General knowledge of Printer
Printer head maintenance
Printer head is the most expensive parts of the printer,
not so easy to jam as we thought; normally jam can be
restore by cleaning the printer head.
General life of the printer head is for
using up 20-30 ink cartridges
The printer should have the ink cartridge
with enough ink and ensure be working one time per week.
Since long time no printing can cause head clog.
Ink cartridge exchange must be on the condition
of light on, in order to avoid the air enter damage the
printer head, pls install the new cartridges ASAP after
taking out the old ones. Do remember Don't scrap the seal
film at the bottom of the cartridge.
Don't draw out the cartridges before ink
using up. Or will cause ink leakage and affect the print
performance
Printer maintenance
Keep the printer away from the sun, magnetic
instruments and air-conditioner
Keep it on stable and flat surface, no fierce
vibration.
Read the manual book carefully before operates.
Install the printer cable must be on the
condition of computer and printer power off.
In order to keep your printer always in
a good condition, several times cleaning is a must per
year. Pls switch off the power and take out the paper
in the feeder when you clean the printer.
In order to ensure the printer performance
and long life, pls give your printer a 5-10 minutes rest
after one hour continuous working.
Reducing the frequency of power on and off.
Any printing problem please goes to the
professional maintenance team.
Inkjet printer maintenance
Cleaning the inner dust
Please follow the instruction to cleaning
inner dust.
1. Using wet cloth to clean the inner dust,
ink dirt, paper smear.
2. Don't clean the gear, printer head and
area of install cartridge
3. Don't move the printer head especially
for those locked status printer. Or will damage the mechanical
power conveyer.
4. Don't use paper to do cleaning
5. Don't use easy volatilized liquid avoiding
damage the printer surface.
Change cartridge
Different printer use different ink cartridge
and have different change methods, normally there is an
instruction book FYI. Here we use the Canon as an example
to discuss how to change the cartridge.
The steps are
1. Ensure the printer is on the status of
power on, press the on line button till alarming.
2. Open the printer cover, take out the
cartridge
3. Open the package and press the new cartridge
into the slot. Touch the top slightly to make sure good
contact.
4. Close the printer and press the printer
mode button to act normal cleaning.
Pls pay your attention to following item
when you change the ink cartridge
1. Don't touch cartridge exit to prevent
mixed objects come in
2. Don't knock the cartridge avoid ink leakage
3. If there is any ink leakage on the PCB,
pls use the purified alcohol to clean and dry it then
power on
4. Available storage temperature for cartridge
is -10℃ ~ +35 ℃
Printer head cleaning
Most inkjet printers have the cleaning program
and self-cleaning function once it power on. There are
three programs—fast cleaning, general cleaning, fully
cleaning for Canon BJC-610, details pls refer to the instruction
hand book, if the auto-cleaning doesn't work, you may
need act manual cleaning based on the instruction.
Pay attention to follow points when you
clean your printer head.
1. Don't use sharp tools to clean it, Don't
touch the head.
2. Don't touch the electronic connector and
never operate on the status of power on.
3. Don't dismantle the printer head and put
it in dirty environment.
Why there is no response when printer
power on and how to handle it?
Each printer has the over-current protector,
when the current is high, the safety fuse will be burned.
In this case, you need open the printer cover and found
the fuse to check. If it really does, just change another
fuse.
How to maintenance your printer
properly
1. Good using habit is a must---in order
to avoid ink jam, you do better to switch on your printer
every two weeks or cleaning the printer head.
2. Pay attention to the storage environment---keep
your printer away from the high temperature, high humidity
and magnetic conditions.
3. Chose printer paper---Don't use corrugated
recycle paper and low quality paper, or will hurt the
noodle and effect the printing performance.
4. Using the cleanser properly when ink
crystallization ---
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