EPSON FX-2180 Service Manual

4.1.4Service Check After Repair

After you repair the printer and before you return it, use the checklist in Table 4-5 to make sure the printer is operating properly.

Table 4-5. Inspection Checklist for the Repaired Printer

Category

 

Item to

 

Question to Answer

 

Checkmark

 

 

Check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printer unit

 

Print head

 

Are any wires broken?

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

Are any wires worn out?

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not necessary

 

 

Carriage

 

Does the carriage move

 

Checked

 

 

mechanism

 

smoothly?

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

Movement noisy

 

 

 

 

 

 

YMechanism dirty

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanism oily

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the CR motor running

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

at the correct

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

temperature (not

 

 

 

 

 

 

overheating)?

 

 

 

 

Paper

 

Is paper advancing

 

Checked

 

 

advance

 

smoothly?

 

Not necessary

 

 

mechanism

 

Movement noisy

 

 

 

 

 

 

YMechanism dirty

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanism oily

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is the PF motor running

 

YChecked

 

 

 

 

at the correct

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

temperature (not

 

 

 

 

 

 

overheating)?

 

 

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Table 4-5. Inspection Checklist for the Repaired Printer (Continued)

Category

 

Item to

 

Question to Answer

 

Checkmark

 

 

Check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printer unit

 

Paper path

 

Is the type of paper in the

 

Checked

(continued)

 

 

 

printer feeding smoothly?

 

YNot necessary

 

 

 

 

Is the tractor feeding

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

paper correctly?

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

Is the paper path clear of

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

all obstructions?

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

Is the platen free of

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

damage?

 

Not necessary

 

 

Ribbon

 

Is the ribbon mask free of

 

Checked

 

 

mask

 

distortion?

 

Not necessary

Testing

 

Self test

 

Does the self test print

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

correctly?

 

Not necessary

 

 

Online test

 

Does the online test print

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

correctly?

 

Not necessary

Adjustment

 

Print head

 

Is the platen gap adjusted

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

correctly?

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

Is the bidirectional print

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

position adjusted

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

correctly?

 

 

 

 

Default

 

Have the user-change-

 

Checked

 

 

settings

 

able settings been reset

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

to the default settings?

 

 

System

 

ROM

 

What is the ROM

 

Checked

upgrade

 

version

 

version? Install the latest

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

ROM version, if

 

 

 

 

 

 

necessary.

 

 

 

 

Shipment

 

Has the ribbon been

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

removed?

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are all the necessary

 

Checked

 

 

 

 

parts included in the

 

Not necessary

 

 

 

 

shipment?

 

 

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Epson TM-FX2180 manual Service Check After Repair, Category Item to Question to Answer Checkmark