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Clean wiper roller compartments

About this task

  • As a daily maintenance task

  • When the back of the printed output shows ink pollution.

Before you begin

Make sure you have the following cleaning materials at hand.

Procedure

  1. On the user panel tap on [System].
  2. Tap on [Maintenance].
  3. Tap on [Clean wiper roller compartments].
  4. Tap on [Start] to prepare the print unit for cleaning.
  5. Tap on [Next].
  6. You can now follow the steps in the wizard, or, for more detailed information, follow the steps below.
    NOTE

    From this point you can also follow the video instruction. After that, proceed with step number 16.

    https://vimeo.com/260765515
  7. Open the maintenance tray cover.
  8. Use the green print unit latch to open the print unit and the top cover.
  9. Pull the print unit locking mechanism to fully open the print unit.
  10. Locate the wiper roller compartments that show pollution on one or more of the following parts.
    1. the plastic transparent sealing

    2. the disc

    3. the gear

    4. the shaft

  11. Put on gloves and use a lint free cloth, slightly moistened with demi water, to carefully clean the disc, the shaft, and the gear on the right side of the wiper roller compartment. Use the gear (3) to rotate the wiper roller and remove all the ink.
    IMPORTANT

    Do not touch the micro-fiber surface of the wiper roller.

  12. Do this also for the left side of the wiper roller compartment.
    IMPORTANT

    Do not touch the micro-fiber surface of the wiper roller.

  13. Use a new lint free cloth, slightly moistened with demi water, to carefully clean the plastic transparent sealing on all four sides of the compartment.
    IMPORTANT

    Do not touch the micro-fiber surface of the wiper roller.

  14. Take off the gloves and close the print unit.
  15. Close the maintenance tray cover.
  16. On the user panel tap on [Next] several times, and wait while the print unit is prepared for usage.
  17. Tap on [Finish] to close the wizard.