Brother GT-3 SERIES Basic Operation Manual page 87

(8) Apply ethanol to the Felt fully, app. 2 ml, of the Encoder Cleaner.
<Note>
Use ethanol of 95% or higher purity.
(9) Push the position [A] shown below with your finger to give space between the felts.
(10) Put the Encoder to the Encoder Strip so that the Encoder Strip should run between the felts straightly, and the
bottom part of the felt should touch the inside of the Encoder Cover. The felts catch the Encoder Strip when
you release your finger.
Inside of the Encoder
(11) Wipe the Encoder Cleaner two or three times from the leftmost position to the right. After wiping, push the
position [A] of the Encoder Cleaner to release it from the Encoder Strip.
<Note>
Keep the level of the Encoder Cleaner in wiping.
GT-3 Series
5. Maintenance
Ethanol
Encoder Strip
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0074Y
0075Y
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