Carriage Unit Removal - Epson Stylus Pro Service Manual

Stylus Pro Service Manual

3.2.5.2 Carriage Unit Removal

1. Remove the printer mechanism. (See Section 3.2.4.)
2. Move the carriage to the left side of the printer while pressing the hook that fixes the carriage to the
home position.
3. Remove the 2 CBS (O) (M3 6) screws securing the front frame to both side frames.
CBS(O) (M3x6)
Front Frame
4. Remove the cartridge holder with from the carriage unit. (See Section 3.2.5.1.)
5. Release the carriage timing belt from the belt pulley while pressing the pulley lever.
6. Remove the grounding wire from the left side frame.
7. Remove 2 parallelism adjustment bushings from both side frames.
8. Lift the carriage unit with the carriage guide shaft out of the printer mechanism.
Grounding Wire
r Take proper measures to protect the printhead unit from static electricity, because the driver IC
is directly attached to the printhead unit.
r Never touch the metallic nozzle surface cover of the printhead. Handle it only by holding the
edges of the printhead.
r When the printhead or the printer mechanism is replaced, the block resistor must be replaced at
locations RM4, RM5, RM11 and RM12 on the C164 MAIN Board.
r Platen gap adjustment (See Chapter 4.)
Rev.A
Figure 3-12. Front Frame Removal
Parallelism
Adjustment Bushing
Figure 3-13. Carriage Unit Removal
Disassembly and Assembly
Ho ok
CBS(O) (M3x6)
Pulley Lever
Parallelism
Adjustment Bushing
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