Technical Services

Ver. 2.0 - 07/22/10

Seiko ColorPainter 64s/100s
High Volume User Maintenance
WF
High Production Maintenance
Note: For print shops with 10-24 production
schedules. All cleaning to be done using the fush
that corresponds to the Triangle ink set being used,
either HPS or SCP.
Daily Maintenance
These maintenance procedures should be
performed in the order listed. They should be
performed twice daily, once at beginning of the
production day and then at 10 hour mark.
Step 1: Wiper Blade Cleaning
Take printer ofine, press Shift key once, press
the key to enter into the Service Menu, scroll
to wiper cleaning and press ENTER, confrm the
wiper cleaning procedure by pressing the ENTER
key.
Wiper blade will come up for cleaning and then
open the rear cover and the wiper door.
Using a foam tip swab dipped in Flush make
sure there is no dried ink on the wiper blades by
rubbing the front and back of the wiper blade
and make sure the wiper blades are in good
condition. Replace if necessary.
Step 2: Moistening Wiper Sponge
The wiper sponge has to always be moist with
fush so that the wiper blades can correctly clean
the print head. If sponge is dry apply 10-12 drops of
fush to the sponge. Make sure to apply fush only
on sponge and not on other areas of the printer
such as the belts.
Once the cleaning and moistening are complete
close the rear cover and wiper door.
Step 3: Capping Unit Cleaning
Take printer ofine, press Shift key once, press
the key to enter into the Service Menu, scroll
to cap cleaning and press ENTER, confrm the cap
cleaning procedure by pressing the ENTER key.
Print head carriage will move to other side of
printer giving access to capping station. Using
a foam tip swab dipped in Flush and make sure
there is no dried ink on the caps by cleaning the
edges and upper surfaces of all six caps.
Using a lint free cloth moistened with Flush clean
the metal plate surrounding the caps as well.
Once both cleanings are complete close the rear
cover and cap door.
Step 4: Waste Ink Disposal
The ink waste bottle should be checked once daily
and disposed of as industrial waste in compliance
with local and state law.
Step 5: Print Head Recovery
Once the wiper and capping cleaning are
completed, and the waste tank is emptied, perform
NORMAL cleaning
Take printer ofine, press Shift key once, press
the key to enter into CLEANING option. Press
ENTER one time to perform NORMAL cleaning.
This will take several minutes.
Step 6: Test Print
This test print can be used to check the fring
quality of the print heads, to identify any problems
such as banding, and to isolate the root cause and
color of the problem.

Technical Services
Ver. 2.0 - 07/22/10
Seiko ColorPainter 64s/100s High Volume User Maintenance

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Take printer ofine, press Shift key twice, press
the key to enter into the Adjust Menu. The
frst option is ADJUST PATTERN. Press ENTER,
Select TEST PRINT, press ENTER to confrm. The
Test Print can be canceled at any time by pressing
the Cancel key.
Step 7: If a problem is detected in one or several
colors
Perform a cleaning on STRONG.
To perform a cleaning, take the printer ofine,
press the Shift key once, press the key to
enter the CLEANING Menu, press the ENTER
key. Depending on the print heads that are not
functioning properly, select either STRONG ALL,
STRONG L (K, lm, lc), or STRONG R (Y, M, C) then
press the ENTER key to begin the cleaning.
Once STRONG cleaning is completed, perform
another Test Print. Take printer ofine, press
Shift key twice, press the key to enter into
the Adjust Menu, scroll to test prints and press
ENTER, scroll to Test Print and press the ENTER
key. Confrm Test Print by pressing the ENTER key.
Step 8: If a problem is still detected in one or
several colors perform a FIll Cap
The Users Guide recommends running this
procedure for one to two hours.
To perform a FILL CAP take printer ofine, press
Shift key once, press the key to enter into the
Service Menu, scroll to FILL CAP and press ENTER
to confrm
The process prepares for a fll cap with the
principle behind this procedure being to soak
the print heads in ink. Once the print heads are
resting in the caps in ink, the printer does not
actively engage in any function until you give it
its next instruction.
Begin timing (one to two hours) at this time.
When the time is up, perform a NORMAL
CLEANING (Step 5)
When that is completed, perform another Test
Print (Step 6)
NOTE: If a problem is detected across all colors
in the same area on each color, perform a Media
Advance adjustment. Prease refer to the Users
Guide for the check F. ADJ procedure.
If a problem is still detected in one or several
colors, contact your Triangle dealer for
technical support.

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Technical Services
Ver. 2.0 - 07/22/10
Seiko ColorPainter 64s/100s High Volume User Maintenance
WF
Weekly Maintenance
Print Head-Cap Nozzle Wash
Perform this procedure weekly at end of
production week for 30 minutes.
Begin by removing the lower side right cover by
removing the (2) screws.
Open the capping door cover and then remove
the (4) screws that secure the lower Capping
Cover to the printer.
Access the belt stem to manually lower and raise
the capping station.
Once capping station has been lowered, manually
move the print head carriage to the side to gain
access to the capping station.
Fill each cap with Flush, then position print head
carriage correctly over the caps ensuring that
each print head is in the center of the caps.
Let sit for 30 minutes.
For overnight nozzle washes, press and hold the
cancel and power button at the same time. This
will ensure that the printer will not engage the
pumps emptying the Flush.

Technical Services
Ver. 2.0 - 07/22/10
Seiko ColorPainter 64s/100s High Volume User Maintenance
WF
Quarterly Maintenance (every 3
months)
Replace the wiper station assembly. Please refer
to Users Guide for detailed instructions.