Minolta Pi3505e/PS service manual Handling of the PC Drum

8. Handling of the PC Drum

✽Only for Products Not Employing an Imaging Cartridge.

During Transportation/Storage

•Use the specified carton whenever moving or storing the PC Drum.

•The storage temperature is in the range between –20°C and +40°C.

•In summer, avoid leaving the PC Drum in a car for a long time.

Handling

•Ensure that the correct PC Drum is used.

•Whenever the PC Drum has been removed from the copier, store it in its carton or protect it with a Drum Cloth.

•The PC Drum exhibits greatest light fatigue after being exposed to strong light over an extended period of time. Never, therefore, expose it to direct sunlight.

•Use care not to contaminate the surface of the PC Drum with oil-base solvent, finger- prints, and other foreign matter.

•Do not scratch the surface of the PC Drum.

•Do not apply chemicals to the surface of the PC Drum.

•Do not attempt to wipe clean the surface of the PC Drum.

If, however, the surface is contaminated with fingerprints, clean it using the following proce- dure.

A. Place the PC Drum into one half of its carton.

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B.Gently wipe the residual toner off the surface of the PC Drum with a dry, Dust-Free Cotton Pad.

•Turn the PC Drum so that the area of its surface on which the line of toner left by the Cleaning Blade is present is facing straight up. Wipe the surface in one continuous movement from the rear edge of the PC Drum to the front edge and off the surface of the PC Drum.

•Turn the PC Drum slightly and wipe the newly exposed surface area with a CLEAN face of the Dust-Free Cotton Pad. Repeat this procedure until the entire surface of the PC Drum has been thor-

oughly cleaned.

✽At this time, always use a CLEAN face of the dry Dust-Free Cotton Pad until no toner is evident on the face of the Pad after wiping.

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