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5.5 MEDIA SENSORS ........................ 5-10
6. MAINTENANCE ............................ 6-1
6.1 MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES ................. 6-2
6.2 REGULAR MAINTENANCE ................... 6-3
Cleaning the thermal printhead ............... 6-4
Cleaning the platen roller ................... 6-5
Replacing the fuse ........................ 6-6
7. TROUBLESHOOTING ........................ 7-1
7.1 INTRODUCTION .......................... 7-1
7.2 PROBLEMS ............................. 7-2
Plotter does not plot ...................... 7-2
Plot has vertical white stripes ................ 7-3
Plot is blotchy or faded ..................... 7-4
Plot contrast is weak ...................... 7-5
Plot has black vertical lines .................. 7-6
Plot is wrong length ....................... 7-7
Paper is wrinkling or tearing along one edge ..... 7-7
Plotter has no power ...................... 7-8
Plotter display is functioning but motor ......... 7-8
Can’t make changes to control panel settings ..... 7-8
Plot output speed is erratic .................. 7-9
Burning smell during plot, or “blooming” ....... 7-10
Form feed stops before desired length ......... 7-11
Form feed does not stop at top-of-form marks ... 7-11
Plot is skewed or unreadable ................ 7-12
8. WARRANTY .............................. 8-1
APPENDICES
A. ASCII TABLES ............................. A-1
