Rice Lake Star DP8340 Dot Matrix - Service Manual - Manual (Page 13)

9 2. Notice of the Repair Operation
Star Micronics America, Inc.
Be careful of the handling of a product at the repair as below.
= Storage of a product =
(1) We recommend the following storage condition for our products:
The temperature: Less than 45 degrees.
The humidity: Less than 70%.
A thing without condensation
Dew condensation or humid environment cause rust and damage.
(2) Shut out the sunlight.
(3) Don’t put a product on the floor directly. (Put the product on the palette.)
(4) Cover a product (carton box) for protection of coming dust and such foreign
substance after opening the package.
(5) Don’t put each product without carton box.
= Assembly and checking operation =
(6) We recommend the following working condition for your production line.
Environment
Temperature :
Less than 25 degrees.
Humidity : Less than 55%.
(7) Use gloves and finger sack when touch a printer.
(Please do not touch directly with hands.)
If frame or chassis are touched directly with hands, it will become easy to
generate rust.
(8) Protect a product against static electricity.
For example, prepare earth band for workers, ground the working table
and testing tools.
(9) Don’t loose Screws and modify a product.
(10) Don’t connect or disconnect cable (or flat cable) with a product when
test tool power on.
(11) Please replace the cable (or flat cable) to connect with test tool
periodically because the pattern of cable top is easily damaged.
(12) If test tool is damaged, a printer is also damaged.
Therefore be careful of state of test tool. And we recommend to prepare
protection circuit between test tool and our product.
(13) The control board should be passed the customer’s testing.
Because our product may be destroyed if control board is broken.
(14) Since the causes of generating differ, please distinguish and manage
the defect products in a receiving inspection and the assembly line’s
inspection.