Which of these items would you most likely find in a thermal printer maintenance kit?
A) Isopropyl alcohol
B) Printer carriage
C) Print head
D) Fuser unit
E) An oscillating fan
The answer: A) Isopropyl alcohol
A thermal printer has very few moving parts and the entire print mechanism is a single heating element. You won’t find a printer carriage, print head, or fuser unit in a thermal printer. Isopropyl alcohol is commonly used to keep the thermal printer heating element and feed rollers clean.
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