POLYPRINT SA – TEXJET OPERATION MANUAL V6.4 EN
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3.6.
Maintenance
The customer needs to perform maintenance to keep the machine running
reliably. The most technical problems appear on machines that have not
been maintained properly. The garment printer is not a normal ink jet
printer, while printing on to garments, the printer must print a lot more ink
than when printing on paper. This can cause excess ink to get to other parts
of the machine. Also the inks for garments may dry up more easily than the
inks for paper, because of their different chemical structure.
When printing dark garments with white ink, the pre-treatment is sticky. If
it’s sprayed near a machine it can get on the inside parts. White ink and pre-
treatment make a hard material which is very hard. This can cause many
problems to the Printhead. Ink jet printers in general do not like hot dry
room conditions or to be a dirty dusty shop.
Without performing the maintenance there may be errors trough the start up
or in the printing quality or even damage some spare parts. Consider that
the printer has consumables and part of the maintenance is to exchange
them if necessary. We ask you to perform the maintenance task according to
the intervals given in the description. Following these steps will increase
productivity and keep your service costs low. This is an expensive
investment and in order to get the most out of it please take time to learn
about simple steps that will keep your garment printer reliable and
productive.
