Routine Maintenance
Cleaning Schedule and Procedures
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P1089083-001 ZT410 RFID Printer for Silverline Media User Guide 10/7/16
Cleaning Schedule and Procedures
Routine preventive maintenance is a crucial part of normal printer operation. By taking good
care of your printer, you can minimize the potential problems that you might have with it and
help to achieve and to maintain your standards for print quality. For example, inconsistent
print quality, such as voids in the bar code or graphics, may indicate a dirty printhead.
Over time, the movement of media or ribbon across the printhead wears through the protective
ceramic coating, exposing and eventually damaging the print elements (dots). To avoid
abrasion:
• Clean the printhead frequently.
• Minimize printhead pressure and burn temperature (darkness) settings by optimizing the
balance between the two.
• When using Thermal Transfer mode, ensure that the ribbon is as wide or wider than the
media to prevent exposing the printhead elements to the more abrasive label material.
Specific cleaning procedures are provided on the following pages. Table 13 shows the
recommended cleaning schedule. These intervals are intended as guidelines only. You may
have to clean more often, depending upon your application and media.
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Important • Do not use liquids to clean any part of this printer, especially the printhead. Zebra
is not responsible for damage caused by the use of cleaning fluids on this printer.
Table 13 • Recommended Cleaning Schedule
Area Method Interval
Printhead Cleaning film* Direct Thermal Mode: After every roll of
media.
Thermal Transfer Mode: After every roll of
ribbon.
Platen roller Cleaning film*
Media sensors Air blow
Ribbon sensor Air blow
Use Zebra’s Save-a-Printhead cleaning film. This specially coated material removes contamination buildup without
damaging the printhead. Call your authorized reseller or distributor for more information.
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