Disassembling The Printer Mechanism - Epson LQ-1170 Service Manual

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3.2.5 Disassembling the Printer Mechanism

This section describes how to disassemble the main components of the printer mechanism.
3.2.5.1 Removing the Carriage Motor
1. Remove the printer mechanism from the lower case, as described in Section 3.2.4.
2. Remove the printer spring (1 056 gm) from the base frame and the carriage motor frame.
3. Remove the timing belt from the belt pulley.
4. Remove the carriage motor frame from the right frame.
5. Remove the two CBS(0) (M3 X 6) screws that hold the carriage motor to the carriage motor frame.
Remove the carriage motor.
See Section 3.2.5.15 for details on arranging and positioning the motor cable.
After removing the carriage motor from the carriage motor frame, you must adjust the carriage motor '
backlash (see Section 4.1. 1). You also must. adjust the bidirectional print position to ensure that
bidirectional printing is correctly aligned. (See Section 4.2.)
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Motor Frame
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Figure 3-11. Removing the Carriage Motor
Assembly and Adjustment Notes
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CR M,otor
CBS(O)
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