Carriage; Platen; Capping Station - MIMAKI JV100-160 Operation Manual

Chapter 1 Before Using This Product

Carriage

The carriage includes a print head for ejecting ink, and a jam sensor for stopping the carriage when media
clogs. Printing occurs as ink is ejected while traversing left and right.

Platen

The platen features a large number of holes used to secure the media under vacuum pressure. This also
features a cutting slot for cutting the media.

Capping station

The capping station includes caps for keeping the print head nozzle surface from drying out, a wiper required
for print head maintenance, and an NCU for monitoring print head nozzle conditions.
The NCU (Nozzle Check Unit) automatically checks whether the nozzle is clogged. Setting various functions
enables automatic print head cleaning or printing using other nozzles.
"Nozzle check menu"(P. 86)
"Registering nozzle recovery"(P. 76)
Cutting slot
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