Cleaning; Cleaning The Inside Of The Printer - Sony UP-CX2 Operating Instructions Manual

Cleaning

Cleaning the inside of the printer

If defects such as white stripes, fading, or scratches begin
to appear in printouts, you may need to clean the thermal
head and rollers. In particular, white stripes and lines tend
to appear when using the 2UPC-C54 series or 2UPC-C58
series printing pack after printing a large quantity of prints
with the 2UPC-C53 series or 2UPC-C55 series printing
pack.
White stripe or
fading
Speckled scratch
The following items are necessary to perform interior
cleaning.
• The cleaning cartridge supplied with the printer
• The cleaning sheet (Cleaning Sheet) supplied with the
printing pack
• Print paper
Notes
• The cleaning cartridge is reusable. Do not throw it away.
• As the cleaning sheet in not reusable, discard it after the
first use.
• If there is insufficient print paper remaining, an error
may occur. If this occurs, replace the print paper and
begin the cleaning process again.
1
Look at the
holder is installed.
The indicator is lit when the paper holder is installed.
2
Remove the paper tray.
3
Open the side door, and remove the ink ribbon holder.
4
Load the cleaning cartridge into the printer, and close
the side door.
The CLEANING indicator begins flashing.
5
Press the CLEANING button on the front panel of the
printer.
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Precautions
Threadlike scratch
indicator to confirm that the paper
The CLEANING indicator remains lit, and about
30 cm of paper is ejected from the printer.
The CLEANING indicator begins flashing again after
the paper is ejected.
6
Remove the protective paper from the back side of the
cleaning sheet (the side without an illustration).
Be careful not to confuse the back and front sides of
the cleaning sheet.
7
Determine by the width of the print paper the
orientation to affix the cleaning sheet, and affix the
cleaning sheet evenly and squarely onto the ejected
paper as illustrated.
When using the 2UPC-C54/C58 series printing pack,
orient the cleaning sheet lengthwise rather than
crosswise.
Firmly affix the entire cleaning sheet so that the
corners do not peel up and the center is not raised. If
the corners of the cleaning sheet peel up, cleaning may
not be performed properly.
8
Remove the protective paper from the front side of the
cleaning sheet.