Brady i5100 - 8 • Cleaning and Maintenance; Maintenance Safety Precautions; Approved Cleaning Swabs; Cleaning Printer Components

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8 • Cleaning & Maintenance
It is important to clean the thermal printhead regularly. This guarantees a consistently good printed image and plays a major part in
preventing premature wear of the printhead.
Otherwise, the maintenance is limited to monthly cleaning of the device.
• Remove dust and paper fluff from the print area with a soft brush or vacuum cleaner.
• Clean the cover of the printer with a damp cloth.
Approved Cleaning Swabs
Use Brady part number PCK-6 cleaning swabs pre-soaked in print head cleaning solution. Package of 50 swabs. To be used to clean
printhead, sensor, and rollers and to removed adhesive residue on plastic surfaces.
Cleaning the Print Roller
Accumulations of dirt on the print roller may impair the media transport and the print quality.
1. Turn printer off.
2. Lift the printhead and remove labels and transfer ribbon from the printer.
3. Remove deposits with roller cleaner and a soft cloth.
4. If the roller appears damaged, have it replaced.
Cleaning the Printhead
Substances may accumulate on the printhead during printing and adversely affect printing, e.g. differences in contrast or vertical stripes.
1. Turn printer off.
2. Open the cover and remove labels and ribbon from the printer.
3. Press the green release button and raise the print module.
4. Use an approved swab soaked in pure isopropyl alcohol to carefully rub the surface of the print head being careful not to scratch the
surface. If there was any coarse debris on the head remove this prior to cleaning with a soft dry brush or air.
5. Allow the head to dry for 2-3 minutes before restarting the printer if straight lines appear in printing after cleaning this may be a sign
of printhead damage--contact Brady technical support.
DANGER!
Risk of death via electric shock!
Disconnect the printer from the power supply before performing any maintenance work.
Attention!
The printer can be damaged by aggressive cleansers.
Do not use abrasive cleaners or solvents for cleaning the external surfaces or modules.
Cleaning intervals: direct thermal printing - every media roll change
thermal transfer printing - every ribbon roll change
Attention!
Printhead can be damaged!
Do not use sharp or hard objects to clean the printhead.
Do not touch protective glass layer of the printhead.
Attention!
Risk of injury from the hot printhead line.
Ensure that the printhead has cooled down before starting cleaning.