When you have an a3 printer, looking after it is essential, as with any piece of equipment you own in your office. When you don’t care of your machines, and you use them regularly then this will lead to a break down of quality. When you lose quality you lose productivity as there is much wasted time in service calls and down time. To prevent down time with a3 printers and in general office equipment, maintaining it daily with regular checklists is essential. To check a machine is not a hard thing to do.
You look at its daily functions – write them down in a spreadsheet. Itemize what needs to be checked daily, weekly and monthly. If you have an a3 printer, naturally you are going to want to check rollers and also the jets of the printer daily. If the jets become clogged, then you will end up with blotchy prints. This can be a very costly exercise as the ink for most a3 printers is quite expensive. You can remove yourself from this expense by ensuring that the jets on your printer are kept clear. When it comes to moving parts on the printer, it is important to make sure that they are running smoothly.
Check rollers, trays, and the internal feeders to make sure that there is nothing loose, that it fits in easily and that the printer itself is not struggling to move about internally. When a machine struggles inside of itself, then of course you are going to get breakdowns and more often than not, excessive noise. This is why you must check anything that moves – ensure that if it needs lubrication to do so, that if is stiff and needs to be loosened, you find out why and do what needs to be done. These things can be tended to be a serviceman, but it takes nothing at the end of the day to check your equipment to make sure it is working right.
It is easy to handball the situation to other people, but if you take responsibility for your equipment and make sure it is looked after, you can save yourself a great amount of money in the office. Machine breakdowns are common because of overuse and a lack of care. Maintenance is where you learn the most about your machine and for later purchases of similar equipment; you are well versed in what needs to be asked of your retailer, because you took the time to learn about the inner workings of your machines.
