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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 1 Replaceable Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 External . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 2 • Microsoft, Windows and Windo ws NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Cor poration in the United States and/or other countries. • A v er y and all other related brands and product names are trademarks of A very Dennison Cor poration.[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 3 Replaceable Components ■ Supplies When print is faded or indicators sho w the follo wing status, the replacement of a supply is needed. * 1 Ref er to the next page . * 2 The toner car tridge provided with the printer is a star ter kit toner car tridge, which has[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 4 Replaceable Components * 1 A v erage lif e is based on an av erage of 5% cov erage of the printable area and standard density when the recommended media is used (ref er to Example: 5% cov erage). The life of a toner car tr idge is v aried depending on the cover ag[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 5 Cleaning the Printer P er iodic cleaning of the printer is recommended. The frequency of cleaning is dependent upon the environment in which the printer is used. Y ou should clean the printer : • at least once a month. • when you replace the toner car tridge. [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 6 Cleaning the Printer 3 While rotating the pic k up roller , wipe it with a soft cloth that has been moistened with a mild commercial cleaner . 4 Open the front cov er . 5 Lift the drum unit up ( # ) and slide it out of the printer ( $ ). • T o av oid possib le t[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 7 Cleaning the Printer SAFETY CA UTION • It is very hot inside the pr inter ; to a void personal injury , do not touch the components illustrated belo w . CA UTION • T o pre vent an y damage to the dr um unit, obser v e the follo wing precautions. — Do not tou[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 8 Cleaning the Printer 6 Wipe rollers (A) and (B), and paper chute with a soft cloth that has been moistened with a mild commercial cleaner . • Be sure to remov e the paper dust. NO TE • F ront rollers (A) can be rotated half. Inner rollers (B) can be rotated to[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 9 Cleaning the Printer 8 Carefully wipe the corona wire of the drum unit by sliding a dr y cotton s wab from end to end a f ew times. 9 Fir mly inser t the drum unit in the slot of the printer ( # ) [inser t the side pins of the drum unit into the groov e (label )].[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 10 Clearing a Jam If the printer has frequent media jams, make sure that y ou f ollow these guidelines: • Alwa ys use high-quality paper and transparencies. see “Media” on page 43 . • Make sure that y ou load thick paper [106 – 165 g /m 2 (29 – 44 lbs.)][...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 11 Clearing a Jam When media is not in the media tra y or media f eed error has occurred, load the media in the media tra y or clear the media f eed error as follo ws: 1 Pull the media tra y out of the printer . 2 T ap the media stac k on a lev el surface to a v oid[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 12 Clearing a Jam 3 Place the media with the print side down. • Be sure that the media does not exceed the limit mark. NO TE • If the metal plate is in the up position by accident, the media tra y cannot be inser ted into the printer . Before loading the media, [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 13 Clearing a Jam 1 Open the front cov er . 2 Lift the drum unit up . Jam at A[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 14 Clearing a Jam 3 Grasp both sides of the jammed media and slowl y pull it out of the printer . 4 Push the drum unit down. 5 Close the front cov er .[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 15 Clearing a Jam 1 Open the front cov er . 2 Lift the drum unit up . Jam at B[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 16 Clearing a Jam 3 Remov e the jammed media from the output tra y . - Or - Open the rear cov er of the pr inter ( # ) and remov e the jammed media ( $ ). $ # CAUTION HOT SURFACE[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 17 Clearing a Jam 4 Push the drum unit down. 5 Close the front cov er .[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 18 Clearing a Jam 1 P erf or m the jam recov er y steps f or Jam at A ( see page 13 ). - Or - 1 Pull the media tra y out of the printer . 2 Slowl y pull the jammed media ( $ ) out of the printer while pushing the center tab ( # ) of the jam release pan down. Jam at [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 19 Clearing a Jam 3 Replace the media tra y into the printer . 4 Open and close the front cov er to clear the error indication. $ #[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 20 Clearing a Jam 1 Open the rear cov er of the pr inter ( # ) and grasp both sides of the jammed media and slowl y pull it out of the printer ( $ ). 2 Open and close the front cov er to clear the error indication. Jam at D $ # CAUTION HOT SURFACE $ #[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 21 Clearing a Jam 1 P erf or m the jam recov er y steps f or Jam at D ( see page 20 ). - Or - 1 Pull the media tra y out of the printer . 2 Slowl y pull the jammed media ( $ ) out of the printer while pushing the center tab ( # ) of the jam release pan down. Jam at [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 22 Clearing a Jam 3 Replace the media tra y into the printer . 4 Open and close the front cov er to clear the error indication. $ #[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 23 T r oubleshooting T r oubleshooting T r ouble P ossible Cause Corrective Action The backg round of the images is printed in gray . The toner car tr idge has reached the end of useful lif e. Replace the toner car tridge. The drum unit has reached the end of useful[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 24 T r oubleshooting T oner spots appear on the page. T oner spots put on the photosensitiv e dr um. Clean the toner spots with soft cloth (ref er to “Cleaning the Photosensitiv e Dr um” on page 31 ). The drum unit is damaged. Replace the drum unit. The corona w[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 25 T r oubleshooting Horizontal lines appear in inter v als of 94 mm. A small dust is bitten in the gear of the photosensitiv e drum. Remov e the dust from the gear ( see “Cleaning the Photosensitiv e Dr um” on page 31 ). White and horizontal lines appear on the[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 26 T r oubleshooting A blac k and v er tical line appears on the page. Corona wire of the drum unit is dir ty . Clean the corona wire in the drum unit ( see “Cleaning the Printer” on page 5 ). The toner car tr idge is damaged. Replace the toner car tr idge. The [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 27 T r oubleshooting The printer pr ints aslant. The media is not installed correctly . Install media correctly in the media tra y . Adjust media guides correctly . T oo much media is loaded in the media tra y . Decrease the media stack so that the height of media d[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 28 T r oubleshooting F requent media- picking errors occur . The length media guide of the media tra y is not set correctly . Chec k the length media guide is set to the groo ve indicating the media size . Check the loaded media is not curled. The media is not set c[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 29 T r oubleshooting ■ If y ou can’t make a print T r ouble P ossible Corrective Action Printer not operating. The printer ma y not be plugged into an A C outlet or tur ned on. Make sure that y ou plugged in the printer and tur ned it on. The interf ace cable(s)[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 30 T r oubleshooting ■ If the print out is rag g ed If the print out is ragged because of the curl of paper as illustrated below , slide the media tra y out of the printer and tur n ov er the paper stack, then inser t the media tra y . ■ If y ou cannot install t[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 31 T r oubleshooting If the paste or glue of a label is attached to the photosensitiv e dr um of the drum unit, clean it f ollowing the steps below . 1 Open the front cov er of the pr inter . 2 Lift the drum unit up ( # ) and slide it out of the pr inter ( $ ). 3 Wh[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 32 T r oubleshooting 4 Remov e the toner car tr idge from the drum unit. 5 If a paste/glue of a label is attached, find the por tion that it is attached while rotating the gear of the photosensitiv e dr um in the direction of the arrow . • The paste will be attach[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 33 T r oubleshooting 6 Wipe the photosensitiv e dr um with a dr y cotton s wab or remo ve the small dust in the gears of the photosensitiv e dr um. CA UTION • Do not use a shar p-pointed something like a ball-point pen to pre vent the damage to the drum unit when [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 34 T r oubleshooting 8 Fir mly inser t the drum unit in the slot of the printer ( # ) [inser t the side pins of the drum unit into the groov e (label )]. Push down ( $ ). 9 Close the front cov er . $ $ # Side pin[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 35 Error Indication Err or Indication Possible Cause Front cover is open. Media tray is empty. Printer failed to feed a media from media tray. Media jam has occurred. RAM overflow or overrun has occurred. Toner is low. Toner is empty. Drum unit is wearing out. , : I[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 36 Repacking Instructions It is highly recommended that you keep the original carton and ALL packing materials. Should you need to tr anspor t or ship your printer , please f ollow these instructions. SAFETY CA UTION The printer weighs about 10 k g {22 lbs.}. NO TE [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 37 Repacking Instructions 3 Lift the drum unit up ( # ) and slide it out of the pr inter ( $ ). • T o av oid possib le toner spillage, it is recommended to place the drum unit on a news- paper , drop cloth or best to place back in original (Black) shipping bag. CA[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 38 Repacking Instructions 4 While pushing the drum unit as illustrated below ( # ), lift the toner car tr idge up ( $ ). 5 Replace the shipping cov er on the toner car tr idge. $ #[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 39 Repacking Instructions 6 Inser t the toner car tridge into a plastic bag and cer tainly seal the end of the bag tightly . 7 Wrap the drum unit with the protectiv e sheet to protect the dr um surf ace. 8 Inser t the dr um unit into a plastic bag and seal the end o[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 40 Repacking Instructions 10 Wipe off any loose toner in and around the printer . NO TE • If a toner vacuum is a v ailable, it is the best tool f or cleaning spilled toner . Do not use a standard ofﬁce v acuum; the toner will not be retained by typical v acuum d[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 41 Speciﬁcations Printing Method: Semiconductor Laser Print Speed: 14 ppm (pages per minute) maximum (A4 siz e plain paper , simple x printing, 5% image area) 15* 1 ppm maximum (Letter siz e plain paper , simple x pr inting, 5% image area) * 1 Maximum print speed [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 42 Speciﬁcations Dimensions: 399 (W) X 390.5 (D) X 254 (H) mm (15.7 ″ X 15.4 ″ X 10 ″ ) Mass {W eight}: Appro x. 10 k g {22 lbs.} Consumables / Life: Star ter toner car tr idge (provided with printer); 2,000 pages av erage* 1 T oner car tridge; 4,000 pages a[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 43 Speciﬁcations ■ P aper Speciﬁcations This printer is designed to work well with most types of paper . Howe v er , diff erences in paper ma y hav e signiﬁcant eff ects on the quality of the pr int or the reliability of paper handling. It is strongly recomm[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 44 Speciﬁcations NO TE • Please store your paper according to the recommendations of the manuf acturer . ■ P aper and En velope Siz es The f ollowing paper and en velope siz es are suppor ted by the printer . * 1 Duple x pr inting cannot be perf or med with A5[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 45 Speciﬁcations ■ T ypes of P aper to A v oid • Extremely smooth or shiny paper or paper that is highly te xtured • Coated papers • Acid paper • Letterhead impr inted with low temper ature or ther mograph y . These materials may transf er onto the fusin[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 46 Speciﬁcations NO TE • With any label stock, the labels m ust completely cov er the backing material (see ﬁgure below). ■ En velope Speciﬁcations It is recommended that you purchase only high quality en v elopes with diagonal seams, as shown in the diag [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 47 Speciﬁcations It is not recommended that you use en v elopes with any of the f ollowing characteristics (using these ma y result in paper jams): • Irregular ly shaped env elopes • Env elopes with cur ls, wrinkles, nic ks, twists , dog-ears or other damage ?[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 48 Speciﬁcations Do not attempt to print on any of the f ollowing types of en velopes . These may cause damage to your printer . • Env elopes with clasps, snaps or tie strings (see Figure 1) • Env elopes with transparent windows (see Figure 2) • Env elopes t[...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 49 Speciﬁcations Connector type: 36PIN Anphenole connector Cable: use a shielded cab le 2 meters (6.6 feet) or less in length Pin conﬁguration P arallel Interface connector (printer side) Bi-directional P arallel Interface Pin Signal 1 nStrobe 2 Data 1 3 Data 2 [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 50 Speciﬁcations CA UTION • If the cable is connected to PC via printer buff er or selector , the pr inter ma y not pr int. • A pr int ser v er cannot be used for printing. NO TE • Be sure to use only a shielded cable. The pr inter will not operate properly [...]
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 51 Speciﬁcations Cable: use a shielded cable 5 m (16.4 f eet) or less in length. Pin conﬁguration USB Interface connector (printer side) NO TE • Be sure to use a full-speed shielded cable which the Data + and Data – cab les are the twisted pair . • When us[...]