M&R I-Dot Maintenance Videos, DTG Printer Maintenance

An I-Dot DTG Printer is a sophisticated and expensive piece of machinery. Owners should take personal responsibility to maintain and service this equipment to ensure its performance.  Just like you need to change the oil and tires in a car, there scheduled maintenance that needs to be done on the i-Dot. This page includes a how to videos for many of the maintenance routines performed on the I-Dot printer. 

Unpacking your I-Dot Direct to garment printer.

Daily I-Dot Maintenance, Shaking the DTG Ink for the Idot

Replacing pallet tape on the I-Dot DTG Printer. (Done as needed)

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Applying tack to the I-Dot Pallet. (Done as needed)

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Reactivating the water base shirt tack on the I-Dot Printer. (Done as needed)

 

Cleaning the I-Dot Encoder Strip on the Idot printer. (Done Weekly or Monthly)
*This should be done about once a week in an office environment using a compressed air can. Only clean with a CLEAN SOFT RAG as the video shows below when the encoder strip is very dirty. Follow the video instructions on how to release the print head and clean with compressed air, this should with printer off, turn the printer back on with the head in the center position, the head will reposition itself automatically.

Cleaning the squeegee and capping station on the I-dot printer. (Done weekly under heavy use)

How to replace the maintenance tank on an I-Dot Printer. (Done as needed)

Repacking and crating the I-Dot printer for shipment.