Cleaning The Head And The Area Around It (Every Day) - Ricoh L4160 Operation Manual

Cleaning the Head and the Area around It (every day)

Because the head employs a very precise mechanism, due care needs to be taken when it is cleaned.
Using a clean stick, etc., rub off gelatinous ink or dust that may stick to the lower part of the slider and the area
around the head.In doing so, never rub the nozzles of the head.
Tools required for cleaning
• Be sure to wear the attached goggles and gloves when cleaning the area around the
head.Otherwise, you may get ink in your eyes.
• The ink contains organic solvent.If you get the ink on your skin or in your eyes, wash it away
with plenty of water immediately.
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Press the
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Press the
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Press
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Press the
• Carriage will move to the left end of this device.
• If the carriage is not covered by the ink cap for a long period
of time, the nozzle face of the head may get dry and clogged,
resulting in white lines being left in the printed image.
• The buzzer sounds periodically while the carriage is out of the
capping station. The buzzer sounds at shorter interval when
the print heater temperature is high.
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Open the left maintenance cover.
(1) Turn four screws that fix the maintenance cover to
the left, and remove them.
(2) Remove the maintenance cover.
• If the maintenance cover is hard to remove, use the
supplied screwdriver.
• Clean stick
key in LOCAL.
MAINT.
key.
to select [HEAD MAINT.].
key.
• Gloves • Goggles
CARR I AGE OU T
MOVE POS I T I ON
: S T A T I ON MA I N T .
MOVE POS I T I ON
: HEAD MA I N T .
Screw
Rotate it left.
Maintenance
cover
Screw
[ EN T ]
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