Image Quality Is Poor; Nozzle Is Clogged; Ink Ic Warning Appears; When The Ink Leakage Occurs - MIMAKI Tx300P-1800 Operation Manual

Image quality is poor

This section describes the corrective actions to be taken in case the image quality is not satisfactory.
Take remedy for particular problems with image quality. If the remedy does not work, contact your dealer or an office of
MIMAKI.
Phenomenon
White lines / blur / dark stripes (in the
direction of travel of the heads)
Characters are double- or triple-printed in
the media feed direction
Disagreement in print positions between
outward trip and homeward trip
Ink drops falling on media during printing

Nozzle is clogged

When nozzle clogging is not dissolved even after the head cleaning referring to P.2-31, make sure the following
operations.
 Wash the head nozzle by the operations of P.4-12.
 Wash the head nozzle surface by the operations of P.4-16.
 Recovery the nozzle by the operations of P.4-17.

Ink IC warning appears

If an ink IC trouble is detected, the cartridge LED "red" is lit, and a warning message appears.
None of printing, cleaning and all the other operations that use ink is available.
In this case, replace the ink pack in question immediately.
• Once cartridge trouble is displayed, do not leave the ink pack without replacing it for a long time; otherwise, the machine
will lose the nozzle clogging prevention function.
If nozzles are clogged, the machine must be repaired by MIMAKI's service engineer.
Displaying the description of ink IC trouble
The contents of IC error are confirmable by the following operations.
Press the
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Press the
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When the Ink Leakage Occurs

In case of ink leakage, please turn off the main power, unplug the power cable and contact your local distributor, our sales
office, or service center.
(1) Execute the head cleaning. (
(2) Perform maintenance of the inside of the station. (
(3) Execute the [FEED COMP.] function. (
(4) If any pieces of paper or dust is attached on the path of the heads such as
media press, remove it.
(1) Execute the [FEED COMP.] function. (
(1) Execute the [DROP POSITION] function. (
(1) Execute the wiper cleaning. (
(2) Execute the ink cap cleaning. (
(3) Clean around the head. (
(4) Execute the head cleaning [NORMAL]. (
(5) Set the INTERVAL WIPING operation. (
key in LOCAL.
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Chapter5 Troubleshooting
Measures
P.2-31)
P.4-10)
P.3-6)
P.3-6)
P.3-7)
P.4-10)
P.4-10)
P.4-16)
P.2-31)
P.3-11)
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2
2
2
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