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To clean the optical cassette:
1. Put on a pair of new, clean nitrile gloves. Powder, skin oils, and other contaminants may
smudge the windows on the optical cassette.
2. Place the dirty optical cassette with the gaskets facing down on a flat, clean surface.
3. Wet a new PEC*PAD with ethanol.
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Open the flip top of the ethanol dispenser bottle.
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Place the PEC*PAD on top of the bottle.
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Slowly depress the center of the bottle until a light stream of ethanol dispenses onto
the PEC*PAD.
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Repeat until the PEC*PAD is wet, but not soaked, with ethanol.
4. Wipe the bottom of the larger glass window in the optical cassette with the PEC*PAD wetted
with ethanol. The bottom of the window is the side without a gasket.
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Wipe in a single direction, moving across the window until the entire surface has
been cleaned.
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Wipe the glass again with the same PEC*PAD, in a direction that is perpendicular to the first pass.
5. Wet a new PEC*PAD with distilled water in the same fashion as described in Step 3 .
6. Pick up the optical cassette and wipe the gaskets with the PEC*PAD to remove any
contaminants.
7. Allow five minutes for the ethanol on the optical cassette to fully evaporate before inspecting
the window and reusing the optical cassette in the printer.
8. Inspect the window. If there are visible streaks or deposits, or sections look foggy, repeat
the procedure.
To fully clean the optical cassette (if standard cleaning is insufficient):
1. Put on a pair of new, clean nitrile gloves. Powder, skin oils, and other contaminants may
smudge the windows on the optical cassette.
2. Place the dirty optical cassette with the gaskets facing down on a flat, clean surface.
3. Wet a new PEC*PAD with Alconox.
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Open the flip top of the Alconox dispenser bottle.
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Place the PEC*PAD on top of the bottle.
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Slowly depress the center of the bottle until a light stream of Alconox dispenses onto
the PEC*PAD.
°
Repeat until the PEC*PAD is wet, but not soaked, with Alconox.
4. Wipe the bottom of the larger glass window in the optical cassette with the PEC*PAD wetted
with Alconox. The bottom of the window is the side without a gasket.
°
Wipe in a single direction, moving across the window until the entire surface has
been cleaned.
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Wipe the glass again with the same PEC*PAD, in a direction that is perpendicular to the first pass.
5. Rinse the optical window thoroughly with distilled water dispensed from a squirt bottle.
Ensure that all Alconox is fully removed from the optical cassette.
6. Dry the glass with a new PEC*PAD. It may require multiple PEC*PADs to fully dry the entire surface.
7. Wet a new PEC*PAD with ethanol as described in
Step 3 .
8. Wipe the glass in the same fashion as described in Step 4 .
9. Wipe the top surface of the glass with a new PEC*PAD wetted with ethanol.