Operator Menu - Oce Arizona T220 User Manual

Operator Menu

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The Operator menu has six submenus: Maintenance, Test Prints, Print Parameters, Units,
Set Clock, and About Printer. The details of these submenus and how to access them are
provided below.
Maintenance
The Maintenance Menu consists of various commands that support maintenance
activities for the printer. The commands are:
HIGH PURGE NOZZLES
This is used to clear contaminants out of the nozzles. Contaminants can be either
environmental particles or dried ink.
LONG PURGE NOZZLES
This is used primarily to clear solvent that may have migrated up into the
printheads if the printer has been idle for more than 2 hours.
RECOVERY PURGE NOZZLES
This command is used as a troubleshooting tool to restore a printhead that will not
respond to a high purge.
Note:
WARMUP PRINTER
Selecting this begins a heating cycle that beings the ink in the reservoirs up to the
recommended operating temperature - 32C or 90F. When the ink is at the proper
operating temperature, this option does not appear in the menu structure.
BLOT HEADS
Blotting heads is the process of pressing the print heads into an absorbent cloth.
This is necessary to remove any ink which may have accumulated on the print head
nozzle plates.
SPIT HEADS
This command is used to evaluate the condition of the printheads. When it is
initiated the carriage moves to the blotting station. All printheads then fire into the
blot cloth. The carriage then returns to its previous state of operation. The operator
can then observe the ink patterns created on the blot cloth from the spit. If the
patterns are not forming clean lines of equal length, it can be an indication of
blocked nozzles.
Note:
10/16/03
The carriage will not self-cap after a purge until 5 minutes has elapsed.
The carriage will not self-cap after a spit until 5 minutes has elapsed.
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