What you need
- Maintenance categories: Daily, Weekly, As Needed
- Purpose: Prolong equipment life and prevent glycerin overflow
- Glycerin is produced during ink evaporation in the curing process and can accumulate as liquid residue
What you need
- Isopropyl alcohol
- Lint-free cloths
- Gloves
- Brush
- Open the main oven chamber.
- Turn off all power except for the main power and purifier.
- Allow the purifier to run for an additional 5 minutes to cool the oven chamber.
- Once the heat chamber temperature decreases, detach the Miro 13 Max from the printer.
- Lower the preheating platen.
- Turn off the purifier and main power.
- Brush off excess powder from the oven chamber.
- Use a lint-free cloth and isopropyl alcohol to wipe the oven surface.
- Clean the sides of the oven where glycerin can collect.
- Pay extra attention to the right side of the oven near wiring connections.
- Wipe the top surface of the oven.
- Close the oven cover.
- Clean the outer filter cover.
- Open the filter cover and inspect surfaces around the fan.
- Remove any built-up glycerin around the fan area.
What you need
- Purifier filter: replace monthly
- Air vent filter: replace monthly
- Fabric top cover: replace monthly
- Contact a DTF Station dealer to purchase replacements and keep spares on hand
Powder Station and Platen Cleaning
What you need
- Protect powder from air, moisture, and dust
- Powder is effective for up to one year
- Store powder around 70 F with humidity below 35%
- Keep powder away from direct sunlight
- Keep used powder separate and mix gradually with new powder
- Brush off powder from the preheating platen.
- Wipe the platen with isopropyl alcohol.
- Remove the media wheel from the powder station.
- Clean powder residue from the media wheel.
- Clean the rod with isopropyl alcohol if needed.
- Brush excess powder inside the powder station toward the bottom tray.
- Clean around the sensor area without scratching it.
- Gently wipe the sensor face with a lint-free cloth and isopropyl alcohol.
- Remove the bottom powder tray.
- Pour powder into a lidded container.
- Insert the media wheel back into the powder station.
- Close the powder station cover.
- Cover the entire unit with an equipment cover.
Weekly Maintenance Tools
What you need
- Isopropyl alcohol
- Lint-free cloths
Weekly Maintenance Procedure
- Perform all daily maintenance steps.
- Use isopropyl alcohol and a lint-free cloth to clean the glycerin catch trays on both sides of the machine.
- Cover the entire unit with an equipment cover.
Monthly and As-Needed Maintenance Procedure
- Regularly replace the purifier filter, air vent filter, and fabric top cover.
- Open the top filter cover.
- Remove the fabric cover and air filter from the top section.
- Open the purifier fan metal lid.
- Remove the filters beneath the lid.
- Clean the surrounding area as needed.
- Install the new filter.
- Close the purifier fan metal lid.
- Ensure the air filter is securely covering the surface from the outside.
- Cover the entire unit with an equipment cover.
What you need
- All maintenance steps completed
- Unit fully covered to prevent dust or debris entry
