Epson TM-FX2180 manual Ffc

EPSON FX-2180 Service Manual

Table 3-8. Repairing the Printer Mechanism (Continued)

Problem Symptom Cause Checkpoint Solution

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

Table 3-8. Repairing the Printer Mechanism (Continued)

Problem Symptom Cause Checkpoint Solution

Carriage operation is abnormal.

The carriage	There is a lack	∙	Move the	Replace
moves slightly	of lubrication,		carriage by	the oil
and then stops.	or foreign		hand to check if	pad.
	material is		it moves	Remove
	stuck on the		smoothly.	the CR
	CR shaft or oil	∙	Check the CR	shaft,
	pad.		shaft and oil	clean it,
			pad to see if	and then
			they are	lubricate
			sufficiently	it.
			lubricated.
	The HP sensor	Check the		Replace
	is defective.	operation of the		the HP
		HP sensor. (See		sensor.
		Table 3-2.)
	Foreign	Check the HP		Remove
	material is	sensor.		any
	lodged			foreign
	between the			material.
	HP sensor
	terminals.
	The HP sensor	Check the		Connect
	is not properly	connection.		CN4.
	connected to
	CN4.
The carriage	The HP sensor	Check the		Replace
moves left	is defective.	operation of the		the HP
(toward the		HP sensor. (See		sensor.
home position)		Table 3-2.)
and strikes the
printer frame.

Printing is	No image is	The common	Check the	Replace
abnormal.	printed.	wires in the	common wires	the print
		print head FFC	in the print head	head FFC.
		are dis-	FFC.
		connected or
		there is no
		continuity.
	The printer	The print head	Measure the coil	Replace
	does not print	is defective.	resistance of the	the print
	certain dots.		print head. It	head.
			should be
			approx. 16.4 Ω.
			(See Table 3-1.)
		The common	Check the	Replace
		wires in the	continuity in the	the print
		print head FFC	FFC.	head FFC.
		are dis-
		connected, or
		there is no
		continuity.

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