Inner-Side View Of; Maintenance Unit - Brother GTX-4 Instruction Manual

2-4. Inner-side view of front cover
Before opening the front cover, be sure to stop all operations, then house the platen in place, and finally turn off the
power.
To open the front cover, raise it while holding the center grip and open it until it is oriented almost vertically.
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Do not press and hold the power button for a while. Otherwise, note that no cleaning will be performed at the end of a print job to
keep the print heads in good condition.
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No. Name
1 Print head (front: on the color side)
2 Print head (rear: on the white side)
3 Carriage guide shaft
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Maintenance unit

5 Cap (rear: on the white side)
6 Wiper cleaner (rear: on the white side)
7 Wiper (for CMYK and white)
8 Flushing foam
9 Flushing receiver
10 Wiper cleaner (front: on the color side)
11 Cap (front: on the color side)
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It ejects the color ink.
It ejects the white ink.
This shaft supports the carriage.
In order to keep good printing quality, this unit performs maintenance
functions to the print heads on a regular basis. (Example: Auto-Cleaning
Function)
It protects the surface of heads on the white side, and sucks ink during
head cleaning.
It removes waste ink attached to the wiper surface.
It wipes away ink from the head surface.
To keep good printing quality the foam absorbs the ink-jet droplets ejected
from the print head.
To keep good printing quality, the foam receives the ink-jet droplets
ejected from the print head.
It removes waste ink attached to the wiper surface.
It protects the surface of heads on the color side, and sucks ink during
head cleaning.
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Name and function of each component
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Function
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