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How can I perform an advanced cleaning of the whole printer?

Advanced cleaning can be done when the printer is dirty, after a long period of operation or simply to prevent any feeding issue.
Important note: this cleaning procedure is different from the one recommended in the warranty conditions.
For the feeder:

To manually clean the feeder rollers, open the door and send the following command to the printer: Sci
Take a cleaning card and insert it in one feeder (#1 or #2), while pressing the black card sensor at the same time.
Do not hesitate to use several cleaning cards.

IMPORTANT: do not let the card enter the feeder. Hold it tight. Feeder engines are powerful!
Press the button from the control panel to stop the cleaning process!

For the flip-over station:
To manually clean the flip-over station, open/remove the black cover and send the following command to the printer: Scf
The engine will start run. Clean both grey rollers with the Evolis cleaning card as below:

You can rotate the flip-over station manually to clean the opposite running rollers
Do not hesitate to use several cleaning cards.

Press the button from the control panel to stop the cleaning process!

Printing module:

Open the lid (keep it opened), remove the ribbon and the feeder.
Press and hold the control panel button and clean manually all the running rollers with a cleaning card. Use several cleaning cards if necessary.
Clean also the cleaning roller and the print head ceramics with the Evolis cleaning kit.

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