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Chapter 4 Maintenance
Maintaining the Cap-
ping Station
Maintain the ink cap, wiper, etc. located in the capping
station.
(Station maintenance)
The ink cap and wiper function as follows.
• Wiper
: It wipes off ink sticking to the head nozzles.
• Ink cap
: It prevents the head nozzles from clogging
due to dryness.
s the machine is used repeatedly, the wiper and ink cap
gradually become dirty with ink, dust, etc.
If nozzle missing cannot be corrected even after head
cleaning (
P.2-34) has been performed, use a
Cleaning Liquid 03 MAINTENANCE KIT and clean stick.
Tools required for Maintenance
• Cleaning Liquid 03 MAINTENANCE KIT (ML003-Z-K1)
• Clean stick (SPC-0527)
• Gloves
• Be sure to wear the supplied goggles and gloves
when maintaining the capping station. Otherwise,
you may get ink in your eyes.
• Do not move the carriage out of the capping
station by hand. When it is desirable to move the
carriage, press the [FUNC2] (TEST PRINT/
CLEANING) key to execute the carriage-out.
(
P.4-10 Steps 1 to 2)
• Be sure to perform maintenance for the ink cap
and the wiper of capping station every day. If you
leave it dirty, dirt may adhere to the nozzle
surface, or, dust and dry ink may be rubbed
against the nozzle. It may cause discharge defect.
4-10
• Goggles
Cleaning the Wiper and Cap
It is recommended that the wiper and cap be cleaned
frequently in order to maintain the high image quality of
the machine and keep the machine itself in good working
order.
• When work is complete at the end of the day,
clean the wipers and surrounding areas.
• Replace the wiper with a new one when it is
extremely dirty or bent. (
• When cleaning the wiper, be careful that lint from
the clean stick does not get left on the wiper.
Remaining lint may cause image quality to
deteriorate.
1
Press the
(MAINT) in LOCAL.
• The Maintenance menu appears.
2
Press
, select [Carriage Out], and
press the
• The carriage moves onto the platen.
3
Open the lower part of the right side front
cover.
(1) Remove the screws of the right side front
cover (for two positions).
(2) Hold the upper of the lower part of the right
side front cover and pull it to the front.
• Open the lower part of the right side front cover
with the supplied screwdriver.
Screw
P.4-24)
key and press
key twice.
Carriage
Lower part of
the right side
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