Homebrew PCBs

fixed it!

A mount of a shaft to the left was slightly broken and had come loose.
This prevented a gear from engaging fully.

It prints now but with very few nozzles. The parking station is filthy, so  
i will clean that before doing any head cleaning cycles.


ST


On Wed, 10 May 2006 10:28:46 +0200, Stefan Trethan <stefan_trethan@...>  
wrote:

> The SSC utility won't communicate with it in this state, i already tried.
> It says "printer off or some other problem".
>
> I already did the reset maintainance counter thing from the service
> manual, which resets the waste ink counter, via front panel special
> procedure.
>
> Probably it doesn't even listen to the LPT if it can't go in a ready  
> state.
>
> But i don't understand why it is not working - it moves the head about
> just fine on power up and makes all the right sounds.
> I don't see a mechanical problem and the three photointerruptor switches
> seem to be operated correctly. I don't understand what else might make  
> the
> printer think it is unable to work?
>
> ST