Note: The printer cleaning kit ships with the printer. It contains swabs and a squeeze bottle to be filled with the Isoproply Alcohol. The Cutter Cleaning Tool (B31-CCT) also ships with the printer but more can be purchased as an accessory.
To clean the cutter blade, first remove the side panel.
Open the printer cover.
From the inside of the printer, use a tool (such as a screwdriver) to push the panel release catch in on the left and right side of the printer.
Pull the panel out.
To remove the black roller:
Slightly pull the snap tab toward you while lifting the roller to release the catch. Perform this action on both sides of the roller (left and right).
When free of the catches, lift the roller out.
Using a cotton swab, clean the cutter area.
To return the black roller to its original position:
Align the tabs with the insertion slots, then snap the roller into place.
To replace the gray panel:
Hook the three loops on the bottom of the panel over the blue tabs on the printer, then push the panel up into place.
Unscrew the XY plotter thumbscrew completely to remove it.
Grasp the cutter module and gently pull up to remove it from the carriage.
Using a magnetic screw driver (so screws do not drop into the printer) remove the upper guide screw.
To remove the upper guide, gently loosen the unscrewed end of the upper guide, then swing the guide out from under the XY cutter carriage.
Use a moistened wipe from the cleaning kit to clean the upper guide.
Remove the cut pad screws.
Gently pull up on the tab to loosen the cut pad, then swing the cut pad out from underneath the XY cutter carriage to remove it.
Use a moistened wipe from the cleaning kit to clean the cut pad.
To reinstall the cut pad and upper guide:
Tuck the left edge of the cut pad underneath the cutter module carriage, then swing the right edge back into place, lining up the holes for the screws.
Re-insert the two screws into the aligned holes and tighten.
Tuck the left edge of the upper guide underneath the cutter module carriage, on top of thecut pad, aligning the hole on the right side with the empty screw hole.
Replace the upper guide screw into the screw hole and tighten.
Replace the cutter module by placing the flat surface of the collar against the carriage, then inserting the cutter module into the carriage.
Insert the thumbscrew in the hole on the side of the cutter module carriage and tighten until it clicks.
Loosen the T20 screws on the two left media guides, then carefully lift the media guide up to expose the sensors underneath.
Using a pre-moistened foam swab, gently insert the swab under the media guides and wipe the surface of the sensors. Do not allow the alcohol to drip from the swab.
Clean the other three sensors indicated above.
After cleaning the sensors, carefully lower the media guide, then tighten the screw.
Wipe the two other sensors in the media feed path. (Outlined in the figure above.)
Also, wipe the sensor under the cutting mechanism in the media exit chute. (Outlined inthe figure above.)
