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Chapter 5 Maintenance
MAINTENANCE MENUs table
Item Setting Value Meaning
STATION
MAINTENANCE
For carrying out maintenance on the carriage and station periphery.
CARRIAGE OUT
(P.5-6)
Moves the carriage out, for carrying out cleaning of the cap
periphery, head, wipers, etc.
NOZZLE WASH
(P.5-9)
Fixed to 1 min
Soaks the nozzle surfaces in maintenance cleaning fluid, for
carrying out recovery from nozzle clogging or bent.
DISWAY WASH
(P.5-9)
Executes washing of the suction pump tubes.
CUSTODY WASH
( P.5-10)
Fixed to 1 min
Carried out when the machine is going to be out of use for an
extended period. Washes the nozzles and tubes beforehand,
to keep the machine in fine condition.
Replace WIPER
( P.5-18)
Used when replacing the wiper. If the wiper is replaced, the
number of times the wiper was used that is managed in this
machine is reset.
NOZZLE RECOVERY
( P.5-15)
For printing using another nozzle, if nozzle wash and so forth fail to effect recovery from nozzle clogging, etc.
PRINT Prints a pattern, to identify the nozzle that is clogged.
ENTRY Registers the faulty nozzle identified by “PRINT”.
RESET Resets a registered faulty nozzle.
AUTO
MAINTENANCE
( P.5-15)
For having the various maintenance functions executed automatically. Set the execution interval for each
maintenance function.
REFRESH
The set value will differ
according to the ink
type being used.
For setting the activation interval for refresh.
CLEANING (Interval) For setting the activation interval for head cleaning.
CLEANING
(TYPE)
NORMAL/ SOFT/
HARD
For setting the type of head cleaning.
INK FILLING
( P.5-16)
Supplies ink to correct nozzle clogging.
INK TANK
EXCHANGE ( P.5-
20)
Resets or corrects the used count for the waste ink tank.
OVER FLOW
MAINTENANCE
( P.5-14)
For discharging excessive ink in the sub tank to solve the ink overflow problem.
AIR PURGE( P.5-
16)
For discharging ink and air that is in the head out of a port, to solve mixed color and nozzle clogging problems.