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Re: print head stuck on left side of printer with lights flashing

2004-10-04 by wolarsky

I had a similar problem with a 1280, but I have no idea whether its 
relevant to your printer.

There's a cylindrical brass bushing in the print head housing which 
slides along the horizontal shaft.  In my printer, the bushing came 
out of the plastic housing and blocked the print head from moving all 
the way to the left. I took it to an Epson repairman who pushed the 
bushing back into the housing, after which it worked. He tried to 
glue it to the housing, but this didn't work, and I had to push it 
back in when the problem recurred.

Evan


> 
> My print head is stuck on the left side ( this time ) of the 
printer with all the lights flashing. 
> How do I get to the realease button to move the head over to work 
on it?
> 
> john

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