Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:48:46 +0200, Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Normally they are set at mid-scale. I've only ever bought one Epson
> > brand new, an R200 and it was also set at mid-scale.
> > I'm not sure of the alignment numbers are stored in the printer or the
> > computer.
> > Steve Greenfield
> 
> 
> They are in the printer.
> 
> I'm wondering what point there is to them if they are not used, usually?
> 
> I mean why add complicated adjustment procedures if only a few
people will  
> ever tinker with them?
> To give the service center something to charge for?
> Why explain the procedures in the service manual and why make a
software  
> to support the whole mechanism?
> 
> It is like adding trimmer pots to a circuit only to have them all
set to  
> mid-scale ;-)

Um... I was talking about the user adjustable fine alignment. The ones
you access from the Printer Properties menu under Maintanence.

Not the factory software. For that, there are physical levers that
move the head around. And that only needs to be touched if you change
the head.

Steve Greenfield