Tektronix PHASER 380 manual CleanInk Smears Quick Extended

5Caring for Your Printer

3.Press the Clean button. The printer displays the following message:

Clean:Ink Smears

Quick Extended

4.Press the Quick button. After a short delay during the warm-up period, the printer begins an automatic sequence of feeding 5 clean sheets of paper from the upper media tray.

A front panel message indicates the number of sheets remaining to be fed. For example:

Cleaning:Using 5 Sheets

Caution Always use clean sheets of paper to clean the paper path. Do not reuse cleaning sheets. Large-format, high-grade paper heavier than 150 g/m2 (28 lbs.) works best.

5.When the cleaning sequence is complete, inspect the last sheet of paper fed through the printer. If it is not clean, repeat the cleaning sequence using the Extended cleaning routine.

Note The Extended cleaning routine takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. After a short warm-up period, the printer feeds 10 sheets of paper, then Þnishes the cleaning routine with a short cool-down period.

6.Return the printer to normal operation by pressing the Exit button.

If the ink smears problem persists after running clean sheets of paper through the paper path, refer to the procedures for cleaning media feed rollers and the paper exit path. If the ink smears problem persists after running clean sheets of paper through the paper path, refer to the procedures for cleaning paper feed rollers and the paper exit path.

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