3.
Operation
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Select [ Maintenance Parts Exchange ] and press OK Button. The Platen will be loaded and the Wipers will be
moved to the cleaning position. Follow the message and turn off the printer. Clean the inside and replace
those Maintenance Parts.
Refer to the 6-1-2 and the following sections in the “6-1. Replacing Consumables” of the Instruction Manual.
Follow the pages with customers in installation.
Turn ON the printer soon after the cleaning and replacing is finished. The Print Heads need to execute Head
Cleaning as soon as possible. The Print Heads have to be left uncapped and this may cause nozzle clogging
or other serious issues.
3-1-2-3. Tube Cleaning
White Tubes (W1 - W4) need to be flushed the pigments left in the tube. Execute Tube Cleaning once a
week regularly.
Color Tubes (CMYK) only need to execute Tube Cleaning when you check the cracks or damage or
replace the Tube(s), or you check the inside of the Print Head(s).
Refer to “4-1-4. Cleaning the Tubes and Print Heads (White/Color Tube Cleaning) for details.
<Note>
There are [White Tube Cleaning] and [Color Tube Cleaning] in the menu. You can see the difference in the
table below:
Menu Usage
Regular weekly maintenance
For storage (more than two weeks)
White Tube Cleaning
Checking and replacing the Tubes, Checking the inside of Print Head
Color Tube Cleaning
Checking and replacing the Tubes, Checking the inside of Print Head
3-1-3. How to go to Advanced Menu
The following steps show how to go to the Advanced Menu.
Do not release these functions to customers.
1.
Confirm the printer is either [Standby] or [Ready], not in operation.
2.
Press any one of the OK, Up, Down, or Back Button to go to the User Menu.
3.
Select [Version] from the menu by pressing Up/Down Buttons.
4.
Press the Up Button as well as Down Button, and press Stop Button when the focus is on [Version] and
then the printer goes to the Advanced Menu.
5.
The operation in the Advanced Menu is the same as the User Menu.
3-1-4. List of Advanced Menu
The following items are in the Advanced Menu.
No.
Menu Description
1 CR Origin Sensor Adjustment
Adjusts the Carriage Origin Sensor.
2 Firmware Update
Firmware is upgrade/downgrade from the data in USB flash drive.
3 Output Check
Confirms the output functions e.g. motor.
4 Input Check
Confirms the input functions e.g. sensor.
5 Temperature Adjustment
Adjusts the temperature in the environmental condition.
6 Solid Print
Print the Solid Patterns to confirm the clogging of Print Head.
7 Log Level
No operation necessary
8 Pump
Pressure
Measures the suction of the pump in the Maintenance Unit. Check the
function of the Maintenance Unit if the Waste Ink Tubes should leak or
be clogged.
