How to Clean Your Printer and Scanner

When you have a two-in-one device, like a printer and scanner combined, you will be using it more than if you just had a printer. It gets dirty quicker, therefore, and must be properly maintained. It’s easy to clean. You should do it regularly to make your machine last.

  • First, turn off your printer and unplug it. You don’t want any shocks during this process.
  • When you open the document cover you see the platen glass. If this is smudged, you will get print and scan jobs that aren’t up to snuff. Just use a clean white cloth that is lint-free and moisten it with a little bit of water. You don’t want to use paper towels or tissues because they leave behind particles on the glass and printer parts.
  • Wipe the glass clean using a circular motion, and then turn to the document cover. Wipe this clean too, with the same type of moistened clean white cloth. Two other parts you’ll need to clean are the transparent sheet inside and the inside of the document feeder.
  • Now open the back of the printer. Using a can of compressed air spray out all the particles and dust in there. Make sure you look for any jammed paper and take out any large pieces of debris.

Remember, you can keep your printer scanner going for a long time by doing this on a regular basis. You can also save money, because you won’t have to take it in for repair as often, if ever.

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Posted by Karla Arostegui - Content Mgr. at 2/1/2010 9:14 AM
Categories: Cleaning Tips, Business Printing
Tags: printer cleaning Scanner
 

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