Intermec ColorCoder V4 Service Manual page 43

2.2 Image Formation System, cont'd.
2.2:C Recovery Unit, cont'd.
Cleaning type
Cleaning 1
Cleaning 2
Cleaning 3
Cleaning 4
(Cleaning 2) x 4
Cleaning (A)
Claening (B)
Recovery before printing
Recovery before printing
Intermec ColorCoder V4 – Service Manual Ed. 1
Head cleaning procedure
Head cleaning is automatically set up when the power switch is
turned ON, printing is started, or when required during the printing
process. Cleaning type can be selected on the operation panel or by
service mode. Nine head cleaning modes are available as listed
below.
Procedure
Preliminary discharge
Pressurizing → head wiping → preliminary discharge
(After the head wiping, waste ink is sucked.)
Suction of waste ink started.
Pressurizing → head wiping → preliminary discharge
Suction of waste ink started.
Ink circulation → head wiping → preliminary discharge
Suction of waste ink → pressurizing → head wiping →
preliminary discharge
Suction of waste ink started.
Pressurizing → head wiping → preliminary discharge
(same as in the cleaning 3)
Suction of waste ink started
(Ink circulation → pressurizing → head wiping) process
repeated twice. → preliminary discharge
Pressurizing → head wiping
(After the head wiping process, waste ink is sucked.)
Preliminary discharge
Cleaning when power switch is turned ON
When the machine power switch is turned ON, the cleaning process
takes place as follows depending on the time after the previous
cleaning 4.
When more than 12 hours have elapsed after the previous
cleaning 4: ink supply → cleaning 4
When less than 12 hours have elapsed after the previous cleaning
4: Cleaning 3
Chapter 2
Table 2-3
Operation and Timing
Operation mode
• Service mode
• Auto cleaning
• Service mode
• Service mode
• Operation of the control
panel
• Service mode
• Operation of the control
panel
• Service mode
• Auto cleaning
• Auto cleaning
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