21
Routine Care and Adjustments
Cleaning
CAUTION: Use only the cleaning agents indicated below. Zebra Technologies Corporation will not be responsible for any other products being used on this printer. No lubricants are needed.
The following table provides a brief cleaning schedule. Specific cleaning procedures are provided on the following pages. Cleaning swabs saturated with 70% isopropyl alcohol are available from your distributor as a preventive maintenance kit.
Refer to Figure 15 for cleaning locations.
Area | Method | Interval | ||
Printhead (a) |
| Alcohol |
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Platen roller (b) |
| Alcohol | After every roll of media (or 500 | |
Media sensor (c) | Air blow | |||
feet of fanfold media) when | ||||
Media path (d) |
| Alcohol | printing in the direct thermal | |
Ribbon path (e) |
| Air blow | mode. | |
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Upper guide rod (f) | Alcohol | After every roll of ribbon when | ||
Platen guide rod (g) | Alcohol | printing in the thermal transfer | ||
mode. | ||||
Rewind power roller (h) | Alcohol | |||
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Lower guide rod (i) | Alcohol |
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| Cutting | Citrus | After every roll of media or more | |
| continuous, | based | ||
Cutter | often, depending upon your | |||
pressure- | adhesive | |||
Assembly | application and media. | |||
sensitive media | remover | |||
(j) |
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Cutting tagstock |
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(if used) | Alcohol and |
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or label backing | After every 2 or 3 rolls of media. | |||
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| material only | air blow |
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Alcohol | Once a month. | |||
Label available sensor (l) | Air blow | Once every six months. | ||