Replacing the Print Head | Star Micronics lC-10 manual

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REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD

The dot matrix print head has a life of about 200 million dots, or years of normal use. When printing is too light even after replacing the ribbon, you’ll know that the print head has reached the end of its service life. To replace the print head, follow the procedure below.

As you remove the old print head, note carefully how the cable is threaded, so that you can thread the new cable in the same way.

Caution: When replacing the print head, be careful not to touch the brass gear on the carriage.

Warning: The print head becomes hot during operation. If you have been using the printer, wait awhile so that the print head can cool off.

1.Turn power OFF and unplug the power cord.

2.Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge.

3.Move the print head carriage toward the right until you can see the

connector cover. Remove the connector cover and pull the cable free from the connector.

4.Remove the gear cover by pushing the fulcrums on both sides. At this time, take care not to lose the spring.

5.Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside.

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Star Micronics lC-10 user manual Replacing the Print Head

Contents

LC-IO Helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference HOW to USE this Manual Features of the Printer Table of Contents Commercial Software Download Character Generator Setting UP the Printer Page Mount the platen knob Remove the top cower Hstall the ribbon cartridge Loading Single Sheets Loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Lever Paper parking Short self Test Paper unparking Interface test Long se/f test Adjusting the Printing GAP Figure l-15. DIP switches Switch 1-3 When Page Memo Chapter On Line switch Power indicator Paper Feed switch NLQ Type Style switch This is near-letter-quality Courier Long test pattern Paper Feed switch Short test pattern On Line switch Lprint CHR$I Next Switch combination functions of control panel Switch Combination FunctionsPage Page Page Memo Installing Your Software Using the Printer with Commercial Software Printer command options Alignment Setting the DIP SwitchesUsing Your Software Initialization sequence Type style and pitch selection Embedding printer commands Printer Commands Page HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Using the Printer with DOS and Basic Print README. DOC Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Edlin Nlqelite . DAT Programming the Printer with Basic Acopy NLQELITE.DAT PRN Print README. DOC For Lprint the Spacing has Changed Restore How the program works $=CHR$lB Pica pitch Page Replacing the Ribbon Cleaning the Printer Replacing the Print Head Replacing the print head If printing is faint, incomplete, or unclear If the printer doesn’t printIf fanfold paper becomes stuck If label paper becomes stuck If you have problems with graphics If you have problems with horizontal tabulationIf you have problems with download characters Memo Printing Mechanism Switches IndicatorsNterface and Emulation Dot Matrix Size Co/our PrintingCharacter Sets Dimensions Weight Paper SpecificationsType Styles and Pitches Option Electrical SpecificationsLnterface Signals RequirementsPage Memo Select draft quality characters Font Control Commands Select Draft Elite Characters Select italic characters Select Sanserii CharactersSelect Orator characters with small capitals Select Orator characters with lower case Double-strike Printing Printing Stop Overlining Cancel superscript or subscriptStop Start Character SET Commands Colour Printing Commands Select international character set Enable printing of a// character codesSelect IBM character set #7 Select IBM character set #2 Pica Pitch Character Size and Pitch Commands Cancel expanded printing Cancel one-line expanded printing Return to normal height Increase Character SpacingSelect double or quadruple size Print Double-height Characters Size Select Character Set line spacing to n/216 inch Set line spacing to II8 inchSet line spacing to 7172 inch Set line spacing to 716 inch Line feed Execute ESC Set page length to n inches Feed PaperSet top of page at current position Set page length to n lines Margin Cancel top and bottom margins Select vertical tab channel SetTab stops Set vertical tab stops every n lines Set Left margin Horizontal Position Commands Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage return Right Center text Absolute horizontal tab in columns Horizontai TabRelative horizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inches Graphics Commands Print g-pin graphics Convert Graphics Density Define draft download characters Copy Standard characters From ROM into RAM M3... m46 Define NLQ download characters Select NLQ download character set Select Download Character setSelect draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Execute macro instruction Macro Instruction CommandsOther Printer Control Commands Define Macro Instruction Immediate prinl Cancel last lineCancel immediate print Delete Last character Sent Unidirectional printing Set printer on-lineBell Bidirectional printing ASF Reset printerFeed Auto feed Draft character Appendixc Download ChF 12831 NLQ characterPage For I-33 to ~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If S then END Locate 11.1 Print Print Character SET? For BS=BO+CHR$PCC,Y Next Y Character Sets Standardcharacterset C7 w I112128144160176 IBM Character SET #2 101 Hexa Cledma IBM Character SET #l Additional Character SET CHR$ International Character Sets Index 106 Tabulation, 51, 75, 76 LC-10 POWER-UP Functions DIP Switches 12345678901234567 Command Summary in Numeric Order STI ‘cu L L L E L