User's Manual

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Routine Maintenance
Replacing method of absorber kit
If ink adheres to the absorber, it is required to replace the absorber.
Rough guide for replacement:
Replace when the concavity and convexity of the surface of the
absorber are filled with ink as indicated in the right photo.
In addition, when you replace the absorber, clean ink adhering to the
capping station at the same time.
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Press the key in LOCAL.
2
Press the key.
3
Press to select [STATION MAINT.].
4
Press the key.
• The carriage moves to the maintenance position.
• If the carriage is not covered by the ink cap for a long period
of time, the nozzle face of the head may get dry and clogged,
resulting in white lines being left in the printed image.
• The buzzer sounds periodically while the carriage is out of the
capping station. The buzzer sounds at shorter interval when
the print heater temperature is high.
5
Open the rght maintenance cover then
remove the absorber.
• Pull out the absorbers (x 4).
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Insert a new absorber.
• There are two types’ absorbers and four in total
(absorber x 1, absorber 2 x 3).
• Be careful not to mess up the positions to which they
are inserted.
• To replace the absorber, the absorber kit separately sold is
required. Contact a distributor in your district or our office
for purchasing it.
Dirty absorber
Dirty absorber
CARR I AGE OUT
[ENT]
MAINT.
MOV E PO S I T I ON
:STATION MAINT.
MOV E PO S I T I ON
:STATION MAINT.
Carriage
absorber
absorber2