Moving The Carriage Unit - Ricoh D124-17 Service Manual

5. Lift the cover and remove it.

Moving the Carriage Unit

Before You Begin
While the machine is idle, the carriage unit always resides on the right side of the machine where the
maintenance unit caps cover the print heads to prevent them from drying out. However, some
maintenance procedures require uncapping the print heads and then moving the carriage unit to the
center of the platen, or to the far left side of the platen.
Using SP2102-004 is the best way to move the carriage unit, but you can also uncap the print heads
and move the carriage unit manually. For example, you may need to move the carriage out of the home
position manually when you already have the machine partially disassembled and realize that you must
move the carriage unit.
There may be occasions when you need to return the maintenance unit to the home position manually to
prevent the print heads from drying out.
• If the machine is partially disassembled at the end of the work day, the print heads should be
capped manually before leaving the machine to sit for more than an hour.
• If the machine was operating when a power outage occurred, leaving the carriage unit out of the
home position, you will need to cap the print heads if power cannot be restored within a short time.
Move the Carriage Unit with SP2102-4
Before you turn the machine off for a service procedure that requires that the carriage be out of the
home position.
1. Go into the System SP mode.
2. Open SP2102-4
Common Procedures
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