Re: ImageWriter Problem...

[joseph.m.barbey@uwrf.edu (Joe Barbey)]

In article <4pd1ph$89k@news.smart.net>, land@ (E.G. Land) wrote:

>                 I get the regularly flashing red error light when I turn it
>                 on. 
> 
>         According to the manual this indicates a loose cover or paper jam.
>         Checked both, but no soap.

Most likely, the printer has lost it's sensor magnet.  Take the cover off,
and look underneath.  There should be a little channel projecting down in
the front right of the cover.  There should be a little brown magnet glued
in there.  All of them I've seen are the type of magnet you would normally
find on the back side of refridgerator magnets.  There are 2 fixes I can
think of.

1. Get one of those cheap 'fridge magnets and glue that part inside the
channel on the case.  Of course, take the funny plastic shape off the
magnet first :)

2. For those techies out there, take apart the IW, and remove the switch
connected to the top cover.  Replace this with a short circuit.

I'm not positive if you need to replace the switch with a shor, or an
open, but if your trying this route, you should be able to figure that out
yourself.

>         I've noted this: the vertical spooler that sits directly behind the 
>         right side paper guide screw seems to make a whirring sound just 
>         as it twists the ink cassette up. It is then that the print head
>         stops, and the red error light begins flashing. There's also a thin 
>         orange/red ring at the top of this spooler that I'm wondering
>         about. Because of its color and thinness, I'm wondering if it was
>         left on at the factory by mistake. It seems out of place as a 
>         permenant part of the print head/ink casette 
>         platform/spooler assembly.              

I think you want to leave this alone.  As I recall, it adjusts where the
ribbon is held when things are printed.  You would fiddle with this if you
had troubles with a color print.  Otherwise, it should be fine as is.  Not
positive, tho.  Other thoughts?

*******************************************************************
*  Joseph Barbey            *    joseph.m.barbey@uwrf.edu         *
*  UW - River Falls         *    http://www.uwrf.edu/~jb0w/       *
*******************************************************************
*  "...probability factor of one to one.  We have normality.  I   *
*  repeat, we have normality.  Anything you still can't cope with *
*  is therefore your own problem." - Trillian, Hitchhiker's Guide *
*******************************************************************