HP Astrojet 2600P, Astrojet 2800P manual Disposal, Cleaning the Printhead, Purging the Nozzles

SECTION 4

MAINTENANCE

Short-term Storage

Leave the cartridge in the Printer for short periods of time, 1 day or less.

The next time that the Printer is used, the printhead may have to be cleaned and purged Long-term Storage

Place the cartridges in the Cartridge Storage area located at the rear of the printer, or

Place the cartridges in a Tupperware container with a damp sponge or towel to maintain humidity and prevent the printhead from drying out.

When the cartridges are ready to be used again, the printhead will need to be cleaned.

Disposal

The cartridge may be disposed of in a normal manner.

If there should be an ink spill, use soap and water to clean up any problem areas. Abrasive soap works well to get the ink off hands.

Cleaning the Printhead

To maintain good print quality it is important that the printheads are kept clean. During the printing process ink spray, paper fibers, and dust can cause a build-up on the printheads. This build-up will eventually degrade the print quality. If you begin to notice problems with the quality of the print, or to just prevent a build-up from occurring with the printhead with a wet fiberless cloth.

Cloth should be:	Cloth should not be:
Soft	Abrasive
Fiberless	Made of small fibers
Moist with Water (Distilled is best but tap	Dry or containing chemical additives
works)
Wipe slowly across the long-axis with the printhead
facing down (as shown). Do not apply excessive force,
as this could scratch the nozzle area.

Purging the Nozzles

If the printhead sits inactive for a period, ink may dry in the nozzles. Printing may not remove these “ink plugs” from the nozzles. White streaks will then show up in the printed text or graphic. In order to obtain better print quality, these ink plugs need to be forced out or purged. A Purge routine is built into the ASTROJET

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