Pitney Bowes DA950 manual Cleaning Print Quality Problems, Preventive Maintenance

Printer Maintenance

Preventive Maintenance

Cleaning

Print Quality Problems

The Pitney Bowes DA950 Ink Jet Printer is designed for trouble- free service with a minimal amount of care. You should schedule regular cleaning of the items covered in this chapter.

CAUTION! Clean Print Cartridges, ink sur- faces and covers with plain water only. (Water works best!)

Clean all rubber rollers with isopropyl, dena- tured or rubbing alcohol only.

Use of any other cleaning solvents will dam- age the rollers.

Keep petroleum-based cleaning solvents away from rubber or plastic parts. Anything but alcohol will cause premature breakdown of the rubber compound.

If print quality is unacceptable, try the following:

•From the Main Menu, select Purge Print Head. The purging process clears any clogged ink on the print nozzles. Often this returns the print quality to a normal level. See Appendix A, Control Panel Menus, for information on using this feature.

• Clean the print heads on each Print Cartridge. Remove the cartridge as described on page 5-2. Dampen a soft cotton cloth with water and wipe the nozzles clean (wipe in the proper directions).

•Install a new Print Cartridge (page 5-3).

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