1. Clean the print head caps.

Procedure
  1. Remove any media.
  2. Press [FUNCTION].
  3. Press [▶].
  4. Press [▼] several times to display the following screen.


  5. Press [ENTER].
    The carriage moves to the prescribed position.
  6. When the following screen is displayed, open the right cover.

    MSG_COVER-R-OPEN


    LG_RcoverOpen

  7. When the following screen is displayed, open the left cover.

    MSG_COVER-L-OPEN


    ER-642_CoverL-open

  8. The following screen appears, but continue performing the work without pressing [ENTER].


  9. Touch the location shown in the figure to discharge any static electricity.

    LG_NonElectrostatic

  10. Moisten a new cleaning stick with the cleaning liquid.
    MEMO
    1. Be sure to use one of the included cleaning sticks.
    2. Do not use a previously used cleaning stick.
    3. Do not put a previously used cleaning stick into the cleaning liquid.


  11. Clean the locations shown in the following figure.
    Be especially careful to clean away any fibrous dust (lint).
    1. Wipe off wiper surfaces a and b with the cleaning stick.
    2. Wipe off the area in the figure with a cleaning stick.
    3. Use the wide surface of the cleaning stick, pressing the cleaning stick down while sliding between locations to clean up dirt.
    • ER-642

    ER-642_Print-head-cap

    • ER-641

    ER-641_Print-head-cap

  12. Grasping the part indicated by ①, open the flushing cover.

    Open the flashing cover

  13. While pressing the lock (①) down, open the wiper cleaner cover.

    Press the lock to open the wiper cleaner cover

  14. Push the cleaning stick against the top and bottom surfaces of the wiper cleaner to apply the cleaning liquid.

    Application of wiper cleaner cleaning solution

  15. Suction out some cleaning liquid with the dropper, and then drip this cleaning liquid in one of the locations indicated in the following figure.

    Use the included dropper.

    Firmly squeezing the dropper and suctioning out the cleaning liquid () fills the dropper with enough cleaning liquid for one location. In each location, use all the suctioned out cleaning liquid. In this procedure, drip the cleaning liquid in three locations.

    Drip the cleaning liquid equally across the entire surface of . For , alternate between the sides of the wiper (a and b), dripping one drop into the grooves on each side at a time.

    IMPORTANT
    • A low amount of cleaning liquid in these locations may lead to poor printing quality.
    • When dripping the cleaning liquid, ensure that the tip of the dropper does not come into contact with the locations.

      If it does, wipe away any dirt from the tip of the dropper before the next time you suction out cleaning liquid.


    manual cleaning

  16. Close the wiper cleaner cover and the flushing cover.

    MaintenanceCover2

  17. Close the right cover.