Specifications

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Symptom Possible Causes Remedies Prevention
White Ink is printing
“muddy” white colour
Waste Ink from capp
has “back-flushed” int
ing station
o Print
Head or Dampers
Purge dirty ink from Print Head &
Dampers either by way of INK FILL bu
tton
or by a series of Print Head Cleans
Station Clean Capping
Ensure that if individual
Valves are turned off
during INK FILL, they ar
turned back on befo
e
re the
INK FILL button is
released
k
t Head Clean
etc.) is draining from the
Capping Station correctly
Check that Waste In
(during Prin
Banding in Print Blocked Print Head Nozzles
Printing at too low a resolution
Print Head out of Horizonta
alignment
l
See good Nozzle Check above
Increase Print resolution to >360dpi,
switch to Uni-directional printing
Align the Print Head (see Section 8.16)
See Good Nozzle Check
above
Ink drops / splatters on
printed garments
Damaged Print Head (Print Head
may have struck Sh
irt Holder or
Print Bed
and / or Dirty capping station
Wiper Blade
o
to garments
Fibres or other matter collected
around Print Head causing ink t
“wick” on
Ink bottles over-filled causing
Replace Print Head
Clean Capping Station and Wiper Blade
(see Section
8.5)
Carefully clean the Print Head Face (see
Section 8.4)
Bring ink levels in Ink Bottles to betwe
50 and 75% full
en
rinter Undertake regular P
Care & Maintenance as
per Section 8