
Maintenance
Cleaning
When you clean the printer, use one or more of the following supplies that best suits your needs:
CLEANING SUPPLIES
Cleaning pens (12)
Cleaning swabs (25)
Cleaning cards, 
The cleaning process takes just a couple of minutes using the steps outlined below.
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  | Let the print head to cool for one minute, then use a new  | 
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  | cleaning pen to swab the print elements (the thin gray  | 
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  | line on the print head) from end to end. NOTE: You do  | 
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Print head  | not have to turn off the printer to do this. | 
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  | Manually rotate the platen roller. Clean it thoroughly  | 
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Platen roller  | with 70% isopropyl alcohol and a cleaning swab,  | 
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Peel bar  | Clean it thoroughly with 70% isopropyl alcohol and a  | 
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Tear bar  | cotton swab.  | 
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Interior  | Brush or air blow  | 
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Cutter  | Use tweezers to remove scraps  | 
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