With the development of the economy and society, the appearance and packaging of products are playing a more and more important role in our daily lives. In customers’ opinion, gift packaging is the first factor they should consider when sending presents to others. To meet the market needs, the UVDTF printers are coming into being. As we all know, UVDTF printers mainly use UV crystal sticker printing process. This is a new type of crystal sticker printing method, During the printing, you should need glue, white UV DTF ink, UV varnish, etc. It can print various kinds of images on films, and then transfer them to any material. Stickers printed by GotoColor UVDTF Printer are beneficial for rich color, good adhesion, strong three-dimensional effect, strong scratch resistance, and no residual glue. If you have a plan to order UV direct to film printers, please contact us. Additionally, It is easy to operate the printing machine, and we have professional engineers who will help you. But, how to maintain it? Different spare parts need to use different maintenance methods. Here are some maintenance instructions for your reference.
1. Print Heads Maintenance
It is well known that print head maintenance is the most important for UVDTF printers. If the print heads are not well maintained, will influence the printing effect, even the need to replace print heads. So, how to maintain a print head? Please keep reading for more details!
- Firstly, when you install the print head, wires on two sides should attach special adhesive plaster. So that prevents the water in the line port and causes the print heads to burn.
- Daily startup and shutdown need to clean print heads print a test strip, and then check the status of print heads.
- Every day, before closing down, you should shift the printing machine to light, and wipe the ink dirt on the surface of the print heads with a special cotton cloth to keep it clean.
- If you do not use it for a long time, please use moisturizer to moisturize printheads. And keep printing twice a week. In case of a holiday, it is necessary to carry out internal cleaning and maintenance of the printheads under professional operation.
2. Ink Pad Maintenance
- Our printers all adopt import print heads from Epson. The Epson print heads must be kept moist and do not dry. Therefore, an ink pad is necessary for print heads and plays a sealing and moisturizing role to print heads.
- However, the ink pad will accumulate ink dirt, if running a long time. This will affect the pumping effect when cleaning the print heads. We suggest you use a special cleaning solution to clean it each month.
- Secondly, It is recommended to wipe the rubber ring around the ink pad after work every day to ensure its sealing.
3. Scraper Maintenance
Scraper is mainly used to scrap excess ink in print heads when you clean print heads. If the use time is too long, the scraper will leave ink. Thus, it is necessary to put to use moisturizing liquid to wipe the ink on the surface of scrapers. Moreover, too much ink can corrode the scraper. It is recommended to clean it thoroughly before shutting down the machine every day. If the scraper becomes bent or curled, it needs to be replaced.
4. Maintain A Well Working Environment
The best working environment temperature of the UVDTF printer is 15-25℃, humidity is 40-60%. In addition, each printer must be connected to a valid ground wire. So, the printer will work in fine working environment, which is beneficial for machine stability.
5. Ink Should Be Stored In A Dark Place
UV ink in the light is easy to dry, dry can not be used. So ink must be kept away from light.
The ink tube, waste ink cartridge, and print head of the UVDTF printer should be used away from light, and the closing plate should be covered when working.
6. Waste Ink Tube, Ink Cartridge Maintenance
The waste ink produced by the machine will be discharged from the waste ink tube, but the waste ink tube should be clamped and placed when the machine is not working to prevent the ink in the ink path from drying out and the pipe from blocking.
Waste ink cartridges are cleaned up in time. When the waste ink cartridge is full, clean up the waste ink in time.
7. Keep The Printer Clean
To keep the machine clean at all times, do not let the machine and internal parts dust. Dust particles will not only affect the printing effect but may also damage the print heads. Especially when the machine is not used for a long time, it is necessary to close the shell of the machine, and if possible, it can be covered with a layer of plastic to prevent dust.
8. Regular Machine Inspection
For UVDTF printers, the best maintenance method is to work every day to print products. When the printer stops working for a long time, a series of minor problems with the machine can occur. If there is no need for work, it is necessary to start the machine and print for at least 3 days to keep the ink in the entire ink path. The parts of the machine will produce aging wear and other phenomena with the use of too long, and it is necessary to regularly detect the whole machine of the UVDTF printer, and solve the problems in time so that the printer can work better.
All in all, UVDTF printer maintenance is essential for you. Correct maintenance method prolongs the service life of printers. Furthermore, as a skilled and experienced manufacturer, GotoColor printer has professional engineers who instruct you to install and maintain printers online. If you have any questions about UVDTF printer maintenance, please do not hesitate to contact us!
