Barcode print head is the most vulnerable device in the printer, it belongs to the loss of goods, the process of use is vulnerable to the influence of external factors, use for a long time will eventually be damaged, but continuous attention to maintenance, can prolong the life of the print head.
In general, the print head life of barcode printer can not be simply calculated by the length of time. It’s measured in print length, kind of like car mileage. The normal service life of the general printing head is about 30km~50km, so how many labels can be printed?
For example: the label height of 3cm= about 1.66 million pieces, but the print head also needs maintenance and care, just like the car engine, and the most direct damage to the print head, shorten the life of the print head is the label, carbon belt. Because these consumables are in direct contact with the print head, just like gasoline in a car. Therefore, the quality requirements of consumables can not be evaluated only by price. Otherwise it’s not worth it to hurt the expensive print head with the cheap label
There is a volume label with a size of 4cm wide X3cm high. Suppose the print head is calculated with a life of 50km (50km= 500000cm), the result is 5000000cm as follows. And different levels of printer also have a great difference, such as industrial grade bar code printer may be more durable!
Maintain the bar code printer print head, we can do the following:
1. Do not touch the print head with hard objects.
2. Avoid printing head corrosion.
Do not touch the print head surface with your hands.
2 Please do not use carbon tape and thermal paper with sodium (Na) ions, potassium (K) ions and chloride (Cl) ions.
Do not touch the print head with any liquid or wet objects.
Only wipe the print head surface with anhydrous ethanol.
3. Avoid using inferior consumables.
1 some inferior labels with paper, dust particles, glue and other dirt, and the printer works when the rubber roller supplies pressed on the print head, these dirt in the printing process is easy to scratch the print head.
2 Some bad carbon strips will generate strong static electricity, and the print head is very easy to be damaged by static electricity. The print head damage caused by inferior consumables is not within the warranty scope, so please be sure to confirm the quality of consumables before buying them, so as to avoid the print head damage caused by the quality of consumables.