Epson TM-FX2180 manual Troubleshooting

EPSON FX-2180 Service Manual

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

Problem	Symptom	Cause	Checkpoint	Solution
Paper	When you turn	Foreign	Remove and	Remove
feeding is	on the printer, it	material is	check the platen.	any foreign
abnormal.	ejects the	lodged		material
	paper auto-	between the		from the
	matically and a	front or rear PE		platen.
	paper out error	sensor and the
	occurs.	platen.
		CN5 or CN6 is	Check the	Connect
		disconnected.	connections.	CN5 and/or
				CN6.
		The front or	Check the	Replace
		rear PE sensor	operation of the	the front or
		is defective.	front and rear PE	rear PE
			sensors. (See	sensor.
			Table 3-2.)
	When you load	The TOP	Check the	Connect
	paper, the	sensor’s FFC is	connection.	the FFC.
	printer ejects it	not properly
	automatically.	connected to
		CN7.
		The FFC is	Check the FFC’s	Replace
		defective.	continuity using a	the FFC.
			multimeter.
		The TOP	Check the	Replace
		sensor is	operation of the	the TOP
		defective.	TOP sensor.	sensor.
			(See Table 3-2.)

Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

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

Problem	Symptom	Cause	Checkpoint	Solution
Paper	The printer loads	CN12 is not	Check the	Connect CN12.
feeding is	single-sheet	connected	connection.
abnormal.	paper correctly,	properly.
	but does not
	load continuous
	paper at all.
		One of the	Check the	Replace the
		paper release	operation of the	paper release
		sensors is	paper release	sensor.
		defective.	sensors. (See
			Table 3-2.)
Ribbon	The printer does	The ribbon	Remove the	Replace the
feeding is	not feed the	cartridge is	cartridge, and	ribbon
abnormal.	ribbon.	defective.	turn the ribbon	cartridge.
			feed knob by
			hand to check if
			the ribbon
			cartridge feeds
			the ribbon
			normally.
		Foreign	Check the	Remove any
		material is	ribbon driving	foreign material
		caught in the	gears.	caught in the
		ribbon driving		gears or
		gears.		replace the
				ribbon
				cartridge.
	The ribbon feeds	The ribbon	Move the	Replace the
	properly only	driving gears	carriage by	ribbon driving
	when the	are defective.	hand to check if	mechanism.
	carriage moves		the gears
	in one direction.		function
			normally.

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