7.4 Printer. Gasboy MDE-5411B

Maintenance 7.4 Printer

7.4 Printer

Due to the harsh environment of the homebase station, the printer should be cleaned periodically.

Note: Clean the printer front panel with a damp cloth only. DO NOT use any solvents such as thinner or benzene to clean the printer front panel.

The following describes the cleaning procedures for the thermal printer head in the printer.

The cleaning is performed with the printer cleaning card. The printer cleaning card is provided in a protective package to prevent dryness.

The cleaning procedure shall be performed whenever ink is faded on a receipt.

Note: The cleaning procedure must be done quickly as the substance in the cleaning card evaporates over a short period of time.

To clean the thermal printer head, proceed as follows:

1 Turn on the printer.

2 Insert paper in the printer slot, and make sure that the printer guillotine cuts the paper protruding from the printer.

Note: This procedure ensures that the guillotine will not cut the cleaning card.

3

Press the green paper-lock lever and pull out the paper from the printer (see Figure 70 ).

Figure 70: Paper Lock Lever

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4 Remove the cleaning card from its packaging.

5 Insert the cleaning card manually into the printer paper slot.

6 Press the green paper-lock lever back to its initial position.

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7 Push and pull the cleaning card so that the printer head is cleaned.

8 Verify that the cleaning card has been removed from the printer guillotine without being affected.

9 Verify that the cleaning card rolls out from the paper slot.

10 Pull the cleaning card gently, and repeat steps 5 to 9 with the same cleaning card now tilted to the left.

11 Repeat the above several times in order to obtain the best cleaning results.

12 Stop when the cleaning card is dry.

13 Press the green paper-lock lever and insert thermal paper in the printer from the paper roll.

14 Press the green paper-lock lever back.

15 Print a receipt with at least ten rows of text.

16 Check readability and verify the text font is clear.

Note: If readability is still poor, repeat the cleaning procedure with a new cleaning card.

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