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Cleaning a JV3 – whats your method?
I have had my JV3 for 2 months now and religiously clean the heads and head station daily. Cleaning the heads is no problem as is the wiper blade and housing, but it is those 4 little steel gauzes on the head station that cause me no end of problems. I am considering getting some tweezers to get the buggers out for cleaning but are afraid that this would cause damage. At the moment I am using the ‘chop stick’ method, I gently lever up the end and then in good old fashioned ‘chop stick with rice’ method gently get them out. Ever now and again the little buggers slip and fall into the machine. I then have to take the front housing off the machine to retrieve them. Life has got to be easier?
JV3 cleaning – how do you do yours?
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11 Replies
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craig, who told you to clean it daily?
it cleans itself…
I made the mistake of taking out the metal plates on the capping station, but you should never need to, apart from a wipe down and a disway clean every week or two, it should take care of itself, wiper replacement, when it tells you,Peter
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Take out the metal bits? Never done it. 😀
Did you not get a thin A4 manual on the cleaning procedure with the machine? If not, let me know and I’ll send you a photocopy of ours.
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hi, dont worry about the gauses, no need to clean them.
The rubber rings on the JV3 capping station, need checking over and I just clean/moist them.
The wiper home point with sponge bit at the back, I try and make sure the build up of ink is minimal
The wiper gets a little clean and wiped with a non-dusty tissue (dont leave fluid on it as it melts the wiper housing)
The build up around heads is the pain, I actually have the metal panel of on the JV3-S so I can get to the 4 heads, this helps clean around the metal rims of the print heads.
Do not put fluids or wipe the print nozzles, if you do then dont do it often.
Use ‘soaks’ when needed.We do ours about once a month now but I must admit i have left it longer but the reason you are doing it is to look after the machine and to make sure suction remains between the heads and the capping station. And also headstrikes to material.
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I was told to clean it daily by the installation engineer, I must have the cleanest machine in the country 😀
John, I would appreciate a copy of the cleaning manual if you don’t mind.
It is a relief about the little steel plates though a real pain in the backside they have been.
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PM me your address Craig.
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Hi Craig,
Here is the link to the JV3 daily cleaning manual.http://www.dgsmimaki.com.au/images/JV3% … enance.pdf
Hope it helps.
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That’s the one. Thanks Heng – saves me copying. 😀
Just one thing Craig, we were told to clean the machine at the end of every day IT IS USED. If not used, then once every four days is fine.
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Some service techs seem to go overboard on their cleaning advice 😀 As has been said no need to clean the station metal inserts.
Aside from the basics, I would suggest doing a 3 minute nozzle wash once a week – not so much for the nozzles (although it can’t hurt) but rather as a means of checking the pumps. In doing a nozzle wash the capping stations are manually filled with cleaning fluid. When a pump is dodgy it doesn’t properly lock off it’s waste tube and the capping station won’t stay filled. An undiagnosed broken pump can cost you a head replacement.
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Cheers Heng thats just great.
It is strange how different techs have their own outlook on maintenance. I have left my machine two days without cleaning (once) but have felt very naughty for doing so, but after reading all your comments, I think I might have gone overboard on the cleaning.
Thanks to you all 😀
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So you clean it on a Sunday? as long as power is still being fed into the machine and the push button on the front is the power switch (not the one on the back).. then it should look after itself.
Nozzle Wash is a good thing to do, but just bear in mind what waste you are putting through.
One thing I actually do is "fill up ink" command when I have nozzle out, hardly ever use "clean" buttons.
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If you’re not sure – why not just stick it in a dishwasher (which is what Rob does with all his faulty keyboards).
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On second thoughts – this is probably not a good idea 😕
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