Chapter 3. Preventive Maintenance; General; Preventive Maintenance Checks And Service; Inspection - Printronix p300 Maintenance Manual

3–1. General
This chapter provides tasks required to maintain the printer in operating condition.
3–2. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS)
Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) are listed in Table 3–1.
Remove power before doing PMCS. Failure to do so could result in injury
to yourself or damage to equipment.
NOTE: Do PMCS every three months or after every 250 hours of operation,
whichever comes first. Lubricate every 12 months or after every 1000 hours of
operation, whichever comes first. Do PMCS more often when operating the
printer under severe conditions.
Table 3–1. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services
Item
Name
No.
1 Entire Printer
2 Entire Printer
3 Entire Printer
4 Shuttle Belt
5 Paper Feed Belt
6 Cam Wick and
Counterweight
7 Self–aligning
Followers
(P600 Only)
8 Antirotation Arm
(P300 Only)
3–3. Inspection
Inspect the printer, using Table 3–2 as your guide. Perform no disassembly for this inspection. Correct any
condition that could affect performance or reliability.
P300/P600 Preventive Maintenance
CHAPTER 3
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
WARNING
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Perform overall physical inspection per paragraph
3–3. Do no disassembly for this inspection.
Clean per paragraph 3–4.
Run print sample. Adjust (retension) hammers
as required.
Check tension per paragraph 5–14.
Check tension per paragraph 5–15.
Lubricate per paragraph 3–5a.
Lubricate per paragraph 3–5b.
Lubricate per paragraph 3–5c.
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Procedure
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