How to clean the printer

Almost everyone has a printer at home or uses it at work. Therefore, it is important to know and be able to properly clean it from paint and dust. What are the rules and how to clean a dried printer? About this and other below.

Printer Cleaning Rules

To clean the printer and not damage its components, you should follow these guidelines:

1. Do not use flammable solvents or aerosols in the process. This will cause a fire or electric shock.
2. Do not touch the fusing unit. He is hot. This can cause burns and reduce print quality.
3. Do not touch the transport roller. Otherwise, it will be damaged and spoil the print quality.
4. Do not hold the toner in your face or breathe its vapor. It is life threatening.
5. Before you start, disconnect the printer from the network. Otherwise, there may be a fire or electric shock.
6. When cleaning the registration roller and the paper pickup mechanism, do not press on the surface of the actuator. It may break.
7. Do not create pressure on all rollers due to possible loss of print quality.
8. Do not touch the tape with gloves or bare hands and do not affect it with light more than 800 lux for 2 minutes. This will immediately damage its structure and damage the printer.
9. Do not touch the charging roller in the process, and do not use volatile liquids near its surface.
10. Do not use coarse abrasives to clean dustproof glass.
11. Do not flush the print head with solutions of ethyl alcohol or acid. Despite the good effect of them, the nozzles in the device will not last long.
12. As a means for the process, use only special printer cleaners. They are sold in every electronics store.

Tip! In the absence of due experience with the printer and knowledge of its device, you should entrust the work of cleaning its components to professionals. They competently and quickly serve the printer.

What is required for cleaning

To clean the printhead of any printer, you should take:

1. plastic dishes (disposable plate or container for food);
2. thick cloth or gauze;
3. special set (sold in any electronics stores).

To clean other surfaces, you need to take a medical syringe, flushing fluid, and medical gloves. To remove the dust you need a simple brush or a slightly soaked disposable cloth. You will also need to wear things that will not be a pity to throw in the case of getting stains or an apron.

If the printer does not print well, then it does not matter if it is inkjet or laser, it is necessary to do a deep cleaning.

How to clean the printer: step by step

To clean the printer, you need to carry out a series of simple, but time-consuming work:

1. First you need to unplug the printer, lift the lid and completely remove dust from the rollers with a dry cloth.
2. Then remove the toner cartridge and wipe it with a disposable cloth.
3. Then remove the dustproof glass and wipe it with a special cleaner and wipe dry with a paper napkin.
4. The final step will be to return to the place of all components in the order in which they were removed.

To clean the printing device on the bottom of the prepared plastic utensils you need to lay a bandage in several layers or cotton fabric, and then pour the washing liquid. Then you should remove the print head from the disconnected printer and put it in a container with liquid paint compartments down. Put the tube on the receiving fittings and pre-remove the gaskets. After removing the gaskets, rinse them well in liquid and dry. Then pour liquid into the tubes and let them wash for a few hours. If necessary, it is worth pouring the solution into them.

If the liquid in the tubes does not evaporate, then they are very dirty and it takes a little more time for this process. You can try to reduce the solution by force. To do this, take a syringe and draw out the liquid. In order not to break the tubes, you need to make this action as carefully as possible.

To drain the dirty liquid from plastic dishes, you need to remove the bandage and repeat the procedure for filling the container with liquid and lowering the printing device into it. Washing steps should be performed until the substance is completely out of the device. After work, you should dry everything for a couple of hours, pour in new ink, paste it in the right places and check the seal.

Tips:

• To carry out such a process outside, wipe it with a damp cloth.
• For the compressor, any micro vacuum cleaner with a thin nozzle is suitable.
• To remove dust and powder, use a cotton swab or newspaper. It is important to wear a respirator and latex gloves.

How to clean a dried printer

To clean a dried printer, you first need to completely rid it of dust using appropriate disposable wipes and brushes, as well as pull out the print head and restore it in the following ways:

1. Soaking in distilled water for 48 hours;
2. Boiling in boiling water for 1-2 minutes, repeating the procedure every hour until the desired effect is obtained;
3. Stripping for a couple for 2-4 hours until the device is completely empty of old dried paints;
4. Soaking under streams of jets of hot water until the paints in the printing mechanism are completely softened and washed out;
5. Clean the cartridge with dishwashing detergent and water.

The last way you can quickly clean the cartridge for color printing. In previous cases, you can only clean the mechanism for normal printing.

In general, the printer should be cleaned regularly according to the above rules. This will not only maintain print quality, but also extend the life of the device. In the absence of the necessary knowledge with the skills of using the printer, you should give the job of cleaning it into the hands of professionals.