EPSON
LQ-570e/LQ-580
Revision
C
Troubleshooting
UNIT
LEVEL TROUBLESHOOTING
61
3.2
UNIT LEVEL TROUBLESHOOTING
You
may be able to identify the defective unit just from the symptom displayed. The table
below
provides the symptoms for a number of failures, so that you can easily identify the
problem.
Once the problem has been identified, refer to the flowchart listed in the right-
hand
column of the table below to determine the case of the problem.
The
repair procedure flowcharts use the following symbols:
Figure
3-3. Symbols Used in the Flowcharts
Table
3-6. Symptoms and Problems
Symptom
Problem
Flowchart
Printer
fails to operate
when
power is on.
Carriage
dose not move.
Control
panel indicator LEDs do not light.
Flowchart3-1
Abnormal
carriage
operation
at power on.
Carriage
moves away from the home position at
power
on.
Carriage
returns to home position correctly, but
the
printer then fails to enter the READY mode.
Flowchart3-2
Printing
is faulty during
self-test,
but carriage
operation
is normal.
No
printing at all.
Abnormal
printing --- some dots are not printing.
Flowchart3-3
Abnormal
paper feeding
The
printer prints but feeds paper incorrectly.
Flowchart3-4
Abnormal
control panel
operation
When
the LF/FF switch is pressed, no paper is fed.
Flowchart3-5
Data
sent by the host
computer
is printed
incorrectly.
Carriage
operates normally at power on, and self-
test
is executed correctly, but data is not printed.
Data
from the computer is printed incorrectly.
Flowchart3-6
S T A R T
E N D
S t a r t
P r e o c e s s i n g
F o r w a r d i n g t o
a n o t h e r i t e m s
D e c i s i o n
R e t u r n t o t h e
S t a r t o f t h e i t e m
E N D
B r a n c h i n g
Содержание LQ-570e
Страница 8: ...C H A P T E R 1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ...
Страница 46: ...C H A P T E R 2 OPERATINGPRINCIPLES ...
Страница 57: ...C H A P T E R 3 TROUBLESHOOTING ...
Страница 70: ...C H A P T E R 4 DISASSEMBLYANDASSEMBLY ...
Страница 93: ...C H A P T E R 5 ADJUSTMENT ...
Страница 101: ...C H A P T E R 6 MAINTENANCE ...
Страница 106: ...C H A P T E R 7 APPENDIX ...
Страница 119: ...EPSON LQ 570e LQ 580 Revision C Appendix Components Layout 119 Figure 7 3 C293PSB Component Layout ...
Страница 120: ...EPSON LQ 570e LQ 580 Revision C Appendix Components Layout 120 Figure 7 4 C293PSE Component Layout ...
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