7-15 ● Correcting a Bent Ink Stream and Clogged Nozzle
Remove and clean the orifice plate.
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(1) Loosen the fixing screw and remove the charge electrode and
deflection electrode.
To prevent dropping, do not remove the screw.
Charge electrode
Fixing screw
Deflection electrode (-)
Deflection electrode (+)
(2) Remove the four screws holding the orifice plate.
Orifice plate
(3) Use the tweezers to remove the orifice plate from the nozzle body.
The O-ring may detach from the orifice plate at this time. If it does, put the
O-ring in a beaker with makeup ink and take care not to lose it.
(4) Immerse the removed orifice plate in a beaker with makeup ink to
clean it.
Clean the nozzle section.
Using the cleaning bottle, pour the makeup ink over the nozzle section to
clean it, from which the orifice plate has been removed.
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Cleaning bottle
Beaker
Notice
Do not touch the ink ejection
hole on orifice plate.
Ink ejection hole
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