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Chapter 7: Opening the Drawer Manually
Do the following if the plate drawer fails to open when you press the Drawer button or
when you click Open Drawer in the SoftMax Pro Software.
Required tool: Carriage puller
1. Power off the instrument, wait five seconds, and then power on the instrument. If
the plate drawer does not open, complete the following steps.
2. Power off the instrument.
3. Loosen the captive screws on the front of the instrument, and then raise the top
cover up and over the instrument.
4. Turn the plate carriage release knob clockwise until it stops. The plate carriage-release
knob is located at the right rear of the instrument.
Plate Carriage Release Knob
5. Gently push on the bottom of the drawer, and then insert the carriage puller
between the top of the drawer and the instrument. Pull the drawer open enough to
insert the carriage puller on the left side of the drawer.
CAUTION!
Do not hook the carriage puller onto the plate itself.
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