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8.8 Clean the Drive Roller and Belt
The Drive Belt & Roller can
collect a build up of pre-
o need to use a small
sharp object and/or a small pair
8.9 Environmental Conditions
iosk
can ru nkjet printers like humidity levels of 40 – 70%. They do not like
ink needs to be stored
so the
for your DTG HM1 Kiosk™.
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t
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d lowering the
We recommend that you cover your DTG HM1 Kiosk when it is not in use – use a small (clean)
tarpauline ) or similar) to help prevent dust from entering the carriage area of the printer and
to help prevent the print head from drying out.
treatment, dust & lint in their
“teeth”. An excessive build up
can cause the Print Head to
“skip” during printing.
Use a small brush or mini-vacuum
cleaner to clean the teeth of the
Drive Belt and the Drive Roller.
You may als
of tweezers to remove stubborn
build up. This should be done
monthly, or more frequently if
your DTG HM1 Kiosk™ produces
high volumes of output.
Take care not to touch the
encoder strip during the cleaning
process as it can be easily damaged, and attempt to “capture” any debris removed from the
Drive Belt so that it does not contaminate other working components of the printer.
It is important to maintain consistent environmental conditions so that your DTG HM1 K
n at it’s best. I
extremes in temperature, so it is best to operate your DTG HM1 Kiosk in an air conditioned
environment – but not such that fans are blowing directly across the printer (and therefore
the print head which may dry the ink in the print head itself). As the
no less than 5° Celcius (41°F) and no more than 30° Celcius (86°F), this is al
recommended operating & storage temperature range
Dust is also an enemy of the DTG HM1 Kiosk (and in fact any ink-jet printer). The working
environment should be relatively dust free.
8.10 Clean your DTG HM1 Kiosk™
Lint, dust and pre-treatment overspray can build up and interfere with not only the
“internal” workings of the printer, but also the operation of the printer bed. Turn the printe
off and clean all accessible surfaces of the printer with glass cleaner and a soft cloth (do no
spray the cleaner directly onto the printer, rather onto the cloth) to remove dust & grime
build up. Move the Printer Bed to it’s extreme Load and Eject positions to enable access t
the areas underneath the Printer Bed. Clean inside the Printer Bed, raising an
adjustable bed base to enable access to the internal walls of the Printer Bed.
8.11 Cover your DTG HM1 Kiosk™