Corrective Or Preventive Maintenance; Transfer Charger Wire - Epson GQ-3500 User Manual

Corrective or Preventive Maintenance

Because the GQ-3500's status messages advise you when to replace
supplies and consumable parts, little additional preventive
maintenance is required. If the printing quality should decline,
however, it may help to clean the transfer charger wire. Do this
whenever you replace
to maintain maximum printing quality.

Transfer Charger Wire

To clean the transfer charger wire, follow
Open printer by releasing the latch on
1.
the
WARNING
Opening printer exposes the fusing unit, which is marked by a
the
CAUTION: HOT SURFACE
Raise green handles and lift out the drum cartridge (the
the
collector unit together with the drum).
Locate the small cleaning blade, a user maintenance tool stored
inside of the printer. This cleaning tool is in the boxy receptacle
located at the
cartridge. (Note that the direction the cleaning blade is stored is
the reverse of the direction you use it.) Remove
receptacle.
Clean the transfer charger wire with this cleaning blade, as
follows. (The wire is thin and may be difficult to spot instantly;
look closely.) Place the blade at one end of the charger wire
(located on
blade along the wire. Use
Figure 5-12.)
Note
As you clean the transfer charger wire, be careful not to touch the
developer roller, which is located immediately above and to
of wire.
the
5-16
drum cartridge, and periodically as required
the
label. Be careful not to touch the fusing unit.
of the printer to the right of
front
side of the drum receptacle) and
the right
the
these steps:
front of the printer.
the
blade's shape as a guide. (See
Maintenance and Status Messages
toner
the
blade from the
the
move the
the right
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