With the arrival of winter, static problem occur again in our daily life and work. How to properly use anti-static products like anti-static swabs to control static is what we concerned most right now. We now got various kinds of static control materials and products made by them, though, they can mainly be classified as anti-static mat, anti-static tools, etc. For preventing static damage, we may need the following products:
1.    Anti-static clothing and anti-static wrist strap
Anti-static clothing and wrist strap are important parts of the human anti-static system, which can eliminate and control the generation of static electricity, thereby reduce the most parts of static source in the manufacturing process.
Anti-static clothing includes anti-static overall, split clothing, coat, shoes, hats, gloves, finger stall, wrist strap etc. Anti-static clothing is made of different colored anti-static cloth, which contain a certain percentage of conductive yarns that knitted by a certain proportion of stainless steel fibers or other conductive fibers conductive fibers and ordinary fibers. The static on clothing is eliminated by corona discharge and leakage effect of conductive fibers. Besides, the stainless steel fiber belongs to metal fiber so that its conductivity is stable no matter how many times the clothing is washed.
Anti-static wrist strap is one of the most important anti-static equipment especially when operators touch the electronic components. The secret is the ground path, through which the static generated by human can be released safely. The most important part of anti-static wrist strap is the inner layer of the elastic band, which is knitted by anti-static yarns.
2.    Anti-static packaging and shipping products
Anti-static packaging products is varied, such as anti-static shielding bags, anti-static bags, anti-static foam, anti-static IC packaging tubes, anti-static component boxes etc. These products are mostly made up of static dissipative materials, while others are anti-static materials, except that for anti-static shielding bags.
3.    Anti-static floors and mats
Anti static mats are mainly anti-static compound plates, mainly for desktop capture pad, pipeline operating desk and mats. The material layer is green and the conductive material is anti-static agents while the bottom layer is black with carbon as conductive agent.
Still, there are  also some other anti-static products like esd wipes, esd swabs and anti-static chairs. Especially esd swabs, some times called cleanroom swabs, have been widely used in various industries for cleaning and static elimination programs.

1.With the printer power on and the LCD display showing ready hold down the control button for five seconds, then follow the LCD instructions.

2.Open the printer lid, remove the ribbon and closed the lid.

3.Now the LCD will display “empty feeder then close cover”. Open the card feeder cover, remove the cards and close the cover.

4.Insert the long cleaning card into the manual card feeds slot. Wait for the cleaning process to complete.

5.When the cleaning process is completed, the cleaning card will be ejected.

6.Open the card feeder cover and insert the feeder cleaning card into the card feeds slot. Close the card feeder cover. Wait for the cleaning process to complete.

7.When the cleaning process is completed, the LCD will display “remove feeder cleaning card”, open the card feeder cover and remove the cleaning card.

8.The cleaning process has been completed. The LCD will display “cleaning done”.

9.Load the cards and close the card feeder cover. Open the printer lid, install the ribbon, and close the lid.

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However, with the rapid development of modern electronics manufacturing, the development of cleaning swabs of such products are also driven up.In the face of the market of a variety of cleaning swabs, how should we make the choices?

First of all, the choosing of the swabs should focus on the material .For sponge head cleaning swab,it should be equipped with the excellent material of high quality,with the features of strong force of clean, smooth, flexibility, no hard edges, head dropped crumbs.Swabs should be with of material not chemical reagents added, there is no worry about the reaction of products.There Must be no silicon products at the same time, the head does not affect the product, such as DVD and hard disk, etc., It also must comply with Rohs standard.But one thing should be paid attention to: anyone who says the sponge head cleaning swab can cooperate with any solvent cleaning products that are not scientific.Because any good sponge used with acetone (acetone) solution will produce different degrees of “disfigurement” phenomenon.But in real life, the way people use sponge head swab is more common, so you can consider using isopropyl alcohol (IPA) solvent, its ability to clean and of environmental protection is very excellent.If you have to use a higher intensity of cleaning solvents, such as acetone (acetone),you can use swabs with polyester head or superfine fiber(microfiber) head, Not only can they achieve the ideal effect, but also make the swab head without “disfigurement”.

Secondly, swabs of external should be concise, having good feeling, and handles of swabs must be smooth, with good flexibility, not easy to break.Otherwise, any good swab head will be nowhere to go.Because swabs are kind of fast consumables,So the swab head in process of use have been consumed, therefore ,if the used heads can be replaced with new swab head,it will be much better and effective .And it will save the cost of the enterprise, we believe most companies still think much of this feature.

Finally, we must choose products from normal manufacturer .products from normal manufacturer not only can provide better technical service and quality assurance, but also assure you stand in the market with the advantage of competitive price .

To sum up, as for the choosing methods of cleaning swabs or gun cleaning swabs we should pay attention to the product details, good quality, economic and practical value.

Method one: Use print tool kit to clean the ink jet head.

1. Click the button in the left bottom on your computer in turn: ”Start”→”Setup” →”Print & Fax” ,find your printer type, right click, choose ” Print Preferences”.

2. In ” Print Preferences” window, click “Service” →”Maintain This Device”, click “Clean The Print Cartridge” button in the window popped up. Or click “Function” →”Printer Service” in turn in the “Print Preferences” window.

3. Click “Clean” button in the “Clean The Print Cartridge”.

4. The AIO begin to print cleaning page, and clean the cartridge automatically, it will make a machine noise from the inside of the AIO, until the power light of the AIO turn bright, and the sound disappeared, the cleaning process is finished.

Note: It will consume some ink when clean the cartridge. Normally, the slight jam of the ink jet head can be solved after one cleaning process. If the ink jet head is jammed seriously, try 1-2 times cleaning process, and do not exceed 3 times, as it will consume too much ink.

Method two: Clean the metal contact of cartridge.

If the ink jet head has a bad contact with the pedestal, it will affect the quality of the print. When this situation happened, try to clean the ink jet head and pedestal.

1. Remove the ink jet head from the printer.

2. Use a dry Meditech cleaning swab to clean the electric contact of the ink jet head pedestal.

3. Use a dry wipe to clean the electric contact of the ink jet head. You just need to rub it one time as it may damage the electric contact. And do not try to rub the ink jet head.

4. Reinstall the ink jet.

Steps for cleaning Zebra P330i:

1.Leaving the printer on, press and hold the button for three seconds, the LCD will now display “remove ribbon then close head”,

2.Open the printer lid, and lift up the print head carriage then remove the ribbon spools and close the print head carriage. After the ribbon is removed, the LCD will display “MD feeder and press button “.

3.Open the card feeder lid and remove all but the bottom card. This card should remain in the feeder until you press the button to eject it from the printer. Do not attempt to pull the card out, or you may damage the feeder. After the card removed, the LCD will display” load cleaning card in feeder”.

4.Remove the small cleaning card from its packaging and place in the car feeder, the feeder belt will move the cleaning card halfway into the feeder. This is the correct position, do not try to force the card fully into the printer. Once the card cleans the feed belt, it will move through the printer and continue cleaning other components, the LCD will display “cleaning printer” during this process. After the cleaning card is finished, it will automatically be ejected, the LCD will then display “press button to continue”.

5.Remove the long cleaning card from its packaging, press the button and the message will change to “feed long cleaning card into exit”. Now insert the long cleaning card into the printer exit slot, the long cleaning card will automatically move back and forth as it cleans. The LCD will again display “cleaning printer” during this process.

6.Once the long cleaning card has been ejected, the LCD will change to “ready”. Now you can reinsert the ribbon spools, reload cards and resume printing if you still see spots in your cards after cleaning the printer, you may want to clean the printhead to remove deposits.

7.Before cleaning the print head, turn the printer off, lift the carriage and remove the print ribbon. Then squeeze the plastic stick on the cleaning swab to push the liquid into the tip, now gently move the moistened swap side to side across the printhead elements.

8.Wait two minutes for the print head to dry. Turn the printer back on, and reinsert the ribbon spools.

Consistent and routine cleaning of your printer will maximize print quality and prolong life of critical printer parts.

ESD safe cleanroom swab is kind of wiping consumable that is widely used in electronics, optic- electronics, micro-electronics and semiconductor industry. The head material of the swab is either foam or non-woven fabric while the handle is usually made of polypropylene. That’s most different from the cotton bud, and it’s favored by the feature of no fiber shedding and abrasion resistant with good solvent compatibility. It is completely processed and packaged under a class of 100 air–stream cleanroom, and for a better cleanness, it’s always washed in reverse osmosis, deionized water to lower the particles and ion content.

ESD safe cleanroom swab, or also called Anti static swabs, on the other hand, it’s combustible and easily degradable. That is most important for the environmental protection. ESD safe wabs is used to clean the corner, crack, slot and other confined areas of precision parts that are static sensitive. The ESD cleanroom swab, with its unique characters, is now getting accepted by more and more people and applied in various industries.

Do you remember when was the last time you have cleaned your card printer? If not, you should pay more attention about your printer cleaning.

Many card printers contains a cleaning system to clean card when it is printing. But the components are very easy to attract dust and debris as plastic cards have a high static charge. So if you have not cleaned your card printer regularly, it will reduce the quality of the print, resulting in fuzzy images.

It takes you just a short time and a few steps to do the cleaning job. Here are three basic steps:

1. Remove the ribbon.

2. Insert the cleaning card into the feeder.

3. Put back the ribbon.

Where do you get the printer cleaning kits? Meditech provide various of cleaning kits compatible with most hot brands in the market, such as Evolis, Magicard, Datacard, and many more. Click here for more information about Meditech cleaning kits.

How often should you clean your printer? If you are using color ribbons, it is a best time to perform a cleaning cycle when you change your ribbon. When you use monochrome ribbons, you can perform a cleaning cycle per week or per month depends on the usage frequency of printing. It is recommended to set the firmware prompt to approximately every 250 cards.

If there are unprinted lines on the card printed, you should clean the printhead. We supplies thermal printer cleaning pens and cleaning swabs to effectively clean the contaminant build-up on the printhead. If unprinted lines still exist, it may have permanent damage to your printhead.You will have to replace it.

So if you want to buy any cleaning products about card printer cleaning, such as cleaning pens, cleaning swabs, or cleaning kit, please just feel free to contact us !