Cleaning the Fixing Assembly
If the fixing assembly is dirty, the printout may get smudged. To clean the fixing assembly, perform the following procedure. Note that you cannot clean the fixing assembly when the machine has documents waiting to be printed. To clean the fixing assembly, you need plain A4 or Letter size paper. Set the paper in the paper drawer or multi-purpose tray before performing the following procedure. Loading Paper
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Prior to performing cleaning, make sure that there remains a sufficient amount remaining in the toner cartridges. Checking the Remaining Amount of Consumables |
For MF746Cdw / MF745Cdw / MF743Cdw / MF741Cdw
There are two ways of cleaning, from which you should choose one depending on how the paper is smudged. To clean the fixing assembly, first perform <Clean Fixing Assembly (Reduce Paper Back Side Stain)>. If this results in no effect, then try <Clean Fixing Assembly>.
Clean Fixing Assembly (Reduce Paper Back Side Stain)
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Cleaning will be more effective if it is performed about one hour after completion of the previous printing session. You can also configure so that cleaning is automatically performed in effective timing. <Auto Clean Fixing Assembly> |
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Select <Menu> in the Home screen. Home Screen
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Select <Adjustment/Maintenance> 
<Maintenance>.
<Maintenance>.3
Select <Clean Fixing Assembly (Reduce Paper Back Side Stain)>.
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Check that the size and type of paper displayed on the screen is loaded in the machine, and select <OK>.
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Select <Start>.
Cleaning starts. When a message appears notifying that cleaning is complete, press 
to return to the Home screen.
to return to the Home screen.When <Clean Fixing Assembly (Reduce Paper Back Side Stain)> is complete, a sheet of blank paper is ejected. If the symptom does not improve, then also perform <Clean Fixing Assembly>.
Clean Fixing Assembly
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Select <Menu> in the Home screen. Home Screen
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Select <Adjustment/Maintenance> <Maintenance>.
<Maintenance>.3
Select <Clean Fixing Assembly>.
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Check that the size and type of paper displayed on the screen is loaded in the machine, and select <OK>.
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Select <Start>.
Cleaning starts. When a message appears notifying that cleaning is complete, press to return to the Home screen.
to return to the Home screen.When <Clean Fixing Assembly> is complete, a sheet of paper with a printed pattern is ejected.
For MF644Cdw / MF642Cdw / MF641Cw
Clean Fixing Assembly
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Select <Menu> in the Home screen. Home Screen
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Select <Adjustment/Maintenance> <Maintenance>.
<Maintenance>.3
Select <Clean Fixing Assembly>.
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Check that the size and type of paper displayed on the screen is loaded in the machine, and select <OK>.
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Select <Start>.
Cleaning starts. When a message appears notifying that cleaning is complete, press to return to the Home screen.
to return to the Home screen.When <Clean Fixing Assembly> is complete, a sheet of paper with a printed pattern is ejected.