Cleaning The Printhead - CAB EOS2 Operator's Manual

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Cleaning the Printhead

Cleaning intervals:
Substances may accumulate on the printhead during printing and adversely affect printing, e.g. differences in contrast
or vertical stripes.
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Attention!
Printhead can be damaged!
Do not use sharp or hard objects to clean the printhead.
Do not touch protective glass layer of the printhead.
Caution!
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Risk of injury from the hot printhead.
 Ensure that the printhead has cooled down before starting cleaning.
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 Open the printhead.
 Remove material and transfer ribbon from the printer.
 Clean the printing line (1) with special cleaning pen or rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth.
 Allow printhead to dry for 2–3 minutes before commencing printing.
direct thermal printing
thermal transfer printing
1
Heating line of the printhead
- every media roll change
- every ribbon roll change
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