Epson manual Special Care, MP-2100 TH Cleanup, Cleanup of the Thermal Printing Head

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User’s Manual

Appendix IV

Special Care

MP-2100 TH Cleanup

In order to maintain your printer in good shape, you should clean it regularly according to the following procedure:

1.Turn the MP-2100 TH off;

2.Open the front cover;

3.Unlock and open the cutter activating the green lock (in case your printer has a cutter);

4.If the paper is inserted, lift up the thermal head handle by activating the green handle;

5.Open the back cover and remove the paper coil;

6.Use a soft flannel or cloth and remove carefully the accumulated dust;

7.If the machine cabinet is dirty, clean it with a soft cloth wetted with water or natural detergent. Never use a chemically treated tow or chemical materials of any kind. The use of such products may cause the cabinet to change the color or become deformed.

Never introduce objects or tools into the printer.

Cleanup of the Thermal Printing Head

When your printer presents degradation of printing quality, probably a dirt accumulation in the thermal printing head has occurred. It usually takes place after printing more than 100 paper coils. In order to clean it up do as follows:

1.Be sure that the printer is turned off;

2.Open the two printer covers;

3.Open the cutter by activating the green lock (for models with cutter);

4.Lift up the thermal head by activating the green handle;

5.Remove the paper from the printer;

6.Use a swab wetted with alcohol and passes it softly over the black line of the thermal head in order to remove the accumulated dirt. Be sure to avoid the alcohol from flowing to other parts of the printer and be sure not to scratch or damage the thermal printer head.

7.Be sure that the thermal head is clean and dry;

8.Close the head and the cutter;

9.Turn the printer on;

10.Insert the paper, according to item "INSERTING THE PAPER".

Tests revealed that this procedure becomes necessary more often as the printer head gets used.

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Contents Capa MP-2100 TH User´s Manual 5686 . Rev.1.1 November EMC and Safety Standards Applied CE MarkingEurope North AmericaSafety Precautions MP-2100 TH Commands Command tablesSummary Character TablesPresentation Printer DescriptionPowering UnpackingInserting the Paper Normal Remote mode Dump modeSelf-testing Printer head cleaning procedureTechnical Specifications Communication Interfaces Serial InterfaceSignal Parallel InterfaceParallel Interface Pin Assignments StrobeType B Receptacle Signal pin Associated Signal pinUSB Interface Ascii Table Character TablesCode Code Tabela de Caracteres Code MP-2100 TH Commands Direct CommandUsing The Command Summary Control SequenceCommand Tables OperationVertical Positioning Dec Hex DescriptionHorizontal Positioning Character TypesESC E ESC FPrint Width, Character Width And Height BarcodesComand Hexadecimal Bit Images And Graphics Graphic Commands ExamplesBit graphics Communication Data ControlParallel interface status byte Error Status Continuous Paper 5. Firmware Bit Sensor Status Serial interface status byteStatus bit number Logic USB interface status bytes Byte Printer StatusProblem Possible Cause TroubleshootingAppendix Automatic Line Advance AppendixCutter Optional About the CutterCleanup of the Thermal Printing Head MP-2100 TH CleanupSpecial Care Use Location Drawer Activation Pin Solenoid activation for drawer openingErrors Signaling Table Error Quantity of blinks Possible CauseAnnotations Annotations Page