| Maintaining your fax machine is easier than you think. | | | | Cleaning your fax machine really is an easy process. |
| Keeping your office equipment maintained will help | | | | First, unplug the telephone line, then the power cord. |
| your organization keep costs down by extending the | | | | Then wipe any dirt off of the exterior of the unit using |
| time between repairs and eventual replacement. | | | | a slightly damp cloth. Next, to clean the scanner, |
| Fax machines use a scanner assembly to create an | | | | moisten a piece of lint-free cloth with Isopropyl alcohol |
| image of the document you want to send. Over time | | | | and use it to remove any dirt from the glass cover of |
| the scanner glass component will accumulate ink from | | | | the scanner. Next, to clean the print head, moisten |
| the documents that are being scanned and this will | | | | another lint-free cloth with Windex then wipe the edge |
| cause the facsimile on the receiving end to have spots | | | | of the print head until the dirt is removed. Finally, |
| and other marks that were not a part of the original | | | | reconnect the power cord, then the telephone line |
| document. When printing a document your fax | | | | cord. The simple maintenance of your fax machine is |
| machine utilizes a print head, which through general | | | | now complete. |
| use, will gain spots that will affect the quality of the | | | | At some point in your fax machine's life the quality of |
| prints of the documents you receive. Cleaning the | | | | the documents that are transmitted will begin to |
| scanner glass and print head is an easy process that | | | | degrade. Unless there has been physical damage to |
| will both save your organization money and improve | | | | the scanner glass or print head a simple cleaning will |
| the quality of the documents you send and receive. | | | | restore much of the quality that has been lost. |