Maintaining Your Printer
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Cleaning the Printer

During the printing process, particles of paper, toner, and dust
can accumulate inside the printer. Ove r time, this build-up can
cause print quality problems such as toner specks or smearing.
Your printer has a cleaning mode that can correct and prevent
these typ e s of pro blem s .

Cleaning the Outside of the Printer

Clean the printer cabinet with a soft lint-free cloth. You can
dam pen the cloth sligh tly w ith water, but be careful no t to let
any water drip on to th e printe r or inside of it.
CAUTION
: Cleaning the printer cabinet with cleaners
containing large amounts of alcohol, solvents, or other strong
substances can discolor or crack the cabinet.

Cleaning the Inside of the Printer

NOTE
:
While cleaning the inside of the printer, be careful not
to touch the transfer roller. Oil from your fingers can cause
print qu ality pro b le ms.
1
Turn the printer off and unplug the power cord, then wait a
few minutes for the printer to cool.
2
Using the handle, completely open the access door.
CAUTION
:
Do no t to uc h the g ree n su rfa ce, th e O P C d r um, on the fr o n t
of each toner cartridge with your hands or any other
material. Use the handle on each cartridge in order to avoid
touching this area.
Be careful not to scr atch the sur face of the p ap er transfer
belt.
If you lea ve the access door open for mo r e tha n a fe w
minutes, the OPC drum can be exposed to light. This will
cause damage to the OPC d rum. C lose the access door
should the installation ne ed to be h alt ed fo r any reason.
3
Grasp the handles on each toner cartridge and pull to
remove the ca rtridg e s from the printer. Set them on a
clean flat surface.
CAUTION
: To prevent damage, do n o t ex p o se th e toner
cartridges to light for more than a few minutes. Cover them
with pape r to p r otect th e m if nece ssar y.
4
Look i n s ide the prin te r. Remove any dus t, pape r particles,
and spilled toner with a damp , soft lint-free cloth, or small
v acuum cleaner.
NOTE
: After clean ing , allow th e pr inter to dr y completely.
5
Look inside the p r inter on the right and then lo cate the
colors of the ton e r cartridg e s th at match the colors of the
slots.
Black
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow