Epson TM200 - 3.4 Inspection and Maintenance

TM200 Service Manual
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3.4 Inspection and Maintenance
Pr ope r p e rfor m a nce of t he i n spect io n and maint enanc e pr oced ures d e scr i bed b e l o w
mak
e s it p o ssible f o r t h is u n it to per f orm for the year s of tr oubl e - f r ee op era t i o n for
which
it is d e si gned .
Maintenanc e Procedures
The in s p ect ion pro ced u r es d e scri bed he re ar e d i v i d e d b e t w een t w o t y pes: d a il y
i
n spect ion , whi ch ca n be per f ormed by the ind i v i d ual s who use the uni t on a d a il y
b
a si s, and per i o d i c i n spect io n, whi ch shoul d b e per f o r med b y ind i v i d u a l s who
hav e a mor e d e t a il ed te chnic a l k nowle dge of the uni t .
Ins p ec ti on i t e m A c ti on
Se t u p C h e ck fo r p r o p er co nn ectio n o f ca bl e s .
C h ec k f o r p r o p er in s ta lla ti on of pa per rol l .
Ma ke sur e t h e p ap e r ro ll co ver an d
cu
tt er co ver are cl o s ed .
Re c o nn e c t any c a bl es t h at h a v e
c
o me lo os e.
C o rrec t ly in s ta ll pa per ro ll.
Cl o s e a ll co ve rs .
Pa pe r pa r t i c le s ,
p
ap e r scra ps,
fo
re ig n m att e r
O p e n t h e pa pe r ro ll co ver a n d ma ke
sure
t h e r e are n o larg e pieces of pa pe r
o r ot h e r for e i g n m a tte r p r e s e n t.
C l ea n ou t an y p ap e r o r f o r e i g n
ma tt er .
D i rt , lin t, a n d du s t
in
s i d e
co mp onen t s
C h ec k f o r d ir t , li nt , an d d u s t in t h e p ap e r
pat h .
Ch eck fo r a n y fore ign ma tt er on t h e
su rf a c e of o r in t h e pap e r end sen s o r .
Ch eck i f t h e pl at en ro ll er h a s becom e
wh i t e w i t h pape r pa r t i c l e s .
U s e a va cu u m cl e a n e r t o co m p l e t e l y
re
mo v e a ll d i rt , lin t, a n d du s t .
W i pe away fo rei g n m att er wit h pape r
o r so me o t her so ft m a teri a l.
W i pe o ff t he ro ll er wi t h a co tt o n swa b
mo is t e ne d wi th w at e r .
Springs C h e ck t h e fra m e sh ut t e r spri n g an d al l
o t h e r spri n g s fo r d efo rma t ion an d
di s c onne c t i o n.
I f y o u di s c ov er a pr o b l e m , c o rr e c t l y
in
s ta ll t h e sp rin g o r rep l a c e it wi t h a
n e w o n e .
Ope r at i o n Che c k f o r ab nor mal noi s e d u ri ng
op er at i o n a n d any ab nor mal pr i n ti n g .
Co rrec t an y pro b lem s in a cco rda n ce
wit
h th e Tr o u b l e s h oot in g Gu i d e i n
Chap
te r 4 .
Cleaning
Th e r m a l h e ad
Caution:
 Tur n of f th e pr in te r po we r b e f o re cl e a n i n g .
 Not e t h at th e therma l h e ad (t h e rmal elemen t an d r a dia t i o n pla t e) bec o mes v e ry
hot d u ri n g nor m a l o p e r at io n, cre at i n g th e d a ng e r o f b u rn i n jury. Be sure t o wa i t f o r
ab ou t 10 mi nu te s a f t e r tu r n in g pr in ter po wer of f bef o re b egin n i n g th e cle a ni n g .