Ioline Summit, Service Manual

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Technical Bulletin Ribbon Cartridge Replacement/Summit
1. Turn off power and remove data and power cables from Summit.
2. Manually slide the carriage to the left side of the machine.
3. Disconnect white ribbon cable from carriage PCB connector.
4. Remove left end cover, left end top cover and top center horizontal dust cover.
5. Locate cartridge assy connected to the top of left end plate. Note position of
cables connected to cartridge assy PCB and mark accordingly for future
reference
.
6. Carefully remove cable connectors from cartridge PCB.
7. Remove the (3) phillips head mounting screws that fasten the cartridge to the
end plate.
8. Replace the white ribbon cable as per the assembly procedure instructions
provided by Ioline Corporation.
9. After installing new ribbon cable into cartridge assy, guide the ribbon cable
through the end plate opening and securely fasten it to the carriage traverse
assembly using scotch tape. This is to keep the ribbon cable from retracting into
the cartridge assy, while mounting the cartridge assy to the left end plate.
10. Refasten the cartridge assy to the left end plate using the (3) mounting screws
previously removed.
11. Reconnect cable connectors to the proper positions on cartridge PCB. Please
refer to your notes. Make sure you do not miss a pin when reconnecting the
cable connectors to the PCB connectors. It is very easy to make this mistake.
12. Connect the ribbon cable to the carriage PCB connector and lock the cable clamp.
13. Install top dust cover, left top cover and left end cover onto Summit.
14. Installation of new cartridge assy is complete.