Clean The Carriage Underside - Canon Arizona 2300 Series Operation Manual

Clean the Carriage Underside

Clean the Carriage Underside
Introduction
The underside of the carriage must be cleaned daily. It may be necessary to clean it more
frequently if any of the following conditions exist:
• media has a high level of static charge
• full bleed printing
• media thickness value is incorrect (carriage is too high)
Equipment
• Safety glasses with side shields
• Gloves (for example: Ansell Microflex 93-260)
• Cloth-Poly Wipe 10cm x 10cm (lint-free)
• Surface Cleaner
• Isopropyl alcohol - IPA (>= 98%)
IMPORTANT
Do not use a LED or Halogen (flashlight, smart phone etc). LED and Halogen light sources will
cure the UV-based ink in the printhead nozzles rendering it useless. When you need an extra
light source, make sure it does not contain UV-components. An example is the Mag-Lite Mini
AAA Krypton (EAN 38739167398).
IMPORTANT
Avoid touching the printheads.
Procedure
1. Slide the maintenance station drawer open.
2. Push the raise carriage button.
3. Fold a lint-free poly wipe cloth to a size that will fit between the printheads on the bottom of the
carriage.
4. Dip the cloth in surface cleaner or isopropyl alcohol. In general, with surface cleaner it is easier to
remove dried ink pollution from the carriage pan.
5. Clean the ink from the bottom of the carriage.
6. Slide the maintenance station drawer to the closed position.
NOTE
Check for ink accumulation on the underside at the end of each day. If ink is left to long
it will dry and be very difficult to remove.
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