Removing The Top Cover - Microcom 238B Operator's Manual

Printer Maintenance
10.2

Removing the Top Cover

The top cover needs to be removed to perform some of the maintenance tasks. To remove
the cover, grasp the side of the cover and pull outwards and up to remove the cover from
the mounting rail.
Simply reverse the process to re install the cover once finished with the maintenance.
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10.3 Thermal Printer Card
Decline in print quality, voids or drop out areas in bar codes and/or graphics may indicate
that the print head is dirty and needs to be cleaned. The necessary cleaning materials can
be purchased through Microcom Corporation by contacting your sales representative and
ordering the Cleaning Kit, part # 040005-0000. The Print Head should be cleaned after
every roll of media or after every 512 feet (3200 tag which is a typical stack of tag or fanfold
media).
A thermal printer card is the quickest and easiest way to clean the Print Head, Drive Roller
and Peel Edge all at the same time. Follow the steps below for the proper cleaning
procedure:
1. Remove any installed media.
2. Cut cleaning card so that it fits into the printer.
3. Dampen both sides, of one end, of the cleaning card with isopropyl alcohol.
4. Slide the printhead release forward and insert the cleaning card so that it reside under
the printhead and exits the printer.
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Figure 10-1 Removing the Top Cover
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