Kodak 6850 User Guide - Page 40

Cleaning the Thermal Head and Stripper Plate, Fingerprints can damage the thermal head

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Maintaining the Printer In the United States for health, safety, and environment information, call 585-722-5151. Customers outside the U.S. can contact their local KODAK Service Representative. Cleaning the Thermal Head and Stripper Plate CAUTION: Fingerprints can damage the thermal head, which looks like a glass bar. Never touch it with your bare hands or fingers. 90˚ 1. Make sure the power switch is turned off ( ). 2. Slide the cover release toward you, then open the upper cover carefully. IMPORTANT: Cover does not open beyond a 90° angle. CAUTION: The thermal head becomes extremely hot during normal operation. Wait approximately five minutes to begin cleaning the head after you open the upper cover. Thermal head 3. Remove an alcohol pad from its packaging. Move the pad along the entire length of the thermal head, in one direction only. When you clean the thermal head: - Apply firm, even pressure. - Make three passes along the thermal print head. - Use a clean part of the pad for each pass. Stripper plate 4. Use another clean alcohol pad to wipe the edge of the stripper plate. 5-2 May 4, 2005

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May 4, 2005
Maintaining the Printer
In the United States for health, safety, and environment information, call
585-722-5151. Customers outside the U.S. can contact their local KODAK
Service Representative.
Cleaning the Thermal
Head and Stripper
Plate
CAUTION
:
Fingerprints can damage the thermal head, which looks like a
glass bar. Never touch it with your bare hands or fingers.
1.
Make sure the power switch is turned off (
).
2.
Slide the cover release toward you, then open the upper cover carefully.
IMPORTANT:
Cover does not open beyond a 90° angle.
CAUTION
:
The thermal head becomes extremely hot during normal
operation. Wait approximately five minutes to begin cleaning
the head after you open the upper cover.
3.
Remove an alcohol pad from its packaging. Move the pad along the
entire length of the thermal head, in one direction only. When you clean
the thermal head:
Apply firm, even pressure.
Make three passes along the thermal print head.
Use a clean part of the pad for each pass.
4.
Use another clean alcohol pad to wipe the edge of the stripper plate.
90˚
Thermal head
Stripper plate