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5. Maintenance
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5-2. Regular Maintenance
Do not leave the White ink inside the printer. White pigment precipitates and may cause serious damage to your printer. This
section describes how to maintain the White Ink. Execute the following menu to keep your printer and print result in good
conditions.
Menu Timing Details
Daily Cleaning White
Before printing
(once a day)
Replaces the white-less White Ink caused by settled pigments.
White Tube Cleaning Once a week Prevents the Tubes from choking with pigments.
<Note>
Confirm if there is enough room in Waste Ink Tank before executing the maintenance.
5-2-1. Daily Cleaning White for replacing dull White Ink (Once a day, before printing)
(1) Shake the White Ink Cartridge one by one to keep the whiteness of the White Ink. Pull out one of the White Ink Cartridge,
hold the cartridge with both hands, upside down from the mounted position,
and shake by moving back and forth to mix
up the pigment in the bottom and shake it horizontally, in 30 seconds to 1 minute. (See "5-1-1. Replacing the Ink
Cartridge".)
(2) Select [ Daily Cleaning White ] from the menu and press the OK Button. Select "All White" to do in one time or select the
each Print Head to do one by one. Press OK button to continue.
(3) After replacing the White Ink, print Nozzle Check Pattern from [ Test Print ] menu to check the print quality. Also print
Whiteness pattern on the pretreated material so that you can see the whiteness.
5-2-2. White Tube Cleaning (once a week)
This menu washes away the pigments inside the Tubes and Print Heads. When you execute this menu all-in-one time,
GT-381 for four Tubes, GT-361 for two Tubes, you can retrieve the White Ink before Tube Cleaning. It takes time but you can
save the cost. If you select the Tube one by one then the White Ink will not be retrieved. Follow the indications on the Display
and operate with Maintenance Cartridge.
<Note>
If you leave GT-3 printer unused for more than two weeks, execute White Tube Cleaning for storage. Insert Capping
Cartridges (option) in place of White Ink Cartridge. See "6-2-5. Required Maintenance for the Long Storage" in the Instruction
Manual.
Contiguous All Whites
The following image show the steps:
<Note>
If you execute Tube Cleaning one by one, then the first "Retrieving White Ink" is skipped.
Insert Capping Cartridges (option) in place of White Ink Cartridge when you leave the GT-3 printer unused for more than two
weeks.
Set Maintenance Cartridge Tube Cleaning
All Whites:
Retrieving White Ink
Insert White Ink Cartridge
or Capping Cartridge
Load
Maintenance
Solution
Repeats the steps four times for GT-381(W1-W4), two times for GT-361 (W1, W2)
Tube Cleaning