Selenar Graphics II (Was: DECWriter II LA36 being given away)

Quite so .. Although I did not say do not take it apart I quite agree. Heads would always be replaced never repaired. I do remember a field service engineer gently moving the print wires with a pair of needle nosed pliers where they were visible underneath. I was surprised how far they stuck out in front of the final guide. Regards ? Rod Smallwood ? ? -----Original Message----- From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Tony Duell Sent: 12 September 2012 20:29 To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Selenar Graphics II (Was: DECWriter II LA36 being given away) the off it. Do not dismantle th printhead (The same applies to the LA100 head, and many Epson heads, and doubtless others). Dismantling it is easy. Reassembling it is next to impossible. The print pins (wires) were originally mcuh longer, they were fed through the guides, the head was put toghter, the wirees were then cut/groudn to length. if you take the head apart, you will never get the wries to stay through all the guides (due to the return springs) whill you puti together. Oh, the wires are some metal that is quite brittle and which will not take solder. Don't ask... The only heads I would attemtp to dismantle i nthe field and there ones in the Sanders variopritners, the Model 43 Teletype one (for which there is a dismantling procedure given i nthe service manual) and the old Epson ones (TX80, also used in Commoder 2022, etc) where the front section cotnaing the print pins is a complete unit that comes off with a retainer plate to keep the wires in position. Don;t dismantle that but you can take the solenoid section apart. -tony