MIMAKI Tx500-1800B, Requests For Daily Care And Maintenance

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Inkjet printer Tx500-1800B
Requests for Daily Care and Maintenance
This machine is a precision machine equipped with extremely fine mechanisms. Especially, the nozzle sur-
face of the heads from which the ink is discharged is affected even by a slightest attachment of dust or paper
powder and the proper printing results could not be obtained. With a view to using this machine in a better
condition, we would like to recommend performing the following care and maintenance on daily basis.
1. When to care
When to care What to care Reference Page
Once a day
(at the end of the daily work)
Surroundings of the heads P.2
Capping station P.4
Wiper P.5
Wiper blade P.6
Once a week
(at the end of the work on
weekend)
Exterior P.8
Waste ink tank P.8
Cleaning the float sensor part of external ink supply unit P.9
Once a week or two weeks Replacing the carriage filter P.10
Once a year
Replacing the ink filter at main body side P.14
Replacing the ink filter of external ink supply unit P.16
Replacing filter element of filter for vacuum P.15
When the Machine Is Not Used
for a Long Time
Perform “Storage Wash” P.19
 Tools required for maintenance
• Cleaning stick (SPC-0527)
• Cleaning liquid 03 maintenance kit (ML003-Z-K1)
• Cotton swab
• Gloves
• Soft fabric