Cleaning The Laser Unit - Sharp MX-B382 Operation Manual

CLEANING THE LASER UNIT

When the laser unit inside the machine becomes dirty, line patterns may form in the printed image. Follow the steps
below to clean the laser unit.
Identifying white lines caused by a dirty laser unit
• White lines always appear in the same place.
• The white lines are parallel to the direction of paper feeding.
• White lines appear not only on copies but also on print jobs from a computer. (The same lines appear on both copies and
print jobs.)
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White line
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Boss
BEFORE USING THE MACHINE
Direction of
paper feeding
Press the [POWER] key (
operation panel to turn off the panel
power, and then switch the main power
switch to the off position.
Open the front cover and remove the
toner collection container.
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REPLACING THE TONER COLLECTION
CONTAINER (page 1-55)
Take out the cleaning tool for the laser
unit.
The cleaning tool is attached to the front cover.
(1) Pull the right side of the cleaning
instrument and unfasten it from the claw.
(2) Place it in the front spread across the top of
the claw.
(3) Unfasten the cleaning instrument rotating
around the boss from the claw on the left
side.
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