The external areas of your printer can become very dirty and even sticky if the dirty areas include spilled ink and is left to accumulate. All external areas need to be wiped down on a regular basis to keep the printer clean and to insure that no ink spills are present.

Some ink spills may be difficult to see due to the color and amount of ink that may be present.

Ink spills can occur anytime and anywhere and should be cleaned up immediately.

Failure to do so can result in permanent stains on the printer itself and/or other material that comes in contact with the spilled ink. Other printer problems can also occur depending upon the location of the ink spill. For example it could clog the vacuum holes on the top of the platen (the black metal surface that the media moves over while printing) causing the suction that holds the media down to be reduced.

Any ink spill no matter how small can cause an unfortunate situation to develop if not cleaned up.