Cleaning And Maintenance; Cleaning And Lubrication - Brady BRADYMARKER XC Plus Manual

Cleaning and maintenance

A. Cleaning and lubrication
The printer is a rugged mechanism. It should be cleaned and lubricated as indicated below, to
keep it in top operating condition.
1. Cleaning:
Several areas need occasional cleaning. See Figure 5 on the next page.
a) First is the platen. White paper lint collects on the black tape attached to the platen
causing the optic registration system to misread the notch on the label liner.
Clean this at least once every month using alcohol on a cotton swab.
b) Second is the ink ribbon guide path. The ink has a tendency to build a thick paste-
like material on the two outside ribbon guides. This increases the driving friction
of the ink ribbon, which causes the drive pins on the ink ribbon spool to fail.
Clean these ribbon guides with a small amount of alcohol on a cotton swab each
time you install a new ribbon.
c) Third is the print head. Poor print quality or missing print dots may be an indication
that your print head requires cleaning. A Brady printer cleaning kit is available
from your W. H. Brady Co. Distributor (catalog # PCK-1). Use the cleaning kit
and follow the instructions below:
1. While holding down the H key, turn the printer on.
2. Follow the instructions as displayed on the user screen.
IMPORTANT
Be sure to remove the ribbon before you try to clean the print head.
The print head should be cleaned using a strip of print element cleaning material
that is 1 3/4" wide by approximately 6" long.
Saturate the first 4" of the strip with cleaning solution before feeding into the
printer. Feed the strip so that the wet side is facing the print head.
Loose cleaning material can severely damage the printer. If you tear material along
perforations, be sure to trim all the edges of the cleaning strip.
Be sure to thoroughly clean the print head. You may need to run more than one
cleaning material strip through the printer to completely clean the print head.
If your printing quality does not improve, you may have a worn ribbon.
Replacement ribbons (catalog # R2100) are available from your W. H. Brady Co.
Distributor.
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