Changing The Print Head - Epson FX Series User Manual

O-2 lubricant on the shafts and platen bearings, wiping off excess with
cloth. Use G-2 sparingly on ribbon feed, line feed, and carriage return
drive gears, every five million lines.

Changing the Print Head

The expected life of an FX print head is about
ters (assuming an average of
dealer for FX print head replacements.
To remove the old print head:
If you have been printing, turn the printer OFF for about
to allow the print head to cool. Next, remove the protective lid and
ribbon cartridge. Flip the head lock lever shown in Figure
the back of the printer.
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Figure I-1. Print head replacement
100,000,000
dots per character). See your Epson
charac-
minutes
15
toward
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