7-4
Phaser 440 Color Printer
7
Cleaning and Maintenance
Gears:
Replace gears that show any signs of wear or breakage. Look for these
problems:
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Thinned gear teeth.
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Bent or missing gear teeth; check especially where a metal gear drives
a plastic gear.
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Fractured or cracked gears.
Belts:
Inspect the belts for wear. There are four rubber belts in the printer: a belt
from the head motor to the head lift cam, a belt from the drum motor to the
drum pulley, and a belt from the lower eject roller to the upper eject roller. Look
for these problems:
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Loose rubber particles below the belts indicate a worn belt.
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Missing teeth in the belts.
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Cracking or moderate fraying; a small amount of fraying is inevitable,
so look for other signs of wear before replacing the belt.
Clutches:
There are two clutches: the paper-pick roller clutch and the alignment
roller clutch. Symptoms of a malfunctioning clutch are the printer not picking
paper from the tray or random skewing of the print. In such cases disassemble
and check inside the suspect clutch for a lack of grease, a broken spring, or worn
gear teeth.
Replacements
Refer to Section 8 for replacement procedures.
Thermal head:
Replace the thermal head after every 10,000 prints if a decline in
print quality warrants it.
Head lift motor:
Replace the head lift motor after 20,000 prints
Transfer roll take-up motor:
Replace after 20,000 prints
Paper feed motor:
Replace the paper feed motor after 20,000 prints.
Drum belt:
Replace the drum belt after 20,000 prints.
Torque limiter:
Replace the transfer roll torque limiter after 20,000 prints.
