Cleaning - Tektronix Phaser 340 Service Manual

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Cleaning and Maintenance

Cleaning

7-2 Phaser 340 Color Printer
Supplies required
Phaser 340 cleaning tray
Foam swabs
Caution
Do not use rubbing alcohol because it can contain water and oils
that leave undesirable residue on the printer parts. Never use
water to clean the printer's internal components.
Appropriate cleaning procedures, as listed in the following tables, should be
performed when specific print-quality or paper transport problems occur. All
cleaning procedures are detailed in Chapter 4 of the Phaser 340 User Manual .
Light stripes or missing colors
Problem type
Missing or light-colored
stripes on prints.
Ink smears, oil spots or random ink streaks
Problem type
Ink smears on the front,
back or edges of a page.
Oil (drum fluid) on top
edge of print.
Media jams at the standard tray
Problem type
Paper-pick or jamming
problems at the tray.
Alcohol-dampened cloth
90% pure isopropyl alcohol
Solution
Select the automated procedure Cleaning for light
stripes: print head from the front panel Clean
menu.
Solution
Select the automated procedure Cleaning for ink
smears: internal paper path from the front
panel Clean menu.
Select the automated procedure Cleaning for ink
smears: paper feed roller s from the front panel
Clean menu.
Select the automated procedure Cleaning for ink
smears: paper exit path from the front panel
Clean menu.
Solution
Select the automated procedure Cleaning for
media tray jams: media pick rollers from the
front panel Clean menu.