Ricoh 5100N Quick Installation Guide - Page 38

8 Maintenance This chapter provides information for maintaining your printer and the toner cartridge, as well as suggestions for high-quality and economical printing. This chapter includes: • Printing information pages • Cleaning the printer • Maintaining the toner cartridge • Maintenance parts Printing information pages From the printer's control panel, you can print pages that give detailed information about the printer. They can help you check your printer's status and maintain the printer. 1 Press Menu until Information appears on the bottom line of the display and press OK. 2 Press the Scroll buttons until the information page you want appears and press OK. 3 Press OK when Yes appears. A page prints out. Cleaning the printer During the printing process, paper, toner, and dust particles can accumulate inside the printer. This buildup can cause print quality problems, such as toner specks or smearing. Your printer has a cleaning mode that can correct and prevent these types of problems. Note • Cleaning the cabinet of the printer with cleaning materials containing large amounts of alcohol, solvents, or other strong substances can discolor or crack the cabinet. Cleaning the outside of the printer Clean the cabinet of the printer with a soft, lint-free cloth. You can dampen the cloth slightly with water, but be careful not to let any water drip onto or into the printer. Cleaning the inside of the printer There are two methods to clean the inside of the printer: • Clean the inside manually. • Print a cleaning sheet, which can be done from the control panel. Cleaning the inside of the printer manually 1 Turn the printer off and unplug the power cord. Wait for the printer to cool down. 8.1