Epson Fast T-Jet 3 PLUS, User Manual

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T-Jet3 PLUS User’s Manual
Version 1.1 Revised July, 2008
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Humidity and Environmental Control
Controlling the environment in which your T-Jet3 PLUS
“lives” is a must! During the cold winter months, dry heat
is often pumped into a room. This is not a good thing for
inkjet printers. They prefer humidity levels of 40% to 60%. If
your room is dry, place a humidi fi er in the room and buy an
inexpensive hygrometer from Radio Shack, Target, Wal Mart
etc. to measure the humidity level. In the summer months,
if the humidity is too high, use a dehumidi fi er. Try very hard
NOT to place this machine in a dusty, dirty or non-climate
controlled environment (like a screen printing shop). For best
results, place the T-Jet3 PLUS in a dust free room with air-conditioning.
Do not allow fans to blow air across the Print Heads. This will dry up the ink and
clog your Print Heads, seriously effecting your printer’s performance.
Print With the Lid Closed
Due to the airborne nature of the white ink pretreatment, you should try to
pretreat shirts in a different room or far away from the machine. If pretreating
in a different room is not an option, then make sure the lid on the T-Jet is kept
closed at all times and especially during the print process. The pretreatment will
immediately clog the Print Heads if comes in direct contact with any ink. We
strongly suggest creating a separate enclosed area to pretreat shirts in, such as
a large cardboard box. This will keep overspray to a minimum. This will not only
protect the Print Heads but ensures that the Encoder Strip remains clean as well.
Preparing your T-Jet3 PLUS for Downtime
In the event that your T-Jet3 PLUS will sit for more than a week without use, it
will be necessary to connect the cleaning solution system. The purpose of this
procedure is to fl ush all of the ink out of the bulk ink system ink lines, cartridges,
print head and capping assembly. This helps prevent ink build up and promotes
the life of the capping station and print head.
NOTE: For best results make sure that the cap assembly is clean and free of any
dried ink or debris.
Flushing the Ink System
Using the adjustment program, reset the maintenance tank counter on the 1.
T-JET3 Plus. This will insure that during this procedure, the maintenance tank