HP Designjet 5000 HP Designjet 5000 series printer - User's Guide - Page 222

Introduction Media & Ink Solutions Maintaining the Printer Specifications User Maintenance Kit Front-Panel Printer Options Other Ordering Accessories Online Help Index Glossary The printer uses liquid ink and this can form a mist inside the printer, the mist settles on the printer components and after a while, depending of the amount of use the printer has, ink deposits form inside the printer. To avoid potential problems you can order a kit with all the parts that you need to clean the printer with. The kit contains:  Lens covers Kit  Carriage Interconnect Wiper Kit  Carriage Rods Lubrication kit  Roller Lubrication kit  Platen cleaning instructions Use the contents of this kit to perform the following maintenance procedures and the frequency shown: Recommended Cleaning Frequency Procedure When the front-panel displays 'Lens Maintenance Advice' Refer to Lens Maintenance Every 3 Million Cycles or every year which ever comes first. Slider Rods Lubrication Kit NOTE: The number of cycles can be seen by going to Printer Setup/ Utilities/Statistics. Every printhead replacement or when solving a printhead problem Carriage Interconnect see Printhead Status Messages Wiper Use this kit if the rollers on the platen are making a squeaking noise Roller Lubrication Kit due to the fact they need lubrication. Depends on the intensity of usage, whenever you notice ink smears Cleaning the Platen on the back of the media or before changing to a larger media size.