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Maintenance Guidelines

Introduction

This section describes what is required for printer maintenance.

Equipment

  • Foam Tipped Swab (3010118211)

  • Flush (3010106646 Flush UV 1 Liter)

  • Bottle-HDPE 125ml for flush (3010105433)

  • Isopropyl alcohol (IPA)

  • Cloth-Poly Wipe 10cm x 10cm (lint-free)

CAUTION

Wear gloves when contact with ink or maintenance materials is possible. Gloves should always overlap sleeves. Follow the ink related Safety Data Sheets (SDS) guidelines carefully in order to ensure maximum safety. For example use Ansell Microflex 93-260 gloves, which offer a protection against UV inks and flush up to one hour. Pollution with other chemicals can shorten the protection time against UV inks and flush.

Wear eye protection as prescribed in this document when performing a task or action in this area.

Wear protective sleeves during printhead maintenance (for example DuPont Tychem 6000 F oversleeve model PS32LA).

Operator maintenance

Perform Daily maintenance at the beginning of each work day.

Daily

Procedure

Maintain White Ink

Maintain White Ink

Clean Ink Spit Tray

Clean the Ink Spit Tray

Clean Carriage Underside

Clean the Carriage Underside

Print a nozzle check

Perform automatic printhead maintenance on the printhead that has failing nozzles.

Print a nozzle check

Recover Nozzles by AMS

Clean Automatic Maintenance Station

Clean the Automatic Maintenance System (AMS)

Weekly

Procedure

AMS Printhead Maintenance

Recover Nozzles by AMS

Clean printheads using swabs

Clean Printheads

Empty the Waste Trays

Empty Ink Waste Trays

Monthly

Procedure

Replace UV LED unit Filters

Replace the UV LED unit Filter

Clean Linear Gantry Rails

Clean the gantry rails

Clean UV LED unit window

Clean UV LED Quartz Window

Check Coolant level

Fill the Coolant Bottle

Incident based, as needed

Procedure

Clean Horizontal Surfaces

Clean Horizontal Surfaces

Remove Ink from Table

Remove Ink from the Table

Clean the covers around the Spit Tray

Needed when indicated on the operator panel

Bleed ink filter (CMYK)

After 5 Bags

Bleed an Ink Filter

Bleed ink filter (White)

After 1 Bag

Bleed an Ink Filter

Change Ink Filters

After 50 liters of ink, or if pigment looks weak

Change Ink Filter