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BEFORE USING THE MACHINE
CLEANING THE LASER UNIT
When the laser unit inside the machine becomes dirty, line patterns (coloured lines) may form in the printed image.
Follow the steps below to clean the laser unit.
Identifying lines (colored lines) caused by a dirty laser unit
• Coloured lines always appear in the same place. (The lines are never black.)
• The coloured lines are parallel to the direction of paper feeding.
Coloured Line
Direction of
paper feeding
1
Press the [POWER] key (
) on the
operation panel to turn off the panel
power, and then switch the main power
switch to the off position.
2
Open the front cover and remove the
toner collection container.
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REPLACING THE TONER COLLECTION
CONTAINER
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Do not point the holes down as used toner will spill out.
3
Remove the cleaning tool for the writing
unit from the front cover.