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Chapter 6:
Routine Printer Maintenance
Regularly performing recommended maintenance tasks will help keep the Gerber Solara ion
running at peak performance. This chapter describes required daily, weekly, and monthly
printer maintenance. Following is a chart of maintenance terms, their definition and intended
usage. See the Regular Preventive Maintenance Chart on page 79 for an overview of all
necessary m
aintenance procedures.
Required routine maintenance supplies
Clean Heads procedure supplies
Fisher Scientific foam-tipped swabs
Anticon® Gold heavy-weight, clean room wipes
All-purpose wipes
Impervious nitrile gloves at least 8 mils thick
Safety glasses
Term Definition Intended Usage
Clean Heads
Procedure
A small amount of ink is pumped
from the pouch through the nozzles.
May be referred to as a “prime”.
Routine maintenance. If there are a few
missing and/or misfiring nozzles in each
head.
Purge A larger amount of ink is pumped
from the pouch through the nozzles
and the purge valve.
To remove trapped air in a printhead or
if there are many missing nozzles in a
specific head. Also used if you are filling
an ink line (embedded in the “fill ink
line” procedure), or replacing a head or
reservoir assembly.
End of Day
Clean
Daily Maintenance Solution is
swabbed on all heads at the end of
the day after all printing is
complete.
Printheads are cleaned using Daily
Maintenance Solution to remove debris
and ensure printhead health overnight.
Periodic
Maintenance
Process
Daily Maintenance Solution and
Gerber Clean Solution are applied
followed by a Clean Heads
Procedure whenever angled nozzles
As needed in order to maintain healthy
nozzles.
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