Proper Printer Maintenance Can Extend Your Machine’s Life
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Loading ...If you want your printer to perform at its best levels and to last for the years to come, it is important that you conduct proper printer maintenance on a regular basis. Taking good care of your printer is definitely going to make your printer a lot easier to use.
How do you conduct proper printer maintenance? Proper printer maintenance is actually a day-to-day task. You can take care of your printer in many small ways, and the right printer usage also helps a lot in extending your printer’s life.
Here are some tips to make your printer last longer through proper printer maintenance.
1. Keep the insides of your printer clean. A clean printer means a surface clear of dust. It also means its insides are free from dust and paper debris. Make it a habit to wipe the insides of your printer with clean, lint-free cloth at least once a month. This will prevent paper jams as well as remove any residue that will mar the quality of your prints.
2. Handle your printer with care. Your printer is fragile, so you should handle it carefully. Do not slam its lid or its trays shut, and do not push or drop it. You may end up with loose threads and with the little parts broken off. Also, keep the manual feed tray closed if you are not using it.
3. Prevent paper jams. Preventing paper jams from happening is an integral part of printer maintenance. Paper jams can lead to damage inside your printer. To keep paper jams from happening, avoid printing on torn or folded paper and use the paper grade that meets the minimum requirements of your printer.
4. Avoid static electricity. Static electricity greatly affects the performance of your printer. You can actually avoid that from happening. One such way of doing so is not to fan the sheaf of papers you will load into the printer. People believe it loosens the paper to prevent paper jams, but it actually contributes to static electricity. Storing your paper in a cool and dry place also helps with this as well.
5. Replace worn-out rollers. If your printer uses a roller, part of regular printer maintenance is checking whether it is already worn out. A worn-out printer contributes to paper jams because it has become too slippery to feed the paper into the printer correctly. Once your printer’s roller has come to look glazed, buy a replacement.
6. Buy a service manual. Error messages on your printer flash because of a reason, and these errors must be corrected as soon as possible. So that you would be able to address the error messages that your printer may show you, buy a service manual. If you already have a service manual, keep it where you can make a quick grab for it.
Proper printer maintenance is not that hard to do. It is a simple, day-to-day task that just calls you to watch your printer usage whenever you can.
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February 5th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
It’s also best to ensure you don’t leave your printer unused for too long – this can allow inks to dry out.
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:58 pm
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