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Re: how to move carriage manually?1160

2002-01-13 by antonisphoto

FWIW, I second Nij's position: It's standard procedure for me to unlock the 
head (power off first), move it, do whatever, then slide it back to the right and 
lock it. Or leave it alone and let Epson park it  on power on- but it takes longer, 
that's all.

Antonis

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Nij" <nigel@m...> wrote:

> 3] Any method like I suggest with switching the printer off at the front
> panel, unlocking the head, moving it, doing your stuff, then returning and
> relocking the head. The risk here is that you could in some way damage the
> head 'horizontal positioning motor' - but I personally consider this to be
> less of a risk than either of the above.

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