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Carriage drive pulley
Head assembly
Carriage
Timing belt assembly
Carriage drive gear
Bevel gear 1
Bevel gear 2
Carriage drive pulley
2-3-3 Print Head Assembly
(1) Print control
Printing is carried out by the print head
comprising of 9 solenoids and moving from left
to right. The print timing is controlled by the
home position sensor (HP), dot pulse sensor
(DP), and reset pulse sensor (RP).
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DP
Dot pulse sensor
RP
Reset pulse sensor
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HP
Home position sensor
Print head
Print solenoid #1
Print solenoid #2
Print solenoid #3
Print solenoid #4
Print solenoid #5
Print solenoid #6
Print solenoid #7
Print solenoid #8
Print solenoid #9
(2) Head drive assembly
(3) Print head drive assembly
Print wire
Wire spring
Armature stopper
Solenoid assembly
Armature spring
Nose assembly
Armature