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Routine Maintenance
This section provides routine cleaning and maintenance procedures.
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.
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.
IMPORTANT: Zebra is not responsible for damage caused by the use of cleaning fluids on this printer.
Specific cleaning procedures are provided on the following pages. Table 4 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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Table 4 Recommended Cleaning Schedule
Area Method Interval
Printhead Solvent* Direct Thermal Mode: After every roll of media
(or 500 feet of fanfold media).
Thermal Transfer Mode: After every roll of
ribbon.
Platen roller Solvent*
Media sensors Air blow
Ribbon sensor Air blow
Media path Solvent*
Ribbon path Solvent*
Pinch roller (part of Peel-Off option) Solvent*
*Zebra recommends using the Preventive Maintenance Kit (p/n 47362 or p/n 105950-035 - multipack). In place of this kit, you may
use a clean swab dipped in 99.7% isopropyl alcohol.
For 600 dpi printers, use 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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