Zebra Technologies Z6Mplus 用户手册

Cleaning Procedures

13163L Rev. 3 5/20/2004

Z4Mplus/Z6Mplus User Guide

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You can minimize printhead wear and maintain print quality with regular preventive measures.

Over time, the movement of media/ribbon across the printhead wears through the protective 
ceramic coating, exposing and eventually damaging the print elements (dots). In order to avoid 
abrasion:

• Clean your printhead frequently and use well-lubricated thermal transfer ribbons with 

packagings optimized to reduce friction.

• Minimize printhead pressure and burn temperature settings by optimizing the balance 

between the two.

• Ensure that the thermal transfer ribbon is as wide or wider than the label media to prevent 

exposing the elements to the more abrasive label material.

For best results, perform the following cleaning procedure after changing every roll of ribbon. 
Inconsistent print quality, such as voids in the bar code or graphics, may indicate a dirty 
printhead.

The printer can remain on while you are cleaning the printhead. In this way all label 

formats, images, and all temporary parameter settings stored in the printer’s internal memory 
are saved. In addition, keep the peel engaged while cleaning the platen roller (media must be 
unloaded to do this) to reduce the risk of bending the tear-off/peel-off bar.

Printhead Assembly

Platen Roller

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