Adjustment Tools Required; Printer Adjustment; Printer Hardware Adjustments - Epson STYLUS Scan 2500 Service Manual

EPSON Stylus Scan 2500

5.1.1 Adjustment Tools Required

Table 5-3 below shows necessary adjustment tools.
Table 5-3. Adjustment Tools Required
No. Name Adjustment Item
1 Thickness Gauge Parallelism Adjustment 1.04 mm
Adjustment
2 Mechanism Settings
Program
Never use a bent (curved or tilted) or rusty thickness
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gauge.
Remove any dirt, grease or obstacles on the thickness
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gauge before you use it.
Adjustment

5.2 Printer Adjustment

This section explains detailed adjustment procedures for the printer
mechanism such as parallelism adjustment and using the adjustment
program to enter market and Head ID information (see page 124).
Contents/Spec.
NOTE: The adjustment program for the Stylus Scan is not an
Program for Production;
P00A10W
The following section describes the physical adjustments that must be
performed. See "Using the Service-Adjustment Program" on page 116 for
details on adjustments performed using the adjustment program.

5.2.1 Printer hardware adjustments

5.2.1.1 Parallelism Adjustment
When replacing the carriage assembly or removing it during printer
mechanism disassembly, perform the parallelism adjustment during re-
assembling and set the standard distance from the surface of the printhead to
the paper surface.
[RIGHT PARALLELISM ADJUSTMENT]
1. Install the "parallelism adjustment bushing" for right and left frame
2. Make sure the PG lever is pulled forward (small gap position).
Printer Adjustment
exclusive service program; it is actually the production
program used at the factory during assembly. However, for
the purposes of the this manual, it will be called the
adjustment program except when refering to the Smart menu
icon.
Do not scratch the special coated surface of the PF roller
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assembly or the ribbed surface of the front paper guide; B.
Be careful not to scratch or leave anything such as dirt on
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the surface of the printhead. (Never use a rusty or dirty
thickness gauge. Also, do not push the thickness gauge
hard against the head.)
and set them on the peaking of the upper frame side so that they
match with "the standard mark of parallelism adjustment bushing".
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