Chapter 4

Printer Care and Maintenance

In this chapter, you’ll learn about the self-cleaning feature and other operating aspects of the printer. There’s also a troubleshooting chart you can use to quickly solve any little problems that might arise.

As you’ll see, the SQ-2000 is not only easy to use -- it’s also simple to maintain on a daily basis. Periodic attention by a service technician is necessary, however.

The Ink Jet Print Head

If you’re familiar with dot-matrix printers, you know that they print characters made up of numerous tiny dots. The SQ-2000 is similar in some ways, but significantly improves on earlier dot- matrix technology. Rapid-drying ink has replaced the ink ribbon. Miniature nozzles release the dots directly onto the page.

The result is faster printing with almost no noise. Moreover, because the SQ-2000’s print head releases the ink from 24 nozzles arranged in two columns, each character is more sharply defined.*

* In letter quality mode

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