Maintaining Your Printer; Introduction; Cleaning The Printer - Brady BMP 91 User Manual

6. Maintaining Your Printer

A. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 77
B. Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 77
C. Cleaning the Rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 78
D. Cleaning Adhesive Build-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 78
E. Replacing the Platen & Wrap rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . page 79
F. Replacing the Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 81
G. Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 82
H. Replacing the Heat-shrink or Label Cartridge . . . . . page 83
A. Introduction
To keep your printer in tip-top condition, it is good practice to
clean your printer (including the transport rollers inside) regularly.
You may also need to replace the platen roller or the cutter if and
when they wear out. The ribbon cartridge and the tube/label
cartridge also needs replacement once the medium runs out.
It is also good practice to press [Maintain] before you switch off
the printer so that the printer will move all its mechanical parts to
the home positions.
Never use benzene or strong solvents when cleaning the
printer body or its internal parts. This could damage the
printer and not just the finish.
B. Cleaning the Printer
1
If the printer is still on, press
2
Dampen a cloth with water and wring out throughly.
3
Wipe the body with the cloth.
4
Dry the body with another clean dry cloth.
To clean the printhead:
1
Use a cotton swab to
clean dirt from the print
head.
Be very careful not to scratch the printhead.
If the printhead is extremely dirty, add a few drops of at
least 95% Isopropyl alcohol (>= 95% IPA) to the cotton
swab, and then wipe the dirt away.
Let the printhead dry before resuming operation.
6. Maintaining Your Printer
[Power] to switch it off.
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