Brother GT-3 6-2.Regular Maintenance, 6. Maintenance, Contiguous All Whites, 6-2-2.White Tube Cleaning (once a week)

6. Maintenance

6-2. Regular Maintenance

Do not leave the White ink inside the printer. White pigment precipitates and may cause serious damage to your printer. This section describes how to maintain the White Ink. Execute the following menu to keep your printer and print result in good conditions.

Menu	Timing		Details
Daily Cleaning White	Before printing		Replaces the white-less White Ink caused by settled pigments.
	(once a day)
White Tube Cleaning	Once a week	Prevents the Tubes from choking with pigments.

<Note>

Confirm if there is enough room in Waste Ink Tank before executing the maintenance.

6-2-1. Daily Cleaning White for replacing dull White Ink (Once a day, before printing)

(1)Shake the White Ink Cartridge one by one to keep the whiteness of the White Ink. Pull out one of the White Ink Cartridge, hold the cartridge with both hands, upside down from the mounted position, and shake by moving back and forth to mix up the pigment in the bottom and shake it horizontally, in 30 seconds to 1 minute. (See "6-1-1. Replacing the Ink Cartridge".)

(2)Select [ Daily Cleaning White ] from the menu and press the OK Button. Select "All White" to do in one time or select the each Print Head to do one by one. Press OK button to continue.

(3)After replacing the White Ink, print Nozzle Check Pattern from [ Test Print ] menu to check the print quality. Also print Whiteness pattern on the pretreated material so that you can see the whiteness.

6-2-2. White Tube Cleaning (once a week)

This menu washes away the pigments inside the Tubes and Print Heads. When you execute this menu all-in-one time, GT-381 for four Tubes, GT-361 for two Tubes, you can retrieve the White Ink before Tube Cleaning. It takes time but you can save the cost. If you select the Tube one by one then the White Ink will not be retrieved. Follow the indications on the Display and operate with Maintenance Cartridge.

<Note>

If you leave GT-3 printer unused for more than two weeks, execute White Tube Cleaning for storage. Insert Capping Cartridges (option) in place of White Ink Cartridge. See "6-2-5. Required Maintenance for the Long Storage".

Contiguous All Whites

The following image show the steps:

Tube Cleaning

			Load
All Whites:				Insert White Ink Cartridge
	Set Maintenance Cartridge	Tube Cleaning
Retrieving White Ink			Maintenance	or Capping Cartridge
			Solution

Repeats the steps four times for GT-381(W1-W4), two times for GT-361 (W1, W2)

<Note>

If you execute Tube Cleaning one by one, then the first "Retrieving White Ink" is skipped.

Insert Capping Cartridges (option) in place of White Ink Cartridge when you leave the GT-3 printer unused for more than two weeks.

GT-3 Series 95