Printhead Maintenance 5-7
Printhead
Maintenance
The printer uses air pressure to both fill and evacuate ink and
cleaning solvent from the printheads. The following functions
are available from the menu at Maintenance - Printhead
Procedures:
◆ Cleaning Solvent Soak — empties the printheads of all ink,
fills all heads with cleaning solvent, and prompts you to cap
the printheads. Reverses this process after the printheads
have soaked (for example, overnight). See page 5-9 for
instructions.
◆ Prep for Storage/Shipping — empties the printheads of all
ink, fills all heads with cleaning solvent, then empties the
printheads. See “Extended Power Down and Restart” on
page 5-21 for instructions.
◆ Load Ink In All Heads — when installing ink for the first
time, or when restarting the printer after an extended power
down period, this function fills the empty printheads with
cleaning solvent, empties the printheads, and fills the heads
with ink. See “Extended Power Down and Restart” on page
5-21 for instructions.
◆ Fill Heads with Solvent — fills the printheads with cleaning
solvent, one color set of four printheads at a time. Should
only be done with empty printheads.
◆ Fill Heads with Ink — fills the printheads with ink, one color
at a time. Should only be done with empty printheads.
◆ Empty Heads (Fill With Air) — empties all printheads by
purging the ink and cleaning solvent with air.
◆ Cyan Heads Maintenance — performs two purges, then fills
the heads with cleaning solvent four times, then empties the
heads, and then fills them with ink again. Perform this func-
tion every time the printer is idle for 24 hours, to keep the
cyan printheads working. (If the printer is printing daily, the
Cyan Heads Maintenance is not necessary.) Follow up with
the procedure “Checking Jet Health” in Chapter 3 of the User
Manual to keep all jets are working.
