Re: ImageWriter Problem...

[ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi there!

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

(stuff about IW2 find snipped!)

>         How the thing survived this long without ever being used is anybody's
>         guess, but anyway here's the problem:
> 
>                 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.

        Look on the top, inside, by where the control panel is.  See if
there's a magnet on the lid (very dark piece glued to the inside.)  If
it's not there, look inside the frame and see if you can find it.

        When I worked at Shreve Systems, we saw SEVERAL that the magnet
had come loose from.  Since that's how it knows the cover is installed,
the error message was "Cover Loose".

        For those that bypass seat belt buzzers, you CAN remove the top
and bypass the reed switch on the control panel.  HOWEVER - the printer
won't know that the cover !IS! open if you do this ...

        I have one friend who wired a SPST toggle switch he purchased from
Radio Shack across the reed switch.  He can now disable the printer at any
time by flipping the switch, but doesn't need to leave the cover on unless
he so desires.

> 
>         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.              

        Oh, but it !IS! part of the platform.  It's an indicator ring
that's used to keep someone from cranking too far around while trying to
adjust the color balance on the color ribbon.  Don't remove it!

>            
>         Any advice?

        See above.

        RwP

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Ralph Wade Phillips, CET #LA-82
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