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8.12 Avoid White Ink Separation
As explained earlier in this User Guide, by it’s very nature, white ink (of any brand) is prone
keep your ink bottles (particularly the white ink) ½ to ¾ full at
the moving parts of your DTG HM1 Kiosk.
at
r. The spray station should be at least 5 metres (15 feet)
have an
Letting any of the ink bottles run dry or leaving the printer sitting without u
t
the Control Panel of the Printer for FOUR SECONDS or go to the Epson R240 Driver on
your computer and select the Maintenance tab from Printing Preferences. T
slightly more control over the cleaning process.
Refer to Section 6.3 above for further details.
Please Note: Never turn off the printer while the power light is flashing
damage the printer.
Please Note: It is possible to do a head cleaning at any time even when
printing. Printing will stop while it cleans the heads and resume where it stopped when
cleaning is finished.
Please Note: It is recommended that you do a head cleaning if you see a k
on the garments you are printing or if the Print Head comes in contact w ment
– the cleaning process will also clean the bottom of the Print Head.
to “separation”, i.e. the separation of the pigment (the bits that give the white ink it’s
opacity) from the binder (the bits that bind the pigment to your garments). If you do not
print from your printer every day, you should leave your printer turned on. As long as the
printer is turned on, the ink agitation system will activate at a pre-defined time interval and
mix the white ink. It will also perform a head clean to keep the ink moving through the ink
tubes while the printer is not in use. This is very important so as to avoid clogged Print
Heads.
Shake any white ink bottles that you have in stock in order to maximize the shelf life of the
white ink.
8.13 Ink Levels
It is recommended that you
all times. This will help to ensure consistent ink delivery to the Print Head.
8.14 Pre-Treat garments away from the printer
The pre-treatment for printing of white ink is very sticky, and airborne particles of the spray
can very easily find their way into, and clog up
For this reason, we recommend that you spray the white ink pre-treatment to your garments
in a separate room, or at the very least, make up a “spray booth” to contain the spray so th
it does not contaminate the printe
away from the DTG HM1 Kiosk ™, with forced extraction of the pre treat vapours.
8.15 Decline in Print Quality
If the quality of your printed images declines, either with dots or lines missing, or you
unexpectedly light print, you may need to clean the print head to unclog the ink nozzles.
se for a few days
he INK button on
0 Printer
may also dry out the ink nozzles.
Cleaning the Print Head is an easy process. All you need to do is hold down
his will give you
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