Brother Gt3 Manual

 
 
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6-1-5. Replacing the Roller Felts 
(1)  Unscrew two screws and remove the Felt Support.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(2)  Remove the used Felt.     
(3)  Apply the new Felt to the Felt Support. Pay attention not to give damage to the Felt Support.     
(4)  Position the edge of the Felt Support A by putting the edge to the Carriage B and tighten the screw with a coin. After 
fixing, check if the Felt Support is aligned straight.   
  
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6-1-7. Cleaning the Encoder Strip 
There must be some dust and mist covering the Encoder Strip to cause reading error when some error occurs during the 
printing operation. Clean the Encoder Strip with the attached tool.   
(1)  Prepare the Encoder Cleaner and ethanol of 95% or higher purity.   
(2)  Select [ Maintenance ] of the menu and press OK Button.   
(3)  Select [CR Encoder Strip Cleaning ] of the menu and press OK Button. The Platen will be loaded and the...

 
 
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(8)  Apply ethanol to the Felt fully, app. 2 ml, of the Encoder Cleaner.   
 
 
 
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Use ethanol of 95% or higher purity.   
(9)  Push the position [A] shown below with your finger to give space between the felts.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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(10) Put the Encoder to the Encoder Strip so that the Encoder  Strip should run between the felts straightly, and the bottom par t 
of the felt should touch the inside of the Encoder Cover. Th e...

 
 
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(12) Move the Carriage slowly to the leftmost position by hand   
Ink may stain the Platen and other places while moving the  Carriage, the bottom surface may be wet and dirty with ink. 
(13) Wipe the Encoder Cleaner two or three times from the rightmo st position to the left, by following the former steps (10) and 
(11), where the Encoder Cleaner did not reach.   
(14) After wiping, push the position  (1) of the Encoder Cleaner to release it from the Encoder Strip....

 
 
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6-2. Regular Maintenance 
Do not leave the White ink inside the printer. White pigment precipitates and may cause serious damage to your printer. This 
section describes how to maintain the White Ink. Execute the following menu to  keep your printer and print result in good 
conditions.  
 
Menu Timing Details 
Daily Cleaning White  Before printing
(once a day)  Replaces the white-less White Ink caused by settled pigments. 
White Tube Cleaning  Once a week Prevents t
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(1)  Fill the bottle with Maintenance Solution. Confirm that at least more than 250 ml  per one Print Head is in the bottle.   
(2)  Confirm in advance the amount of the Waste  Ink in the Waste Ink Tank (more than 500 ml).   
(3)  Confirm that the printer is ei ther [ Standby ] or [ Ready ].   
(4)  Select [ Maintenance ] > [ White Tube Cleaning ] from the menu and press OK Button.   
(5)  Select [ All Whites ] then White Ink retrieval starts and  the countdown is...

 
 
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Loading White Ink after Tube Cleaning 
(1)  Load the White Ink with full of Maintenance Solution in the Tube, the step (9) in the previous page. Insert the White Ink 
Cartridge and select [ Maintenance ] > [ Load White ] from the menu and press OK.   
(2)  Select [ All Whites ] or one from W1-W4 and press OK. White Ink starts loading.   
 
The menu [ Initial Cleaning ] of the White Ink starts from loading Maintenance Solution, to load White Ink into the Tube 
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6-2-4. Replacing the Platen Sheet 
The Platen Sheet gets dirty in operation. Please replace the Platen Sheet to avoid  making smudges on a T-shirt. To help align 
a T-shirt, you can print a grid on the Platen Sheet. It is in [ All Program ] > [ Brother GT-3 Tools ] > [ Useful Tools ]. 
Grid14x16.ar3 is for the standard Platen 14x16.  (See 3-3-7. Opening the Useful Tools.) 
(1)  Press the Platen Button to eject the Platen. 
(2)  Remove slowly the Platen Sheet and the...

 
 
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6-2-5. Required Maintenance for the Long Storage 
The maintenance is different from Color and White when you will leave GT-3 printer unused for more than 2 weeks. Clean the 
Caps and Wipers for both side, as for Color pour Wash Liquid  into the Caps to prevent ink clogging inside the Maintenance 
Unit. As for White, execute Tube Cleaning and insert Capping Ca rtridges (four for GT-381, two for GT-361) with Maintenance 
Solution filled.   
 
 
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(6)  After the initialization is finished successfully, turn OFF the printer and store.   
  
Check the printer once in two weeks. Execute White Tube Cl eaning when you find the Tubes look white. Keep the White 
Tubes full of Maintenance Solution. As for Color side, refer  to the step (4) in the previous page and pour 7 and 8 drops of 
Wash Liquid to the Print Head Caps of Color side to  prevent from ink clogging inside of the Maintenance Unit.. 
  
 
Restart after...