Instruction manual

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Replacement Procedures and
Illustrated Parts List
Motor Assembly, Platen Open
Removal
1. Prepare the printer for maintenance (page 4–2).
2. Remove the paper path (page 5–29).
3. Remove the card cage fan (page 5–17).
4. Remove the platen open belt cover by squeezing the top and bottom to
release the plastic tabs from the slots in the side plate (page 5–67,
Figure 5–14).
5. Loosen the two 5/16 inch motor mount screws (page 5–69, Figure 5–15).
6. Loosen the 1/16 inch hex pulley setscrew and remove the motor pulley
and platen open belt.
7. Trace the platen open motor cables back to connector P106 the controller
board, releasing the cables from the tie–wraps. (See cable routing
diagram on page A–10.)
8. Disconnect connector shell P106 from the controller board.
9. Remove the platen open motor cable connector from the connector shell
(page 5–8).
NOTE: Some motors are mounted with nuts and bolts; other motors have
threaded flanges, eliminating the need for nuts.
10. Remove the two 5/16 inch motor mount screws (and nuts, if present).
11. Remove the platen open motor assembly.