Disassembly and Assembly

Removing the Rear Frame Assembly

1.Remove the paper guide assembly, ribbon, top cover, front cover, paper eject cover, and tractor unit. (See page 4-5.)

2.Remove the panel unit. (See page 4-6.)

3.Remove the upper housing assembly. (See page 4-8.)

4 . Remove the printer mechanism. (See page 4-9.)

5.Remove the platen assembly. (See page 4-10.)

6.Remove the four CBS (M3x8) screws securing the left frame of the printer mechanism, and the nut and washer securing the adjust lever. Remove the parallelism adjustment bushing.

Remove the left frame.

7.Remove the FFC cables from the right frame of the printer mechanism, and then the two CBS (M3x8) screws securing the right frame.

8.Remove the rear frame assembly.

9.Push the clip on the back of the rear frame assembly. Slide out the rear frame.

Hexagon Nut/frfd??iAOutside ToothedLock Washer

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CBS (M3X8)

Parallelism Adjustment Bushing

Rear Paper Guide Assembly

Figure 4-9. Removing the Rear Frame Assembly

Epson FX-870/1170

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