Black Head Angular Adjustment - Epson STYLUS 3000 Service Manual

4.1.4 Black Head Angular Adjustment

This adjustment must be made when replacing or disassembling the black printhead. Each printhead is
held by the compression spring to the supporting point of the CR unit and the angle adjust lever located
under the printhead. The adjust lever is used to swing the black printhead in parallel to the printing
surface. With this operation, the nozzles on the printhead are aligned parallel to the paper feed direction.
1. Connect the printer and the host computer with a parallel interface cable.
2. Run the adjustment program in the host computer.
3. Input the market code. (Refer to Section 4.1.2.)
4. Move the cursor using
"Return" key, and the Adjustment & Check menu appears.
5. Move the cursor using
printer prints the angle adjustment pattern.
6. See the pattern and follow the flowchart in Page 4-8 to align the vertical lines continuously by making
the gap width less than 1/4 of the line width.
7. After making the adjustment, press one of the following keys:
[SPACE]
[0]
[RETURN]
[ESC]
8. Perform one of the followings:

Select R.Return using

Select other adjustment using
adjustment. (Select R.Return using
menu when all necessary adjustments are done.)
9. Move the cursor using
program.


Lift up the tip of the lever when moving the head angle adjust lever.


Be sure to fit the notch on the lever to the one of the adjusting holes to secure the set position.


The head angle adjust lever is breakable. Therefore, be careful not to apply too much forth.
Rev. A
Figure 4-4. Head Angular Adjustment
or key to select "2. Adjustment & Check" from the Main menu. Then press
or key to select "2. Angle Adjustment"
Retry the operation.
Enter a cleaning sequence.
Quit the operation and return to the Adjustment and Check menu.
Return to the Adjustment and Check menu without changing the current settings.
or key to and press "Return" key to return to the Main menu.
or
or key to select "
key to and press "Return" key to make the selected
or key to and press "Return" key to return to the main

.END" and press "Return" key to exit the adjustment
CAUTION
EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000

Then press "Return" key, and the
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