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Replacement Procedures and Illustrated Parts List
Motor Assembly, Platen Open
Removal
1. Prepare the printer for maintenance (page 194).
2. Cabinet Model: Remove the paper guide assembly (page 235).
Pedestal Model: Remove the top cover assembly (page 210).
3. Cabinet Model: Remove the card cage fan (page 216).
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 283,
Figure 49).
5. Loosen the two 5/16 inch motor mount screws (page 285, Figure 50).
6. Loosen the 1/16 hex pulley setscrew and remove the motor pulley and
platen open belt.
7. Trace the platen open motor cables back to the controller board,
releasing the cables from the tie-wraps. (See cable routing diagram on
page 306.)
8. Disconnect connector P106 from the controller board.
9. Trace the platen open motor cables to the connector shell and remove
the platen open cable connector from the connector shell (page 198).
NOTE: Some platen open 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.