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Maintenance

Cleaning the Cabinet

Use a wrung out damp cloth, or a damp cloth soaked in water and a mild detergent, to clean the cabinet surface. To avoid damaging the cabinet of the unit, never use alcohol, thinner, or any other type of organic solvent, or any type of abrasive cleaner, to clean the cabinet.

Cleaning the Thermal Head

If the printout is dirty or white stripes appear on the printouts, clean the thermal head using the cleaning sheet supplied.

Carry out the head cleaning operation using the menu.

Note

Apaper cutter is mounted with the UP-970AD. When cleaning the thermal head, be careful not to touch the paper cutter. Touching the paper cutter may cause injury.

1 Press the power ON/OFF switch to ON to turn the unit on.

2 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the paper door.

3 Insert the supplied cleaning sheet, with the black surface facing down, into the groove of the paper tray so that a small portion of the front edge of the sheet sticks out of the paper exit.

Insert the cleaning sheet with the black surface facing down.

4 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the paper door.

5 Press the jog dial.

The menu item changed last is displayed.

6 Display “CLEAN” by turning the jog dial, and then press the jog dial.

7 Confirm that “CLN:OK” is displayed, and then press the jog dial.

The unit starts cleaning the thermal head. “CLEAN” is displayed on the LCD.

When the cleaning sheet stops and the alarm sounds, the cleaning is completed.

8 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the paper door and remove the cleaning sheet.

9 Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the paper door.

Note

Clean the thermal head only when necessary. If you clean the thermal head too frequently, it may cause a malfunction.

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