Maintenance; Printhead - Oce Arizona 400 Series GT User Manual

Printhead Maintenance
The illustration below shows the printhead order and the relationship between the
printhead location and the labels on the nozzle check print. This helps to identify the
printhead where the nozzle outs are located.
[158] Printhead Layout
Note:
Based on the perspective shown in the illustration, Package A is always the row of nozzles
on the left side of a printhead and Package B is always the row of nozzles on the right
side of a printhead
Once you have identified the particular printhead that has nozzles out as indicated by
3.
the nozzle check print, you can perform the following procedure to correct the nozzle
dropouts.
How to Correct Nozzle Dropouts
If there are only a few nozzle dropouts per printhead try suctioning the affected printheads
1.
again without purging. If many nozzles are out, perform Printhead Maintenance again.
Print another nozzle check and repeat step 1.
2.
If nozzle dropouts still remain, swab that printhead.
3.
Result
When a printhead does not have any dropouts, it will look like the Nozzle Check print
illustrated below.
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