How To Clean A Tube Label Maker Printhead

How do I make clean / maintain my printer?

Nosotros recommend cleaning your printer on a regular basis to maintain its correct performance and life span.

Always remove the battery and disconnect the Air conditioning adapter before cleaning the printer.

Cleaning the Unit

Cleaning the Print Caput

Cleaning the Label Roller

Cleaning the Tape Cutter Unit

Cleaning the FLe Sensor

Replacing or Cleaning the Tube Cutter and Tube Cutter Board

Replacing the Tube Cleaner

Replacing the Platen Roller and Conveyance Rollers for Tubes

For E800TK, E850TKW just

Replacing the Coin Prison cell Bombardment

Cleaning the Unit

Wipe any dust and marks from the main unit using a soft, dry textile.
Employ a slightly dampened cloth on difficult to remove marks.

Exercise non use paint thinner, benzene, booze or whatsoever other organic solvent. These may deform the instance or damage the appearance of your printer.

Cleaning the Impress Head
Streaks or poor quality characters on printed labels (or tube) more often than not bespeak that the print head is muddy.
Make clean the print head using a cotton swab moistened with ethanol or the optional print caput cleaning cassette (TZe-CL6 for characterization print caput only).


Print head for labels	Print caput for tubes

Do non touch the print head directly with your blank easily. The print head may be hot.

See the instructions provided with the print head cleaning cassette for directions on how to use it.

Cleaning the Label Roller
If the quality of the printed characters on the labels is poor even after cleaning the print head, clean the entire label roller with a dry cotton fiber swab by moving the swab up and down while rotating the roller.

Cleaning the Tape Cutter Unit
Tape adhesive can build up on the cutter blades after repeated use, dulling the blades, which may result in the tape jamming.
About once every twelvemonth, wipe the cutter blades using a dry out cotton wool swab.

Do non bear upon the cutter blades directly with your blank hands.

Cleaning the FLe Sensor
If the FLe sensor is dirty, FLe labels cannot be positioned correctly. Wipe the sensor using a cotton swab moistened with ethanol.

Replacing or Cleaning the Tube Cutter and Tube Cutter Board
Subsequently repeated use of the tube cutter, tubes may jam if materials attach to the cutter blade and have the edge off the blade. Clean the blade using a cotton swab or similar item or replace the tube cutter. (PA-TC-001 for the tube cutter and tube cutter board)

Move the tube half-cut adjuster (1) rearward to align it with the "" marker as shown in the illustration.
While pushing down on the black part (two), catch the tube cutter board (3) and pull it upwardly to remove it.
Remove the tube cutter (4) using the same procedure.

To clean the tube cutter blade, button the black portion shown in the illustration so that the bract protrudes from the tube cutter, and then wipe the bract with a cotton swab or similar item.

Considering the blackness portion is spring operated, exist careful that your hand does non slip and contact the bract.
Do not impact the cutter blade direct with your bare hands.

Install the tube cutter and tube cutter lath in their original positions.

Replacing the Tube Cleaner
After repeated use, the sponge may become worn and dirty, causing poor-quality printed characters. Grab the tube cleaner as shown in the illustration, pull information technology up to remove information technology, and and so supercede it. (PA-CL-001)

Replacing the Platen Roller and Conveyance Rollers for Tubes
Afterwards repeated use, the rollers may become dirty and the condom may become worn, causing poor-quality printed characters. Remove and replace the rollers.

PA-RL-001 for the platen roller
PA-RL-002 for conveyance roller A
PA-RL-003 for conveyance roller B
To replace the conveyance nip rollers, contact your Brother dealer or Blood brother Customer Service for help.

Rollers for tubes

i Platen roller
two Conveyance roller A
3 Conveyance roller B
4 Conveyance nip rollers

Printing the cover open button to open the height cover.
Pull the tube release lever up.
Remove the ii screws, and then remove the roller comprehend (1).
Remove a roller you want to replace by pulling information technology out, and then install a new roller, making sure the gears mesh correctly.
Install the roller cover so that the projections on the rollers fit into the holes in the cover, and then install and tighten the two screws.

Replacing the Coin Cell Bombardment
A coin prison cell battery is used as a back-up power supply to maintain the settings for the internal clock of the keyboard LCD unit of measurement. The bombardment will be consumed even if the printer is not used for a long period of time.

Use only recommended batteries in the printer. Other batteries may cause damage to the printer.
Dispose of the batteries at an appropriate drove point, not in the general waste stream. In addition, be sure to observe all applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
When storing or discarding the battery, wrap it (for instance with cellophane record) to foreclose it from brusk-circuiting.

(Battery insulation example)
	1 Cellophane tape 2 Coin prison cell bombardment

We recommend replacing the battery every two years.
If the clock is reset while power is supplied to the printer, replace this bombardment. When replacing the bombardment, buy a CR2032 bombardment (recommended manufacturers: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., FDK Corporation).

Press and concur the (Ability) push to turn the printer off, and so disconnect the printer from the electric socket. If the rechargeable Li-ion bombardment is installed, remove the rechargeable battery.
Printing the comprehend open button to open up the top comprehend.
Using a coin or similar object, slowly plow the money cell bombardment embrace in the direction of the pointer on the battery comprehend until it stops, and and then remove the money prison cell battery cover.

If the coin jail cell bombardment cover is forcibly turned past the end position, it may go damaged.
Remove the battery.
Every bit shown beneath, press role A of the bombardment so that information technology can exist removed.
Install the new battery.
Be sure to insert the new battery with the + and – sides facing the right management.
Return the coin cell bombardment cover to its original position. To install the coin cell battery cover, use a money or similar object to slowly turn the coin cell bombardment comprehend in the reverse direction of the arrow on the battery cover until it stops.

If the coin cell battery comprehend is forcibly turned past the terminate position, information technology may become damaged.
Close the top cover.