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End of Day Maintenance

To be performed at the end of EVERY day's use

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For this maintenance you will need the following:

  1. Foam maintenance swabs*
  2. Blue shop towels
  3. Oiling pen*
  4. Syringe with tube*
  5. Image Armor cleaning solution*

*Items available at mesasupplies.com

  1. Tap Setup icon.
    Step One
  2. Tap Maintenance.
    Step Two
  3. Tap Print Head Cleaning.
    Step Three
  4. Tap Head Cleaning.
    Step Four
  5. The Cleaning Screen will be displayed.
    Step Five
  6. Wait for the print head to move completely off the capping station.
    Step Six
  7. Turn power off by flipping the red switch on the back of the printer.
    Step Seven
  8. Pour a capful of the Image Armor Cleaning Solution.
    Step Eight
  9. Draw the solution into the syringe.
    Step Nine
  10. Squirt cleaning solution into capping station.
    Step Ten
  11. Clean with swab. Repeat until excess ink is removed. Using the same process, clean wiper blade.
    Step Eleven
  12. Using supplied oiling pen, oil the carriage rail.
    Step Twelve
  13. Using a damp shop towel and only wiping right to left, clean both sides of the encoder strip end to end.
    Step Thirteen
  14. Re-dock the print head over the capping station.
    Step Fourteen
  15. Turn the power on by flipping the red switch on the back of the printer, but do not power on the control panel.
    Step Fifteen
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