Maintenance - Polaroid P420T User Manual

7. Maintenance

This section provides routine cleaning and maintenance procedures.
1. Please use one of following material to clean the printer.

Cotton swab
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Lint-free cloth

Vacuum / Blower brush

100% ethanol
2. The cleaning process is described as following,
Printer Part
1. Always switch off the printer
2. Allow the print head to cool for at
3. Use a cotton swab and 100%
Print Head
1. Switch off the printer.
2. Rotate the platen roller and wipe it
Platen Roller
Use the lint-free cloth with 100%
Tear Bar/Peel Bar
ethanol to wipe it.
Sensor Compressed air or vacuum
Wipe it with water-dampened cloth
Exterior
Interior Brush or vacuum
Note:

Do not touch printer head by hand. If you touch it, please use ethanol to clean it.

Please use 100% Ethenol. DO NOT use medical alcohol, which may damage the printer head.

Regularly clean the print head and supply sensors once you change to a new ribbon, in order
to maintain the printer's performance and extend the printer's life.
Method
before cleaning the print head.
least one minute.
ethanol to clean the print head
surface.
thoroughly with 100% ethanol and a
cotton swab, or lint-free cloth.
Clean the print head when changing a new
label roll.
Clean the platen roller when changing a
new label roll
As needed
Monthly
As needed
As needed
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Interval