Cleaning during Printing

This machine counts the hours of printing, and when the accumulated printing hours reach a specified time, automatic cleaning is performed. When cleaning finishes, the accumulated printing time is reset. This cleaning is performed during printing, so print quality may be affected.

To avoid cleaning during printing, first obtain the time until cleaning is performed. Next, use the software RIP to confirm the required time for printing. If the required time for printing is greater than the time until cleaning, perform normal cleaning prior to printing. This will cause the accumulated printing time to be reset. Alternatively, change the print quality to reduce the time required for printing. Either of these methods can be used to prevent cleaning from being performed while printing is in progress.

1. Confirm the accumulated printing time.

Procedure
  1. Press [MENU].
  2. Press [▼] several times to display the following screen.


  3. Press [▶] once, and then press [▼] several times to display the screen shown below.


  4. Press [▶] to display the following screen.


  5. Press "▲" or "▼" to select "SHOW".
  6. Press [ENTER] to confirm your entry.
  7. Load the object to be printed on to display the screen shown below.

    The time until cleaning is performed is displayed on the screen after "CL.".


    MENU_CL-time_JP

    MEMO

    Default setting: "HIDE"

2. Confirm the required time for printing.

Use the software RIP to confirm the required time for printing. The following is the method for confirming when using VersaWorks.
Procedure
  1. Display the Job Settings window.
  2. Confirm the required time for printing.


3. Perform normal cleaning.

Check the time until cleaning and the required time for printing, and perform normal cleaning if necessary.
Procedure
  1. Press [FUNCTION].
  2. Press [▼], then [▶][▼] to display the screen shown below.


  3. Press [ENTER].
    The screen shown below appears, and then cleaning starts. The (approximate) remaining time for the procedure is displayed on the screen. (The display shown below is an example. "01:45" = "1 minute and 45 seconds")


    When finished, the screen shown below appears again.


  4. Press [▲].


  5. Press [ENTER].
    Ensure that no dot drop-out or dot displacement occurs.
  6. Press [FUNCTION] to return to the original screen.