System Self-Maintenance; Printhead Maintenance Cycle (Eliminate Light Stripes) - Xerox C2424 - WorkCentre Color Solid Ink Service Manual

System Self-Maintenance

To maintain peak operation, reliability, and print quality, the system has several
automatic or semi-automatic maintenance functions. These functions may be started
automatically after a certain number of prints or during system power on, or they may
be started by the user if a print-quality defect is noted.
For DADF/Scanner automatic-calibration, see "Scanner and Document Feeder
Calibration" on page 2-8.

Printhead Maintenance Cycle (Eliminate Light Stripes)

Paper Preheater Cleaning (Remove Print Smears)
Transfix Roller Oiling
Drum Cleaning (Chase Page)
Printhead Maintenance Cycle (Eliminate Light Stripes)
The printhead maintenance cleaning cycle removes bubbles or foreign matter that
cause printhead jets to malfunction. A maintenance cycle is performed:
At system power on
If the ink reservoir has cooled to the point a cleaning cycle is triggered
When the user selects the
control panel
A cleaning cycle is not performed when the system is coming out of standby
mode.
Three basic actions take place during a cleaning cycle:
Purging
Wiping
Printing the Cleaning Page
For more detailed information on the functions of the printhead maintenance cycle,
see the section, "Theory of Operation" on page 2-1.
Cleaning and Maintenance
Eliminate Light Stripes
function from the
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