Periodic Maintenance
Introduction
Regular maintenance is very important to ensure the best image quality
from your printer. In order to help you remember and maintain the proper
schedule, the Periodic Maintenance module provides a list of the important
tasks you must perform and indicates when you must do them. After you
perform each task, click the Done button and the printer will record that
and then calculate when the task must be performed again. At that time
you will be reminded that the particular maintenance task is due. It is
possible to postpone the task for a short time but the printer will remind
you with a message periodically until the task is completed. Although you
can select Done or Postpone even if the task is not complete, it is in your
best interest to follow the recommended schedule. If you do not follow the
maintenance schedule, image quality will decrease and printhead
replacement frequency and costs will increase.
NOTE
If you have not performed your daily Printhead Maintenance, a dialog box
appears with a query to Perform or Postpone this task. If you choose to
perform Printhead Maintenance the Periodic Maintenance screen will
appear and the ink temperature is displayed. When the ink is at jetting
temperature you can perform Printhead Maintenance.
The Importance of Printhead Maintenance
Daily printhead maintenance and ongoing care and cleaning of your
printer is essential to good image quality.
• Improper or infrequent printhead maintenance is one of the main
factors contributing to premature printhead failures.
• Improper printhead maintenance causes banding and reduces image
quality.
• Pay attention to the conditions of the workplace environment as detailed
in the Site Preparation Guide
• Use the cleaning methods and the maintenance schedule documented
in this User manual, the Care and Use Poster, and the Printhead
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