Chapter 5 Maintenance

Cleaning the Print Heads

If the imprinter print head nozzles are dirty, printing may become streaked or spotty. To prevent this, periodically remove the ink cartridge and clean the print head with a soft, dry cloth or cotton swab.

CAUTION

Do not touch the metal contacts on the ink cartridge. Doing so may cause poor connections, resulting in poor print quality.

■Cleaning Out Excess Ink (Pre-Imprinter)

When using the pre-imprinter, document pages are transported while the ink is still wet, so the platen roller and scanning glass will pick up ink, eventually resulting in streaks in images or soiled documents.

Therefore, when using the pre-imprinter, regularly wipe any ink from the rollers and scanning glass with a moistened and well wrung-out cloth.

Ink Nozzles (six)

Locations of

Excess Ink

IMPORTANT

If excess ink is not removed, streaks will appear in images, and documents will be soiled. Clean up excess ink carefully and regularly.

•When scanning many documents daily, clean after approximately every 10,000 pages.

•In any case, we recommend cleaning at least once at the end of each day.

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