Maintaining The Capping Station; Cleaning The Wiper And Cap - MIMAKI JV300-130 A Operation Manual

Maintaining the Capping
Station
Maintain the ink cap, wiper, etc. located in the capping
station. (SATION MAINT.)
• 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 nozzle missing cannot be corrected even after head
cleaning ( P.2-11) has been performed, use a
maintenance liquid 01 kit and clean stick.
Tools required for Maintenance
• Cleaning Liquid Bottle Kit A29 (SPC-0137)
• Clean stick (SPC-0527) • Gloves
• Be sure to wear the supplied safety glasses and
gloves when maintaining the capping
station.Otherwise, you may get ink in your eyes.
• Do not move the carriage out of the capping
station by hand.When it is desirable to move the
carriage, press the [FUNK1] key to execute the
carriage-out. (

Cleaning the Wiper and Cap

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.(
• 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
deteriorate.
Press the
1
key in LOCAL.
• MAINTENANCE MENU will be displayed.
Press the
2
• The carriage moves onto the platen.
• Safety glasses
P.4-7Steps 1 to 2)
P.4-14)
(MENU)
key twice.
Open the front cover.
3
Remove the wiper.
4
• Pull out the wiper by holding the protrusions at its
both ends.
Clean the wiper and bracket.
5
• 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.
Wiper
Bracket
Clean the wiper slider.
6
• Wipe off the ink sticking to the wiper slider with a
clean stick dipped in cleaning solution for
maintenance.
Wipe off so that cleaning solution for maintenance
will not remain.
Wiper slider
Chapter 4 Maintenance
Carriage
Projection
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