Miscellaneous

To clean the filter, proceed as follows.

1 Remove the fan cover, then filter.

Filter

Fan cover

2 Clean the filter using the vacuum cleaner and the like.

Notes

•Be careful that the filter will be caught in the cleaner.

•Do not rub the net of the filter strongly.

3 Reset the filter and the fan cover on the side panel as they were.

Use the black tip in the following cases

•When a scratch appears only on the printout, but no scratches appear on the spaces around the picture.

•When the use of the white tip has no effect.

•Periodic head cleaning

We recommend use of the black tip every month (or every 500 sheets of printout) to keep the thermal head clean.

Store the tips by inserting the white one into the cleaning tip hole on the holder, and the black one into the spare tip hole.

Cleaning tip hole

Spare tip hole

Attaching the tips on the cleaning kit holder

1 Align the pronged parts of the tip with the cross notches of the hole.

Cross notches

Pronged parts

Cleaning the thermal head

You should clean the thermal head in the following cases:

•When the vertical white stripe appears on the printout.

•When the scratch appears on the printout.

How to use the white tip and black tip

When using the white tip, the sponge roller wipes off the dust on the thermal head.

When using the black tip, the polishing material on the sponge roller scrapes off the dust on the head.

Use the white tip in the following cases

•When a vertical white stripe appears on the printout because of dirt on the thermal head.

•Ordinary head cleaning for preventing accumulation of dirt on the head

2 Insert the tip fully until it stops with a click.

Turning the tip to keep the cleaning effect

The cleaning effects decreases when the tip is used the following number of times:

White tip: Cleaning about 30 times

Black tip: Cleaning one time

To regain the original cleaning effect, reinsert the tip, as shown below, so that you can clean the head with the unused surface of the tip.

Pull out the tip, turn it 90°, then reinsert it.

One tip provides four new surfaces. After using all unused surfaces, exchange the tip for a new one.

18 Precautions