Digital BW, The Print

Jim,
every word seconded.
I once whitnessed the changing of an Epson 3000 printhead by 
a serviceman in my office.
It took him 2 1/2 hours, mostly spent for software-guided 
printhead alignement using his Win-Laptop.
Bernd



-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "jimhayes361" 
<jimhayes@j...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "panoramas.geo" 
<AZinn@n...> 
> wrote:
> > Epson 1160 fans,
> > 
> 
> > Getting the head off and on is not that hard. It is all snap fit 
> once 
> > you remove the covers. There is some sort of adjustment 
lever on the 
> > side that I wasn't able to figure out. 
> 
> Yes, it's in my shop manual (for the 760, similar), and you don't 
want 
> to REMOVE THE HEAD!!!
> 
> I have the Epson shop manual for the 760 because they won't 
sell me 
> the one for the 1160, it does exist though.. It covers removal, 
> installation of printhead which is similar to 1160. It requires 
> special software that I can't get from Epson or a qualified tech- 
they 
> won't sell it to me, although the Epson tech admitted he had it. 
That 
> adjustment lever is mentioned, and you have to run the 
software to 
> align head three separate ways and reburn the EProm 
memory in printer.
> 
> There's an "angular alignment" and a "bidirectional alignment". 
Also a 
> "voltage ID" if you're installing a new head.
> 
> I know the MIS site has info on removing head and cleaning, 
but don't 
> do it!! There are ten pages+ in the shop manual dedicated to 
aligning 
> the printhead, and it all hinges on having the software and a 
very 
> good eyeloupe. They also give a screenshot of the 
splashscreen for the 
> software, which clearly indicates it is used for the 760, the 860, 
> AND the 1160. It only runs on windows 98, and only then 
through the 
> LPT1 parralell port...this is how it re-burns the Eproms.
> 
> If some people have had sucess reinstalling their heads 
without the 
> re-alignment software, well good luck to them. Maybe it's not 
that 
> noticable that your head is skewed. But Epson treats the 
subject 
> seriously- a major part of manual is given over to it.
> Jim H.