Chapter 6: Routine Printer Maintenance; Daily Maintenance; Priming The Print Heads - Gerber SOLARA UV2 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6:
Routine Printer Maintenance
This chapter describes required daily print head maintenance, how to check remaining bulb life,
and the cleaning or replacing of the UV lamp cartridges.

Daily maintenance

CAUTION: Throughout the day you must wipe the print heads with a swab
moistened with GERBER SOLARA UV2 Cleaning Solution to prevent ink build up.
Perform this simple maintenance procedure to maximize print head life.
Follow this daily maintenance schedule:
♦ At the beginning of each day, prime and wipe the print heads. Print a
Nozzle Out test print to check for missing nozzles and prime again if
necessary. Reset the head cleaning timer
♦ After every FOUR hours of printing, prime and wipe the print heads with a
swab moistened with GERBER SOLARA UV2 Cleaning Solution. Reset
the head cleaning timer.
♦ End of each day wipe the print heads with a swab moistened with
GERBER SOLARA UV2 Cleaning Solution. Reset the head cleaning timer.

Priming the print heads

At the beginning of each day or if you notice missing nozzles in the NozzleJob test print, prime
the print head to clear the nozzles by pushing a small quantity of ink through the print head
nozzle plate. The UV bulbs must be off and cool and the head must be in the home position
before priming can begin. The PRIME command is located in the INK MENU.
After priming the print head and wiping the nozzle plates with a moist swab, print a NozzleJob
test print to verify that all of the nozzles are functioning. If there are missing (clogged) nozzles
you can prime the print head again. See "Printing the NozzleJob test print" on page 101. When
the print heads are clean, reset the head cleaning timer in the HEAD CLEAN menu so that the
cleaning cycles can be timed accurately. See "Resetting the head cleaning timer" on page 103.
Note: Avoid unnecessary lamp on/off cycles when able. Each lamp on/lamp off cycle reduces
bulb life by three hours.
CAUTION: If you choose to disable the UV lamps when running a test job, the ink
will not cure on the material. Wipe off uncured ink and dispose of appropriately.
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