Fujitsu FI-4120C Configuration guide

Cleaning and Maintenance
fi-4120C Image Scanner
P3PC-E007-01EN

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DAILY CARE
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This chapter describes how to clean the scanner.
5.1 Cleaning Materials and Locations and Cleaning Cycle
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5.2 Cleaning the ADF........................................................ 58
WARNING
When cleaning the scanner, turn off the
power, and unplug the AC cable from the
outlet.

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5.1 Cleaning Materials and
Locations and Cleaning Cycle
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■Cleaning Materials
The table below shows the cleaning materials that re used on this
scanner.
For details on Cleaner F1, consult the agent where you bought your
scanner.
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■Locations That Needs To Be Cleaned
Same location in the ADF must be cleaned regularly with a soft, dry
cloth moistened with Cleaner F1.
Cleaning Materials Remarks
Cleaner F1
(or isopropyl alcohol)
1 bottle
Moisten cloth with this fluid and wipe
the scanner clean.
Soft, dry cloth

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■Cleaning Cycle
The following table shows the standard cleaning cycle for each
location that needs to be cleaned.
Location Standard Cleaning Cycle
Pad ASY Clean every 1000 scanned sheets.
Pick roller
Feed roller
Plastic roller
Sheet guide
Glass
ATTENTION
The scanner must be cleaned more frequently
when the following documents are used:
•Documents of coated paper
•Documents with printed text or graphics
almost covering the entire surface
•Chemically treated documents such as
carbonless paper
•Documents containing a large amount of
calcium carbonate
•Documents with lots of pencil-written areas

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5.2 Cleaning the ADF
As a rule, clean the ADF every 1,000 scanned sheets. This,
however, depends on the type of document you are scanning. For
example, the ADF sometimes must be cleaned more frequently
when toner has not sufficiently adhered to the document.
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■Cleaning the ADF
The following parts needs to be cleaned in the ADF unit:
•Pad ASY
•Pick roller
•Feed roller
•Plastic roller
•Sheet guide
•Glass
CAUTION
When the scanner is in use, the surface of the
glass inside the ADF becomes hot.
Before cleaning ADF, disconnect the AC
adapter from the power outlet, and wait at
least 15 minutes for the glass to cool down.

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The following shows the procedure for cleaning the ADF.
1. Open the ADF by pushing on the ADF button and
turning the ADF cover to the front.
CAUTION
Be careful, the ADF cover may close and
pinch your finger.
ADF button
The front portion

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2. Clean the following locations with a soft, dry
cloth moistened with Cleaner F1.
Pick roller (One pieces)
Plastic rollers (Four pieces)
Sheet guide
(A white portion,
Two parts)
Glass(Two parts)
Feed rollers (Four pieces)
Pad ASY

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•Pad ASY
Clean the Pad ASY (rubber surface) downwards (direction of
arrow). When doing this, take care not to catch the pick
springs to avoid bending.
•Pick roller
Lightly clean the Pick rollers taking care not to scratch the
roller surfaces and the Mylar sheet. Take particular care when
cleaning these rollers, as black foreign matter on these rollers
affects document pick performance.
Pick spring
The portion to clean
Mylar sheet (Transparent)

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•Feed roller
Follow the procedure below while rotating the Feed rollers to
clean the rollers.
1) Open the ADF by pushing on the ADF button and
turning the ADF cover to the front.
Open the ADF cover with the operator panel
indicating anything other than "P" or "0". The Feed
rollers do not rotate even if you open the ADF cover
with "P" or "0" displayed and perform step 2).
2) Simultaneously hold down the "Send to" and "Scan"
buttons on the operator panel.
The Feed rollers start to rotate slowly.
For details on where the "Send to" and "Scan" buttons
are located, see "1.3 Operator panel."
3) Hold a soft, dry cloth moistened with cleaning fluid
against the surface of the rotating Feed rollers so that
it lightly cleans the surface of the rollers. Take
particular care when cleaning these rollers as black
foreign matter on these rollers affects document pick
performance.
As a guideline, seven simultaneous presses of the
"Send to" and "Scan" buttons cause the Feed rollers
to rotate one full turn.
CAUTION
In step2, four Feed rollers turn at
the same time.
When cleaning the Feed roller,
be careful as your hand may
easily contacts the Feed roller.

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•Sheet guide(Especially a white portion)
Clean lightly.
•Glass
Clean lightly.
HINT
When white portion of the sheet guide or
glass surface become dirty, black vertical
streaks sometimes appear in the scanned
image.

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3. Press down on the center of the ADF to return it
to its original position until the ADF button locks.
ATTENTION
After the ADF is returned to its original
position, make sure that the ADF is
completely closed. An incompletely closed
ADF might cause document jams or
scanning problems.
Press center of
ADF.

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REPLACING CONSUMABLES
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CONSUMABLES
This chapter describes how to replace scanner consumables.
This chapter explains samples of the screens in Windows®XP.
The screens and operations may differ slightly if the OS that you
are using is other than Windows®XP.
Also, when FUJITSU TWAIN32 is updated the screens and
operations noted in this chapter will differ slightly.
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6.2 Replacing the Pad ASY .............................................. 74
6.3 Replacing the Pick Roller........................................... 80
WARNING
Turn off the power and unplug the AC adapter
from the outlet when changing the scanners
consumable products.

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6.1 Consumable and
Replacement Cycle
The following table shows the specifications of consumables and
their standard replacement cycle.
The above replacement cycles assume the following condition.
•A4-size, woodfree paper
•The paper that meets the quality of Section 8.2
This cycle varies according to the document being used, and how
frequently the user uses and cleans the scanner.
Description Specifications Standard Replacement
Cycle
Pad ASY PA03289-0002 50,000 sheets or one year
Pick roller PA03289-0001 100,000 sheets or one
year
ATTENTION
Use only the specified consumables. Do not use
other consumables.

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■Standard Consumable Replacement Cycle
You can learn when to replace consumables and the number of
uses on the scanner application.
The following shows the procedure for doing this.
1. When turning on the power, check that the
scanner and the personal computer are
connected.
See "2.2 Connecting the Scanner to a PC" for information
about connecting the scanner to a personal computer.
2. Double click the "Printer and Other Hardware"
icon on the operator panel of the host computer.
The [Printer and Other Hardware] screen is displayed.

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3. In the [Printer and Other Hardware] screen,
double click the "Scanners and Cameras" icon.
The [Scanners and Cameras] screen is displayed.

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4. Double click the "fi-4120Cdj".
(Windows®95 and WindowsNT®4.0, select
"FUJITSU TWAIN 32" icon Select at "Device" and
click the [Properties] button.)

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The [fi-4120Cdj Properties] dialog box appears.

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5. Click the "Device Set" tab.
The following panel appears.
You can confirm the following information in this panel:
•Total number of scans
•Pad counter (approximate number of documents scanned after
replacing the Pad ASY)
•Pick roller counter (approximate number of documents
scanned after replacing the Pick roller)

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The following message sometimes appears when the scanner is
being used:
Replace consumables when this message is displayed.
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■ When Replacing Consumables Immediately
1) Mark the "This message not display again" checkbox.
Note that when the "This message not display again"
checkbox is marked, this message is not displayed until
the consumables counter is reset.
2) To replace consumables after scanning of all current
document sheets is finished, click the [Ignore] button.
To discontinue scanning, and replace the consumables
immediately, click the [Cancel] button.
3) Replace the consumables. For details on how to replace
consumables, see "6.2 Replacing the Pad ASY" and
"6.3 Replacing the Pick Roller."

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■ When Consumables Cannot Be Replaced Immediately
1) To disable display of this message, mark the "This
message not display again" checkbox.
Note that when the "This message not display again"
checkbox is marked, this message is not displayed until
the consumables counter is reset.
To display the message again after scanning 100
sheets, mark the [Warms again after scanning 100
pages] checkbox.
2) To continue scanning of the current document, click the
[Ignore] button.
To discontinue scanning, click the [Cancel] button.
3) Replace the consumable when the following message is
displayed, or as soon as possible before the message is
displayed, as soon as you can. For details on how to
replace consumables, see "6.2 Replacing the Pad ASY"
and "6.3 Replacing the Pick Roller."