A
B
[263] Purging of a nozzle (A) and wiping the drops with dry tissue (B)
A role of tissue ribbon is enclosed in a cassette. For each ink two cassettes (labelled L and R) are
available to clean the nozzle plate. When the tissue ribbons in the L or R cassettes are used up,
the cassettes must be replaced.
Printhead maintenance to repair extensive nozzle failures
When the effect of nozzle failures cannot be compensated by the nozzle failure compensation
mechanism, printhead maintenance can repair the failing nozzles. It depends on the configured
printer behaviour if the printer starts a printhead maintenance. ((
Printhead maintenance to repair
extensive nozzle failures on page 253
)
Printhead maintenance schedule
To understand how the printhead maintenance procedures of the printer are organised, use the
scheme below where six printer scenarios are described.
F
09:00 10:00 11:00
E
102
µm
SRA3
A4
260
µm
200
ipm
300
ipm
D
08:00 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00
C
05:00 07:00 09:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00
B
18:00 19:00
18:00 19:00
A
04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00 09:00 10:00
[264] Automatic printhead maintenance
Learn about printhead maintenance
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Summary of Contents for VarioPrint i Series
Page 1: ...Operation guide VarioPrint i series ...
Page 8: ...Contents 8 ...
Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Introduction ...
Page 18: ...Notes for the reader 18 Chapter 1 Introduction ...
Page 19: ...Chapter 2 Explore the printer ...
Page 35: ...Chapter 3 Getting started ...
Page 44: ...Log in to the printer 44 Chapter 3 Getting started ...
Page 51: ...Chapter 4 Define defaults ...
Page 74: ...Download account log files 74 Chapter 4 Define defaults ...
Page 75: ...Chapter 5 Job media handling ...
Page 91: ...Chapter 6 Transaction printing ...
Page 111: ...Chapter 7 Document printing ...
Page 143: ...2 Touch Split Combine jobs Chapter 7 Document printing 143 ...
Page 183: ...Chapter 8 Manage media definitions ...
Page 198: ...Edit a media print mode 198 Chapter 8 Manage media definitions ...
Page 199: ...Chapter 9 Manage colour definitions ...
Page 232: ...Reset spot colours 232 Chapter 9 Manage colour definitions ...
Page 233: ...Chapter 10 Print what you expect ...
Page 271: ...Chapter 11 Save energy ...
Page 276: ... 301 Automatic shut down time Configure the energy save timers 276 Chapter 11 Save energy ...
Page 278: ...Prepare printer for a long shut down period 278 Chapter 11 Save energy ...
Page 279: ...Chapter 12 Maintain the printer ...
Page 339: ...Chapter 13 Solve problems ...
Page 359: ...Chapter 14 References ...
Page 388: ...Status indicators 388 Chapter 14 References ...
Page 400: ...metrics 377 Index 400 ...
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