Cleaning The Printhead; Cleaning The Label Photocell - Carl Valentin COMPA II Kurzanleitung

Cleaning the printhead

Printing can cause accumulation of dirt at printhead e.g. by colour particles of transfer ribbon, and therefore it is necessary to
clean the printhead in regular periods depending on operating hours, environmental effects such as dust etc.
CAUTION!
Printhead can be damaged!
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Do not use sharp or hard objects to clean the printhead.
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Do not touch protective glass layer of the printhead.
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Turn lever counter clockwise to lift up the printhead.
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Remove labels and transfer ribbon from the label printer.
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Clean printhead surface with special cleaning pen or a cotton swab dipped in pure alcohol.
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Allow printhead to dry for 2-3 minutes before commissioning the printer.

Cleaning the label photocell

CAUTION!
Label photocell can be damaged!
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Do not use sharp or hard objects or solvents to clean the label photocell.
The label photocell can become dirtied with paper dust and this can adversely affect label detection.
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Turn lever (1) counter clockwise to lift up the printhead.
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Remove labels and transfer ribbon from the label printer.
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Remove hexagonal wrench (5) from its retainer.
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Press the latch (3) and slowly pull label photocell outwards via the tab (4). Ensure that the label sensor cable is not
tensioned by this.
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Clean label sensor and sensor units (2) with brush or cotton swab soaked in pure alcohol.
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Push label photocell back via tab (3) and set it.
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Push hexagonal wrench (5) into retainer.
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Reload labels and transfer ribbon.
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