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Chapter 13
Daily, Weekly and Monthly
Maintenance
Your T-Jet Blazer Series Printer should work trouble free IF you take the time to understand and
perform the necessary maintenance. 95% of our Technical Support calls come from people who have
not maintained their machines properly. While it may appear to be “just” an inkjet printer, it is a VERY
SPECIAL inkjet printer. When printing on garments, it must print A LOT more ink than when printing
on paper. This can, and will, cause excess ink to coat internal parts if the machine is not maintained on a
regular basis.
Release the Print Carriage for Access
To access the printer parts that need to be cleaned on a regular basis (daily maintenance) the print carriage
needs to be released and positioned away from the capping station.
Lift the printer cover (if it is not already lifted) and locate
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the Carriage Release button (blue) located in front of the print
carriage on the right side of the printer.
Press down and slowly move the Print Carriage to the left until its
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sits in the center of the Shirt Board.
See the video online named Moving Print Carriage
for Access. Refer to Chapter 16 - Product Support for logging onto the support site
to access the available videos.
Daily Maintenance
Daily maintenance is a very critical part of keeping your printer performing at its best. By not following
the required daily maintenance described below you will void your warranty as well as damage the
machine. Many of these items have been covered earlier in this Manual, but the following list will help
you understand and prioritize the maintenance tasks that need to be completed on a regular basis.
1. Keep Your Encoder Strip Clean
A main concern of many T-Jet users is the printer getting “confused” while printing an image. An inkjet
printer tells the Print Head what and where to print an image by using a thin piece of lm called the
Encoder Strip. A dirty Encoder Strip can cause images to print in the wrong location, large blocks of ink
to spray on the garment, double-images, dark bands across the print, thin horizontal lines as well as other
concerns.
While in motion, the Print Head continually receives data through this strip. Should the strip become
coated with lint from shirts or ink from overspray, it can confuse the printer. Even very small amounts of