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Chapter 4 Maintenance
7
Fill up the cap with cleaning solution for
maintenance.
• If the cleaning solution cartridge is usable,
maintenance solution is automatically filled. If there
is not enough maintenance solution, press the
[FUNCTION] key to add maintenance solution.
8
Close the front cover, and press the
key.
9
Press to set the time for the
maintenance washing liquid to be left as it
is, and press the key.
• Set value : 1 to 99 minutes (Unit: minute)
• The maintenance washing liquid filled in the cap is
absorbed.
• “Please Wait” will be displayed in the display until
the time you set has elapsed.
Washing the Ink Discharge Passage
Wash the ink discharge passage regularly(about once a
week) to prevent the head nozzles from clogging due to
ink coagulation inside the passage.
1
Press the
(MENU)
key in LOCAL.
• MAINTENANCE MENU will be displayed.
2
Press the key.
• “STATION” will be selected.
3
Press twice, and press the
key.
• “DISWAY WASH” will be selected and the
carriage will move onto the platen.
• Dry suction operation is performed repeatedly
until the washing work is completed.
4
Open the front cover.
5
Press the key.
• Dry suction operation is performed repeatedly
until the washing work is completed.
6
Fill up the cap with cleaning solution for
maintenance.
• If the cleaning solution cartridge is usable,
maintenance solution is automatically filled. If there
is not enough maintenance solution, press the
[FUNCTION] key to add maintenance solution.
• If the cleaning solution cartridge is not usable,
suck maintenance solution into a dropper and fill
up the cap with it. Fill up the cap with
maintenance solution on the verge of overflow
from the cap.
7
Close the front cover and press the
key.
• When nozzle missing is not cleared even after
nozzle recovery ( P.4-12) or this washing is
carried out several times, contact the distributor in
your region or our service office.
• Before washing the ink discharge passage, make
sure that the maintenance washing liquid is set. If
the maintenance washing liquid is not set, washing
operation will not be conducted and the passage
could be clogged.