Cleaning Clogged Ink Jets 5-9
◆ Cleaning solvent soak — if a manual cloth wipe fails to
recover enough jets, you can soak the thin foam pad that
ships with the printer with SolaChrome-HR cleaning fluid,
then cap the printheads with this pad overnight as shown
(Fig. 5-4 on page 5-9).
DO NOT USE ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL ON THE PRINTHEADS.
From the menu, select Maintenance - Printhead Proce-
dures - Cleaning Solvent Soak. This process empties the
printheads of ink, fills them with cleaning solvent, and
prompts you to cap the heads. After several hours (over-
night), uncap the printheads and the process is reversed.
This procedure shoud only be performed if necessary to
recover jets. Using this as a routine preventative measure is
unnecessary and ineffective.
Fig. 5-4. Using the cleaning foam pad on the service station
Carriage
Drip tray
Capping station pad
Solvent-soaked
cleaning pad
Capping film
