Oce Arizona 600 User Manual - Printer Maintenance
12/9/04
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Printer Maintenance
5.1
Maintenance Guidelines
While Océ Display Graphics Systems furnishes guidelines for periodic maintenance, the
optimum maintenance schedule evolves from your observation of the Arizona 600 printer
over a period of use. For example, some maintenance is required each time you install a
new roll of media. The type of print job and media can determine the maintenance
schedule. Printing a high volume of solid ink fill images may require more tending than
printing low ink coverage images.
Océ Display Graphics Systems requires that the operator follows minimum cleaning
guidelines as described in this manual. A few minutes spent cleaning ensures the highest
quality prints. Use the Operator Maintenance Schedule Guidelines (see Table 5-1,
“Operator Maintenance Schedule Guidelines,” on page 5-2) for requirements about
when to perform regular maintenance to this printer during production runs.
Each customer operation involves different types of print jobs, environmental conditions,
duty cycles, and volume of work. While Océ furnishes guidelines for periodic
maintenance, the optimum maintenance schedule evolves from operator observation of
the printer over a period of use.
5.1.1
Cleaning Fluid/Capping Fluid Usage
The cleaning fluid (for 5500/6600-series inks) or capping fluid (for 440-series inks) is
used for cleaning and flushing print heads, the carriage face plate, and the platen.
The cleaning fluid (for 5500/6600-series inks) or capping fluid (for 440-series inks) is also
used to supply and preserve the capping station foam pads during operation of the printer.
The operator should refill the cleaning fluid (for 5500/6600-series inks) or capping fluid
(for 440-series inks) container located in the right end of the printer when a message
indicates the bottle is nearing empty.
5.2
Print Head Maintenance and Nozzle Recovery
The
Print Head Maintenance
document ("Printer Maintenance" on page B-1) is an
essential guide for cleaning and flushing ink buildup from the print head nozzles or plates
and the carriage face plate on the Arizona 600 printer. The procedure is an engineering-
Warning:
Do not wipe the outside painted surfaces or the Plexiglas window of the
printer with cleaning fluid (for 5500/6600-series inks) or capping fluid
(for 440-series inks). It will quickly damage the printer surface.