Handling Severe Dot Drop-out with Spot Color Ink

In this operation, all white ink, gloss ink and primer within the printer is discharged and the interior is cleaned. The white ink, gloss ink, and primer are refilled after cleaning.

This operation requires two SOL INK cleaning cartridges.

If you want to perform maintenance on ink other than white ink, gloss ink and primer, see Cleaning All Print Heads.
MEMO:

White ink tends to settle, and may harden if allowed to stand for a lengthy time. Therefore, abnormal ink emission including dot drop-out tends to occur more frequently than with other inks, even when using the cleaning function (normal, medium, or powerful) or manual cleaning.

IMPORTANT:

  • Be sure to hold the handle of the front cover and open and close it gently.

  • A large amount of ink will be discharged during this operation. Perform this operation only when ink emission failures (such as dot drop-out) cannot be improved even after performing "normal," "medium," "powerful," and "manual" cleaning.

  • Be sure to use SOL INK cleaning cartridges. Use of any other type may result in breakdown.

  • Follow the procedure and fill the machine with ink as soon as possible. Leaving the machine alone without ink may damage the print heads.

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


  3. Press [ENTER].
  4. Press [ENTER] when the following screen appears.


  5. Make sure the cleaning liquid is ready.
  6. When the following screen is displayed, open the panel cover.




  7. Remove the drain bottle and discard the discharged fluid.


    : Upper limit. Discard the discharged fluid before this line is passed.
    IMPORTANT:

    When you remove the drain bottle, a few drops of discharged fluid may come out of the machine. Exercise caution to prevent this fluid from soiling your hands.

  8. Quickly attach the emptied drain bottle to the machine once more.
  9. Close the panel cover.


  10. Press [ENTER].
  11. Open the front cover.
  12. Remove the ink cartridges from slots 5 and 6, whose numbers are flashing.


  13. When the screen shown below is displayed, insert SOL INK cleaning cartridges into slots 5 and 6, whose numbers are flashing.


    The screen shown below appears.


  14. When the screen shown below is displayed, remove the SOL INK cleaning cartridges from slots 5 and 6, whose numbers are flashing.


    The screen shown below appears.


  15. When the screen shown below is displayed, insert ink cartridges into slots 5 and 6, whose numbers are flashing.


    The screen shown below appears.


  16. When the following screen is displayed, open the panel cover.


  17. Close the front cover.
  18. Open the panel cover.


  19. Remove the drain bottle and discard the discharged fluid.


    : Upper limit. Discard the discharged fluid before this line is passed.
    IMPORTANT:

    When you remove the drain bottle, a few drops of discharged fluid may come out of the machine. Exercise caution to prevent this fluid from soiling your hands.

  20. Quickly attach the emptied drain bottle to the machine once more.
  21. Close the panel cover.


  22. Press [ENTER].
    The screen shown below appears again.


  23. Press [MENU], then [◀] to go back to the original screen.