Nozzle Wash Procedure

Washing of Head nozzle

Perform cleaning of the nozzles in the heads to prevent them being clogged with coagulated ink.

Make sure the followings in advance.

Is [NEAR END] or [INK END] displayed ?

• The cleaning solution or ink is absorbed in washing.

At this time, washing is unable to operate if the ink end or near-end is detected.

• Replace it with a cartridge undetected for the ink end or the like.

1 Press the mode.

key in the local

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2 Select [NOZZLE WASH] by pressing the

keys.

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Press the key.

• The carriage moves onto the platen.

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Clean the wiper and the bracket.

(1) Open the front cover then pull out it by holding projections at both ends of the wiper.

(2) Clean it with a clean stick dipped in the cleaning solution.

( Aqueos ink : SPC-0137, Solvent ink : SPC-0369)

(3) Insert it in the original position by holding the projections at both ends of the wiper.

Projection

5 Press the key.

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Maintaining Capping station

6 Press the key then fill the cap with the cleaning solution.

• The cleaning solution is applied by drops when the

• When the

is pressed.

is pressed again, drops stop.

• Repeat the drops several times to fill the cap with the cleaning solution just before the solution overflows from the cap.

7 Close the front cover then press the

key.

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Set the duration for leaving the cleaning solution by pressing the keys.

• Set value : 1 to 99 minutes (Unit: minute)

Press the key.

• The cleaning solution filled in the cap is absorbed.

• The screen on the right is displayed only for the duration set in the step 8.

• It returns to the local mode after the duration.

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P L E A S E WA I T

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• When nozzle missing is not cleared even after this washing is carried out several times, execute "When Nozzle clogged after cleaning" ( P.4-18) and "DISCHARGE & WASH"

( P.4-19) . Contact a distributor or our sales office (a service call) unless the missing is cleared even after the above.

• Perform the followings unless the cleaning solution has been filled in the machine.

(1) Perform the operations up to the step 5.

(2) Fill the cap with the cleaning solution by using a syringe.

(3) Perform the operations from the step 7.

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