Clean the bottom section and paper tray section gently with a soft cloth moistened with water.
If it is difficult to remove dust such as the dust from the ink ribbon
Clean the dirty parts with a soft cloth moistened with ethyl alcohol.
Cleaning the filter
Ventilation holes are provided on the both sides of the printer. Clean the filter on the side panel of the printer. It is recommended that you clean the filter every month. Or if the STATUS indicator blinks in blue frequently (this indicates that the head is in the cooling state), clean the filter. If the filter is dirty, the time required for cooling the thermal head is lengthened and this causes the printing time to become longer.
1 Remove the air filter cover.
2 Remove the air filter, and then shake the air filter gently to remove dust.
Air filter
Air filter cover
3 Clean the air filter cover.
4 Remove dust from the groove on the printer.
Groove
5 Reset the filter and the filter cover on the printer as they were.
If the dust can not be removed even by shaking the filter or the filter is very dirty
Replace the filter with a new one.
For detailed information on the replacement air filter, contact your Sony Service Center.
Miscellaneous
Precautions 21