ProcedureFilm transportInstallation

Loading Film into the Input Tray

Load a new film pack into the DryStar 5300's Input tray — unwrap it clear of the open tray, slide the film in, strip its plastic bag and tape, apply the film-identification sticker(s) from the accessories box, and close the tray so the printer can automatically read the pack's Film Identification-TAG and adjust its own settings.

Applies to

Drystar 5300, Type 5365 (source Chapter 1 §3.2, Controls, Connections and Set Up Procedures, DD+DIS346.05E, Edition 1 Revision 10, 2006-01-26, document p.44-47). Covers loading a film pack into the Input tray — the same Input tray hardware that has its own separate replacement procedure elsewhere in this corpus (different source document).

Personnel

Basic — every step is hand-only film handling (open tray, open film pack, remove sticker/wrap/tape, slide film in, apply film-ID sticker(s), close tray); no tools, screws, torque values, or electrical work are called out anywhere in this section. Source assigns no formal skill-level label (skill assessed from procedure content, not an OEM-stated level).

Steps

10 steps

Source

DD+DIS346.05E — Drystar 5300, Controls, Connections and Set Up Procedures, Chapter 1 §3.2 "Film Loading" (chapter-footer "Chapter 1/12" through "Chapter 1/15"), Edition 1, Revision 10 (2006-01-26), document p.44-47.

Tools & parts

Item	Part number	Qty
Film pack	n/a in source	1
Film identification sticker(s)	n/a in source	—

Safety

NOTICE

Hazard: Opening the film pack directly above the open Input tray.

Consequence: Source states only that this risks dust particles falling into the tray during unwrapping — it does not spell out the resulting print defect in this section. Source labels this a plain "Note:", not a formal signal word; normalized here to NOTICE as an equipment/output-quality-protection point (no personal-injury phrasing in source), following this corpus's established precedent for unlabeled equipment-protection remarks. (Normalization judgment — not itself in source.)

Avoidance: Open the film pack away from the open Input tray, not directly above it.

Full step-by-step for Loading Film into the Input Tray

All 10 steps are documented in the FSELIB DryStar 5300 service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.

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Related Film transport guides

Adjusting the Film Positioner Unit to 11x14 Inch9 steps Replace the Extension cable block module11 steps Replace the Input block module7 steps Replace the Input tray10 steps Replace the Output module0 steps Replace the Pick up module8 steps

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Source: DD+DIS346.05E — Drystar 5300, Controls, Connections and Set Up Procedures, Chapter 1 §3.2 "Film Loading" (chapter-footer "Chapter 1/12" through "Chapter 1/15"), Edition 1, Revision 10 (2006-01-26), document p.44-47.. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.