Maintaining The Capping Station; Cleaning The Wiper - MIMAKI TS55-1800 Operation Manual

Chapter 4 Maintenance
Maintaining the Cap-
ping Station
Maintain the ink cap, wiper, etc. located in the capping
station. (STATION MAINTENANCE)
• To keep the nozzle status normal, perform wiper
cleaning frequently.
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.
As the machine is used repeatedly, the wiper and ink cap
gradually become dirty with ink, dust, etc.
If missing nozzles cannot be corrected even after head
cleaning ( P.2-11) has been performed, clean using
the 03 maintenance liquid kit and a clean stick.
Tools required for Maintenance
• Washing liquid 03 Maintenance kit (PN:ML003-Z-K1)
• Cleaning Stick for Head Surrounding (PN:SPC-0527)
• Gloves
• Be sure to wear the supplied safety glasses and
gloves when maintaining the capping station. Oth-
erwise, you may get ink in your eyes.
• Do not move the carriage out of the capping sta-
tion by hand. When you need to move the car-
riage, press the [FUNC1] key to execute the
carriage-out. (

Cleaning the Wiper

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.
• Replace the wiper with a new one when it is
extremely dirty or bent. (
• If a replacement message is displayed, or if clean-
ing does not prevent nozzle missing or deflection,
replace with a new wiper.
• 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 deterio-
rate.
1
Press
2
Press
"MAINTENANCE", and press the
key.
• Maintenance menu will be displayed.
3
Press
MAINT.", and press the
4-6
• Safety glasses
P.4-6 steps 1 to 2)
P.4-17)
(MENU) in LOCAL.
to select
to select "STATION
key.
4
Press to select "CARRIAGE
OUT", and press the
• The carriage moves over the platen.
5
Open the front cover.
6
Remove the wiper.
• Pull out the wiper by holding the protrusions at
both ends.
Protrusion
7
Clean the wiper and the bracket.
• Wipe off the ink sticking to the wiper and bracket
with a clean stick dipped in cleaning solution for
maintenance.
Wipe off so that cleaning solution for maintenance
will not remain.
key.
Carriage
Wiper
Bracket