Cleaning The Platen Roller - Pentax 3 User Manual

Cleaning the Platen Roller

Dirt and debris on the platen roller can make the roller feed
paper into the printer at an angle, degrade the quality of the
printed image, or both.
1. Make sure the printer is powered on without paper
2. Press the main switch for about two seconds. The "Data"
3. Press the main switch again for less than 2 seconds. The
4. Insert the black cleaning cloth that came with the printer
5. The roller movement will stop automatically after about
loaded.
NOTE: If paper is loaded and detected by the printer
when you attempt to initiate Cleaning Mode, a Form
Feed will be executed instead.
LED will illuminate.
feed motor will begin to turn.
into the printer's paper input slot with the rough black
side, which contains the cleaning material, towards the
front of the printer. See Figure 18. The printer pulls the
Cleaning Cloth through.
60 seconds, and the printer returns to an idle state. If you
press the main switch before 60 seconds has elapsed, this
will toggle the feed motor on and off. Pressing the main
switch twice quickly will shut off the printer.
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