Suffolk Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Anyone out there know of someone who knows how to fix vintage Epson printers? I have an LX-86, and all it will do is power up. I can't self test or select anything else. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxel Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 These are pretty reliable old machines and very well made. I've got a couple of similar models I'm going through too. The good thing is yours powers up! You'll want to open it up and take a peek inside to get your bearings. You'll see the parts are quite modular inside and everything connects up. Don't be afraid, you'll see the main board, the power board (I'll call it that) and the print mechanism, with the console (the button panel). You'll need to set aside a day, as it's your first one. Open it and give the parts a good cleaning as you go, dirt plays havoc on the mechanism so get rid of it. At this stage I'd be wanting to check everything is connected up correctly, so I'd unplug all the connectors inside one by one, cleaning them as I go. Then assemble and do a test and see how it responds. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxel Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I should have added, did you have a piece of paper cued up for printing, before turning on the printer with the Line Feed button pressed. Just asking as I don't know how familiar you are with this model. Here is the manual, click the link, then click the download button, then solve the captcha, then click get the manual and download the pdf. https://www.manualslib.com/e/epson+lx+86.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrobri Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I've just purchased one of these. I'm looking to find out what paper is best for this as I see there is multiple sizes of dot matrix paper online can anyone help me out with that (sorry for ignighting an old post) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillC Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 11:17 AM, Retrobri said: I've just purchased one of these. I'm looking to find out what paper is best for this as I see there is multiple sizes of dot matrix paper online can anyone help me out with that (sorry for ignighting an old post) A common size of continous feed computer paper is 9.5 x 11", it becomes letter size once separated at the perforations. Not many places carry it anymore, but can be ordered at Amazon and Staples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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