456 Chapter 9 Preventive Maintenance
Preventive Maintenance
5. Hold the cloth in an inverted u shape around the encoder strip.
6. Carefully wipe along the length of the Encoder Strip until there is no ink residue remaining on the
Encoder Strip. Do not remove the Carriage Assembly from the Service Station yet.
7. Use enough force to remove the ink residue but be very careful not to scratch the Encoder Strip with
your fingernail or any other object.
8. Lower the Printer Window.
9. From the Front Panel select the ink icon and select ‘Replace Printheads’. The printhead carriage
moves towards the center of the platen.