Platen - IBM Infoprint 6500-v05 Maintenance Manual

Platen

Removal
1. Prepare the printer for maintenance (page 313).
2. Remove the shuttle frame assembly (page 362).
3. Remove the paper ironer (page 349).
4. Remove the three 1/4 inch screws securing the paper ironer bracket assembly and remove the assembly. (See page 413,
Figure 45, items 4 through 6.)
5. Remove the platen open belt (page 318).
6. Remove the platen pulley page 413, Figure 45, item 21):
a. Loosen the 7/64 inch collar clamp screw.
b. Pull the platen pulley off the platen shaft.
7. Pull the spring link and white plastic bushing off the platen shaft and remove the spring link, bushing, and spring. (See page
413, Figure 45, items 16, 17, and 18.)
8. Remove the platen stop assembly by loosening the 7/64 inch clamp screw and pulling the assembly off the platen shaft.
(See page 413, Figure 45, item 15.)
9. Remove the right side platen support spring by repeating step 7 on the right side of the platen.
10. Remove the Phillips #1 screw and washer securing the interlock switch bracket from the inside of the right side bracket.
(See page 413, Figure 45, items 9 and 10.)
11. Pull the bracket, with the interlock switch assembly attached, off the platen shaft.
12. Remove the two 7/32 inch screws and washers securing the right ribbon guide assembly to the side plate. (See Figure 46,
page 416, item 11, 13, and 14.)
13. Slide the ribbon guide assembly out of the side plate.
14. Pull the right side of the platen toward the front of the printer and move the platen to the right and out of the left side plate.
(Hold the black metal washer on the left side shaft as you remove the platen. Make sure the copper wear saddles in the
platen seat of the mechanism base stay in place.)
Platen
350