Teach you how to safeguard the maintenance of bar code printer head

Bar code printer in all walks of life have a very wide range of applications, such as the production line, the hospital, logistics and warehousing sector, retail supermarkets, and so a lot of places require a high load on-demand printing services. Guer, bar code printers for the normal operation of the various application environment is vital. Especially for 24-hour non-stop flow shop operations, any one part - of course, include barcode printers - a problem, the entire production line will fall into paralysis, and the resulting direct loss countless.

   Print all of the components in the printer head is a very important part of a direct impact on the print quality. Due to professional thermal or thermal transfer barcode printing machine head the special vulnerability, if not more maintenance, is likely to result printing is not working properly. Most bar code printer uses thermal printing and thermal transfer printing method comparison, the thermal print head printing methods on the wear and tear, pollution, more intense.

    Many users think that an increase in spending to maintain the machine, which only concerned with short-term investment-oriented companies to use bar code printer is bound to bring about a certain degree of production loss, but also increase the cost of production. After the professional testing, periodic maintenance and maintenance of a reasonable modest print head required for expenditure savings is several times or even several times for equipment repair or replacement costs.

   Zebra Technologies, according to professional and technical personnel, apart from man-made destruction, such as fingernail scratches, etc. Direct contact with the print head, bar code printers print head injuries mainly from the wear and tear caused by high-speed printing, high-temperature environments so that heat-sensitive paper (Thermal printer) or ribbons (thermal transfer printer) dirty print head, high pressure or electrostatic print head caused by cracks and deformation. Print head, once damaged, ranging from the printed label has white lines (print head has a row of million points are dirty or scratched), then re-printed label fuzzy bear, the reader can not read the data.

    When the bar code or graphics in the blank spots / line appears inconsistent print results, it may need cleaning print head with dirt. In order to get the best printing results, should be a periodic cleaning printhead. Experts recommended that a new roll into ribbons, thermal print media before or print more than 150 meters of continuous or fold after cleaning the print media. In the printhead cleaning work to do to achieve power off when not required. Then, follow these steps to print head cleaning:

1) remove the print head side of the "print head bar" loose print head to the open position.

2) The printer ribbon and print media to remove.

3) The use of dipped in a solvent (concentration of 97-99% alcohol) for cleaning pen or clean check from start to finish cleaning the print head in one direction all of the print point. (Print-point refers to the print head inside the chrome layer behind the layer of gray-black and white belt.) Waiting to make a complete evaporation of solvent.

4) turn, "roller-pressed paper" and use dipped in a solvent (97-99% alcohol) cleaning pens, cleaning sign or clean cloth to thoroughly wipe the roller.

5) Use brush or vacuum cleaner will be roller, print media and ribbon sensors on scraps of paper, dust removal.

6) Re-load ribbon, close and lock the print head, made after power-on "Pause / Start" button self-test check printing.

In the above recommendations, the print media, the quality is very important. Some business users in order to save costs, the use of inexpensive thermal paper or ribbon, but cheap is not always poor quality, poor print media will accelerate the speed of the print head damage. Which companies should give priority to a smooth surface texture excellent brand printing supplies, to extend printhead life and print quality.

In addition, business users should also pay particular attention to the use of "professional cleaning solvent" or choose to use "to save the print head cleaning film" to clean, maintain print head, to avoid the print head surface of the dust pollution caused by unnecessary damage.

The print head is a specially designed thin-film film film can clear print head fouling and dirt will not damage the print head. Used to save the print head cleaning film there are many advantages: In addition to extending the life of the print head, it can also reduce the downtime needed for repair and maintenance, saving the cost of replacement of the print head. Therefore, it is an economic, convenient and fast removal of dirt fouling without the need to remove the print head maintenance mode.

The use of film to save the print head cleaning method as follows:

1) Disconnect the printer power.

2) Open the print head, remove the device from the print media, print and print ribbon.

3) In accordance with the recommended operating procedures Maintenance printhead cleaner print head.

4) to save the print head film placed in the print head to print the next channel on the smooth side down on non-glossy side facing up under the print head.

5), and locked together on the print head.

6) slow the film completely out from the print device.

7) once again follow the recommended maintenance for operating procedures printhead cleaner print head.

8) loading print media and ribbon, close and lock the print head.

9) to print multiple labels check printing quality is improved. If the print quality does not improve, then please contact technical support staff.

* Remove dirt, fouling with the film only do once.

* Each film can be up to ten times.

When the film has obvious debris or dirt should be discarded to the scrap rubber.