Specifications

Recommended Preventive Maintenance Schedule
AREA METHOD INTERVAL
PRINTHEAD Isopropyl alcohol When printing in the direct
thermal mode: after every roll
of media (or 500 feet of
fanfold media).
When printing in the thermal
transfer mode: after every roll
of ribbon.
PLATEN ROLLER Isopropyl alcohol
MEDIA SENSOR Air blow
MEDIA PATH Isopropyl alcohol and cloth
RIBBON SENSOR Air blow
PEEL ROLLER Isopropyl alcohol Once per month
LABEL AVAILABLE
SENSOR
Air blow Once per six months
RIBBON FEEDING PATH Visual Once per three months
DRIVE BELTS Visual Six months or 500 rolls
CUTTER BLADES Citrus-based cleaner and/or air
blow
As needed
MEDIA TAKE UP SPINDLE
Formal preventive maintenance is not required on these
spindles. Spindle tension should not be adjusted unless
the printer is malfunctioning (i.e., spindles not rotating
smoothly). The recommended tensions and adjustment
procedures are provided in Corrective Maintenance.
105S and 105Se printers: The spindles should be taken
apart and the felt pads replaced with new ones presoaked in
silicone oil (new felt pads and silicone oil are available in
kit # 01688-140) per the following schedule:
Media Supply and Take-Up Spindles - once per year or
after 500 media rolls of media
Ribbon Supply and Ribbon Take-Up Spindles - once per
year or after 200 rolls of ribbon.
160S printer:
DO NOT lubricate these spindles.
These spindles should only be disassembled and cleaned with
alcohol if they fail to rotate smoothly.
RIBBON SUPPLY SPINDLE
RIBBON TAKE UP SPINDLE
S -Series Maintenance Manual: Volume 1 Preventive Maintenance
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