my printer has jammed and I need a service manual to see where an unconnected end of a 3mm wide transparent strip needs to be connected to. It seems to go from the left to somewhere behind the print head.
On Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at 2:31:37?PM UTC-4, Amanda Riphnykhazova wrote: >> my printer has jammed and I need a service manual to see where an unconnected end of a 3mm wide transparent strip needs to be connected to. It seems to go from the left to somewhere behind the print head.
Sorry, to explain, it is called a timing strip and the right end that has come out can be sorta seen at 7.26 on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQ1qKCyz5o
I assume installation can be seen in the service manual?
You are absolutely right: The strip ends in two rounded forks. They were obviously joined at the end. Looking at the new one, there was originally a lengthened hole at the end to hook (a spring) onto. The bit of transparent end piece that went acrossthe two forks is still in there somewhere.
Now I have to determine whether to order a new strip for ten bucks. This is a machine that was just given to me, presumably because it didn't work, what with a broken encoding strip in there! It looks easy to install but very difficult to get to.doing all this work to get this thing working is worth the bother? Am I setting myself up for a lifetime of endless stupid error messages? To add insult to injury, I was given this while throwing away a hitherto reliable Canon MX860: which that
This unit has a dreadful reputation for reliability and for giving endless stupid error messages instead of working properly. And HP's tech support (or lack thereof) shows me that the manufacturer won't stand behind his product. Does anyone think
There are lots of older printers offered free when people update windows
and cannot get it to work on the printer. So if you are using windows 8
or earlier, or are good at messing with OS problems, you should be able
to find a working printer. I currently have 2 HP all-in-ones, a B&W (M1212NF) and a color one (MFP M177fw) on my network, and a Brother all-in-one as a backup. Both work with my wife's Windows 10 computer
after some fiddling.
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