Edible Cleaning Fluid 100ml, to assist in cleaning printers running edible inks.

Printer output does deteriorate over time and it is normally owing to a partial printhead block. Using the onboard printer utilities will clear most partial printhead blocks but now and again more serious blockages occur. Using our cleaning fluid will assist in clearing some of these blockages by breaking down the dried edible inks to allow the system head cleaning utility to be run which will push any broken down edible ink residue through the printhead. This will then allow normal printing.

Another good use of the edible cleaning fluid is as a preventative measure to minimise the risk of blocked print heads. This applies to those that only use their printer occasionally. We recommend that printers using edible inks should be used as a normal everyday printer and should be used at least once a week, however, for those that do not wish to run their edible printer like this, a preventative regime should be in place.

If after the last print job is done you know that you are not going to run the printer for a while, run cleaning fluid through the system which will give the print heads a better chance of not blocking.
 

Application by a Cleaning Kit
Our preferred method of applying cleaning fluid is as part of a cleaning kit. The kit consists of a set of empty refillable cartridges that can be filled with the edible cleaning fluid and the cartridges can then be installed into the printer and used in the same way the edible ink cartridges. With the edible cleaning cartridges installed into the printer, simply run a couple of head cleaning cycles through the printers utilities menu and leave to stand for a few hours.

This allows the edible cleaning fluid to start to break down any dried edible inks that are causing the blockages. You may have to repeat this process several times to clear the more stubborn blockages and in some instances, the blockage may be unable to be cleared.

Application Manually
Edible cleaning fluid can be applied manually in many ways but we will cover the easiest way only. Remove the cartridges from the printer and using a syringe with a blunt needle, apply several drops of cleaning fluid on the ink aperture in the printhead where the cartridges were located. This is easy to see.
If you know how to remove your printers printhead, the cleaning fluid could be applied to the outlet side of the printhead as well as the inlet side where the cartridges are installed.

If you need advice on this please feel free to telephone us.1 x 100ml Cleanprint cleaning fluid. The cleaning fluid needs to be forced gently through the blocked print head and left for 6 to 12 hours in order that it can break down the solid ink that is blocking the print head.

This product is used either with a set of refillable cartridges as cleaning cartridges or used with a syringe as the application medium.