1. Run a General Maintenance Process.
TCL › maint_user_recovery 1
TCL › maint_user_recovery 2
TCL › maint_user_recovery 3
If not resolved, continue to the next step.
2. Perform a pressure prime (recovery 2).
If not resolved, continue to the next step.
3. Inspect system for leakage (e.g. kinked tubes, bad fluidic interconnect connections,
etc.)
If not resolved, contact Customer Service and report error code SR01-04: Unresolved
streaks.
Picture of Streaks
TCL › ids_light_pressure_prime
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