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Phaser 600 Color Printer
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Theory of Operation
Maintenance cycles
The printer performs a cleaning cycle when the customer selects the
Clean Head
menu item. The cleaning consists of these processes:
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Vacuum purge: 4 seconds or 5 seconds, depending on how many
prints were made after the last purge. If it is less than three prints,
then a 4-second purge is performed.
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Air knife while the printhead moves away from the maintenance
station.
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Air knife while the printhead moves toward the maintenance station.
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Wipe while the printhead moves away from the maintenance station.
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Air knife while the printhead moves toward the maintenance station.
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7-second jetting to clear the nozzles of contaminated ink.
