Epson LQ-570e - Carriage Assembly Removal

EPSON LQ-570e/LQ-580 Revision C
Disassembly and Assembly Disassembly and Assembly
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4.2.9.8 Carriage Assembly Removal
1. Remove the printer mechanism. (See 4.2.7 "Printer Mechanism Removal".)
2. Remove the upper head cable and the lower head cable from the printhead. (See 4.2.1
"Pre-disassembly Procedures".)
3. Remove the platen cover and remove platen. (See 4.2.8 "Platen Removal".)
4. Remove the hexagon nut, release lever, washer and the bushing parallel adjust. (See
the figure below.)
Figure 4-23. Carriage Assembly Removal 1
5. Rotate the adjust parallel bushing until the tab (in the figure, the tab is not visible, for it
is on the back side from this view) enabled to come out of the cutout section of the rear
frame. (See the figure below.) Remove the adjust parallel bushing. Use the parallelism
adjustment spanner if necessary.
Figure 4-24. Carriage Assembly Removal 2
6. Disengage the timing belt from the CR motor.
7. Move the carriage assembly to the far right end, and remove it from the rack of the
front frame with the guide CR shaft.
8. Release the timing belt from 2 clips at the bottom of the carriage assembly.
Release Lever
Hexagon Nut
Bushing Parallel Adjust
Washer
Guide CR Shaft
Rear Frame
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Bushing Parallel Adjust
Washer
Guide CR Shaft