Got a brand new printer together with endless problems?

A lot of devices have been invented on human history to help surpass the limit of human body and human force. And with development of modern technology and electronic constructions, devices or machines nowadays are more about complex systems combining structural elements, mechanisms or control components for convenient use.

Printer, as one kind of output machine that interprets and presents graphics or text from computing devices to paper (in most cases), is also designed as an integration of various advanced systems and functionalities. To be more specific, it’s equipped with complex and innovative technologies mainly including but not limiting to:

As we’ve pointed it out, a printer is complicated integration of numerous components, only when they are all in good and proper conditions can a printer performs smoothly as it’s expected.

But there’s always a catch in life - tainted ink color, click-clacking sound, or red lights on the printer flashing for reasons that you may never know. So what on earth is going on with these printers when they are supposed to be smart?

A well-functioning printer is resulted from successful teamwork of all the components. Any malfunctioning of any part might lead to machine issues that stop a printer from working.

Below issues are the most common ones according to our users’ feedback.

Most issues mentioned above frankly can be avoided if regular and proper maintenance has been performed.

Corresponding to above problems, Procolored herein provides maintenance suggestions as below:

We highly recommend to use your printer as often as possible. An often applying of printer can effectively improve the stability and dynamic of inks and help reduce accumulated dust on the moving components.

But if you indeed don’t have that much printing plans, or if you’re about to have a vacation away, it’s strongly suggested to apply moisturizing devices on your printer. 

Check below to see how moisturizing devices work exactly.

As it’s mentioned above, ink buildups or foreign objects sometimes may lead to nozzle clogging or printing medium jams, that makes regular machine checking and cleaning essential.

The first cleaning to be done should be ink debris cleaning - near ink cartridges, on print head nozzles, around capping stations or wiper blade, these are the places more likely to accumulate ink debris but several takeaways should be born in mind during their cleaning:

Color space, print head alignment, temperature, humidity and so forth parameters, can be calibrated and adjusted via testings from time to time. It’s true that parameter performance can only be censored through real printing outputs, but we highly recommend to use graphics of relatively small size as testing subjects to reduce ink and paper/film consumption.

Hardware in a printer typically refers to drive belt, encoder strip and other printer components. They are places less possible to get ink debris on but still, specific maintenance should be applied correspondingly.

Regular cleaning is a must do on them. Regular cleanings can effectively and timely get your printer away from accumulated dust and foreign objects. The only key point to remember is that all the cleaning must be done gently and any disassembly of parts your know or not know is abusolutely not recommended.

Besides cleaning, some components also need extra special care. Take encoder strip for example. Encoder strip needs lubricating oil supplement periodically so that it can run smoothly to conduct nozzle moving, or a printing task might be stopped the moment it begins.