Maintenance - Olivetti PR2 Service Manual

AUTOMIZED PROCEDURE
Through a specific software procedure the system informs the user that cleaning is necessary and
engages a dummy magnetic transaction.
The cleaning instructions, if not supplied by the system, are indicated on the cleaning card.
The automized cleaning procedure is usually carried out by the operator.
MANUAL PROCEDURE
This type of cleaning is carried out by the service technician regardless of programmed cleaning
foreseen by the automized procedure.
It is necessary to run a command from the magnetic stripe reading system.
Insert the cleaning card in the infeed device taking care to position it correctly.
The machine will make an attempt to read the card, after which it will expel the card and indicate an
error.
To bring the machine back to normal operating conditions, power off, exit from testing procedure then
power on again.

7.2 MAINTENANCE

On the inside of the machine, to the right, there is a brush which is used to clean the paper edge
detection photosensor located behind the print head. This brush has a life span which is equivalent
to that of the printer. If, in exceptional cases, the paper photosensor becomes dusty proceed with the
replacement of the brush.
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Cleaning stripe side
Fig. 7-1 Magnetic heads cleaning card
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