Tektronix 380 manual Caring for Your Printer

Chapter

5 Caring for Your Printer

Overview

The following topics will help you to care for the printer and keep it in peak operating condition:

■Adding ink

Add ink when the ink level drops to one-half stick. The front panel displays an Ink Low message indicating when to add ink.

■Emptying the waste liner

Empty the excess ink from the waste liner when a front panel message tells you that the waste liner is full or anytime you remove the maintenance tray.

■Replacing the maintenance tray

Replace the maintenance tray when a front panel message indicates that the maintenance tray is low.

■Replacing the media tray separator pad

Replace the media tray separator pad when you begin to notice a wear pattern on the pad and media mispicks become frequent.

■Cleaning the printer

Describes how to clean the printer to solve speciÞc print problems: light stripes or missing colors, ink smears on prints, and problems picking paper or transparencies from the media tray.

■Moving the printer

Describes the steps you must take to properly move the printer from one location to another.

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