Carriage Frame Assembly; First Character Printing Position Adjustment - Atari 1025 Field Service Manual

CARRIAGE FRAME ASSEMBLY
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Place the carriage
frame
on
the
metal
plate
in
the lower cover
of the
printer.
• Insert
and
tighten the four
side plate
screws
(Figure
4-4, #40)
to
the
bottom metal
plate.
•
Secure the
flat
cable
connector with
the
flat
cable connector screw
(Figure
4-3, #6)
to
the carriage assembly.
•
Attach
the snap levers (Figure
4-1,
#17and 17A)
to
the carriage shaft and
then secure
them
to
the
side
plates with the snap
lever screws (Figure
4-
1,
#16).
•
Attach the space
belt
clamp
(Figure
4-3, #14,15)
to
the carriage
assembly.
•
Follow the procedure
for
INSERTING THE
PRINT
HEAD
on page
4-9.
•
Follow
the
PLATEN/PRINT
HEAD ADJUSTMENT
page 4-6.
•
Follow
the
FIRST
CHARACTER
PRINTING POSITION ADJUSTMENT
below.
•
Follow
UPPER COVER ASSEMBLY
procedure on page 4-10.
FIRST
CHARACTER
PRINTING
POSITION
ADJUSTMENT
EQUIPMENT
•
#2-200
Phillips screwdriver
PROCEDURE
If
the print
head
is
not
lining
up correctly
for printing
the
first
character
make
the
following adjustment.
You
also
need
to
make
this
adjustment
when
you have
disassembled
the carriage
frame
or the base
unit, or
when
you
replace the space
motor
or
space
belt.
• Follow
the
UPPER COVER
DISASSEMBLY
on page
4-1.
• Position the space motor one way
or
the other
so that
when
the
power
is
on
the
print
head
returns and
stops
at
the
home
sensor position
illustrated
in
Figure
4-9 below.
•
If
changing
the position of the space motor
does not
remedy
the problem,
change
the
engagement
of the synchro-belt and
pulley
by one
tooth
or
two.
•
Follow
the
UPPER COVER ASSEMBLY
procedure
(page 4-10).
Atari 1025
Printer
Field Service Manual
4-8