Safety Precautions
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Precautions in Use
CAUTION
Power supply
Handling of the power cable
• Leave the breaker turned ON.
• Do not turn off the main power switch on the
right side of this machine.
• Use a power cable attached to this unit.
• Take care not to damage, break or work on the
power cable. If a heavy matter is placed on the
power cable, heated or drawn, the power cable
can break to cause fire or electric shocks.
• Connect to a socket-outlet with determinate
polarity.
Note on maintenance
Heater
• When cleaning the External ink supply unit or
the heads, make sure to wear the attached
gloves.
• Do not spill liquid on the platen as this may
cause failure of the heater or firing.
• Do not touch platen heaters with bare hand
while it is hot; otherwise, you can get burned.
Handling of ink
Grounding work
• If you get ink in your eyes, immediately wash
your eyes with a lot of clean water for at least 15
minutes. In doing so, also wash eyes to rinse ink
away completely. Then, consult a doctor as
soon as possible.
• If anyone drinks ink by mistake, keep him or her
quiet and see a doctor immediately. Do not allow
him or her to swallow the vomit. After that,
contact the Poison Control Center.
• If you inhale a lot of vapor and feel bad,
immediately move to a location of fresh air and
then keep yourself warm and quiet. Then,
consult a doctor as soon as possible.
• Some of the ingredients (UV Curing initiator)
have toxic consequences to aquatic life.Avoid
leak into water system or sewage containing
water.
• This unit requires grounding work to prevent
electrical shock.
• Carry out the grounding work.
Wearing protective devices
• When cleaning the suction nozzle, which may
scatter ink, be sure to wear safety glasses and
gloves, or ink and washing liquid might enter
your eyes or ink and washing liquid put on your
hands might make your hands rough.
Handling the Anti-freezing liquid Power supply
• Be sure to store the Anti-freezing liquid in a cold
and dark place.
• Store the Anti-freezing liquid in a place that is
out of the reach of children.
About UV light
About hot parts
• A little UV light leaks from the LED UV unit and
post sure unit. UV light applied to your skin
might cause inflammation and/or skin cancer.
Though weak UV light might cause no
inflammation, repeated exposure to it may lead
to chronic disorders.Avoid applying UV light to
your skin and eyes.
• The LED UV unit and the Post Cure Unit
become very hot. When carrying out
maintenance, wait until the temperature has
been sufficiently lowered after the lamp is turned
OFF.
• Some parts outside the unit will have a very high
temperature.A hightemperature caution label is
placed on such parts.Do not touch the parts with
the caution label placed and their vicinity, or
burn injury may occur.
• Possible damage to your eyes due to ultraviolet
is acute disorder (feeling like something is in
your eye, pain and flow of tears) and chronic
disorder (cataract etc.). When using this device,
take protective measures such as gloves,
longsleeve cloth, light-resistant mask, attached
lightresistant glasses, etc.
• When it is unavoidable to touch hot parts, be
sure to wear heat-insulating gloves to protect
your hands.
