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Maintenance Guidelines
Maintenance Guidelines
Introduction
This section describes what is required for printer maintenance.
Equipment
• Safety glasses with side shields
• Gloves (for example: Ansell Microflex 93-260)
• Foam Tipped Swab (3010118211)
• Cloth-Poly Wipe 10cm x 10cm (lint-free)
• Surface Cleaner
• Isopropyl alcohol - IPA (>= 98%)
CAUTION
Wear gloves when contact with ink or maintenance materials is possible. Gloves should always
overlap sleeves. Follow the ink related Safety Data Sheets (SDS) guidelines carefully in order to
ensure maximum safety. For example use Ansell Microflex 93-260 gloves, which offer a
protection against UV inks and flush up to one hour. Pollution with other chemicals can shorten
the protection time against UV inks and flush.
Wear eye protection as prescribed in this document when performing a task or action in this
area.
CAUTION
It is recommended that gloves are used for one time only and should be removed and replaced
with new gloves if contaminated with inks or damaged. Chemicals in UV inks can penetrate
nitrile gloves in less than 10 minutes. UV-curable inks can contain sensitizing chemicals which
can lead to sensitization upon prolonged or repeated exposure to skin. Canon recommends that
contaminated gloves are removed and replaced with new gloves.
Operator Maintenance
Daily
Printhead Maintenance
(at the beginning of each work day)
Clean Horizontal Surfaces
Clean Automatic Maintenance Sta-
tion
Clean Ink Spit Tray
Clean Carriage Underside
Maintain White Ink
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Chapter 9 - Printer Maintenance
Procedure
Checking Nozzle Performance on page 154
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When there are too many failing nozzles, do the fol-
lowing procedure:
Recovering Nozzles by AMS on page 156
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• If it is not ok, do the following procedure:
Recovering Nozzles by Swabbing on page 157
Cleaning the Horizontal Surfaces on page 160
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Cleaning the Automatic Maintenance System (AMS)
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on page 162
Cleaning the Ink Spit Tray on page 161
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Cleaning the Underside of the Carriage on page 165
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Agitate White Ink Bag on page 169
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