Equipment Zone Fast T-Jet 3, User Manual

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Chapter 8
Preventative Maintenance
and Problem Solving
Chapter 8- Preventive Maintenance
and Problem Solving
Your T-Jet 3 should work trouble free if you take the time to understand and
perform the necessary machine maintenance. 95% of our technical support
calls come from people who have not maintained their machines properly.
While your T-Jet 3 may appear to be just an inkjet printer, it is a VERY SPECIAL
inkjet printer. When printing on garments, the printer must print A LOT more ink
than when printing on paper. This can, and will, cause excess ink to coat internal
parts if the machine is not maintained on a regular basis.
When printing dark shirts with white ink, the use of a pretreatment is necessary.
This pretreatment is sticky and, if it’s sprayed near a machine, it can get on
the internal working parts of the printer. Also, inkjet printers in general do not
like hot dry room conditions or a dusty, dirty shop. Be aware of the climate
and conditions in which you use and store your machine. You have made a
substantial investment in your business when you purchased your T-Jet 3. In order
to get the most out of it, please take the time to learn the simple steps that will
keep your T-Jet 3 happy and making you money.
Keep Your Encoder Strip Clean
A main concern of many who call our support
department is when the printer gets “confused”
on how to print an image. The way an inkjet
printer tells the Print Head what and where to
print is a thin strip called the Encoder Strip. A
dirty Encoder Strip can cause everything from
images printing in the wrong location and
large blocks of ink spraying on the shirt to
double-images, dark bands across the print,
thin horizontal lines and much more. The printer
head continually receives data through this
strip while in motion. If the strip gets dirty with
lint from shirts, or ink from overspray, it can confuse the printer. To avoid this
situation, do daily and weekly maintenance on the unit as suggested in this
section.
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