Brother GT-3 SERIES Basic Operation Manual page 70

5. Maintenance
(8) After 30 seconds, when the peep sounds ring, the message [ Open Air-in Cap ] is indicated on the Control
Panel. Uncap (open) the air-in cap and press OK button. The air goes into the tube and washes away the
remained White Ink. It takes about 10 minutes to wash one tube.
After washing with air bubbles, when the peep sounds ring, the message [ Insert Filter Cartridge ] is indicated
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on the Control Panel. Remove the Maintenance Cartridge of the W1 position and insert the Filter Cartridge
and press the OK button. The air from the Filter Cartridge flushes the bubbles inside the Tube.
With the peep sounds, the message [ Insert Maintenance Cartridge ] is indicated on the Control Panel.
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Remove the Filter Cartridge of the W1 and insert the Maintenance Cartridge again and press the OK button.
Make sure that the tube from the Maintenance Cartridge can reach the bottom of the bottle with Maintenance
Solution.
[ Close Air-in Cap ] is indicated. Confirm that the Air-in Cap is capped (closed) and press OK Button. The
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pump starts turning to load the Maintenance Solution again.
After refilling the Maintenance Solution, the message to go to W2 is indicated on the Display. Remove the
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Maintenance Cartridge from W1 slot and mount the Maintenance Cartridge to W2 slot, and install the
well-shaken White Ink Cartridge to W1. Tube Cleaning W1 is finished successfully. Repeat the steps for
other White Print Head(s).
<Note>
Insert a White Capping Cartridge (optional) in place of the White Ink Cartridge when you leave the GT-3
printer unused for more than two weeks. See "5-1-5. Required Maintenance for Long Term Storage", and
"1-3-5. Consumable Requirements and Options" for Part Code.
Loading White Ink after Tube Cleaning
(1) Load the White Ink with full of Maintenance Solution in the Tube, the step (9) in the previous page. Insert the
White Ink Cartridge and select [ Maintenance ] > [ Load White ] from the menu and press OK.
(2) Select [ All Whites ] or one from W1-W4 and press OK. White Ink starts loading.
<Note>
The menu [ Initial Cleaning ] of the White Ink starts from loading Maintenance Solution, to load White Ink into
the Tube smoothly. After Tube Cleaning, when the Tubes are filled with Maintenance Solution, select [ Load
White ] to load White Ink.
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