2F26】Carriage Operation Disabled - Canon iPF9000S Troubleshooting Manual

3. 【2F26】Carriage operation disabled
Occurrence
The normal operation of the carriage cannot be detected from the carriage encoder sensor.
conditions
The carriage does not reach the specified speed or is idle.
Carriage drive load
error
Carriage motor
drive at electrical
fault
Faulty carriage
encoder sensor
Faulty purge unit
Cause
Check the carriage stop position. If the carriage is at the leftmost position, the purge
C4
unit may be faulty (check the lock pin).
Check the carriage load (move the carriage by hand to make sure that it is not heavy
C1
or foreign matter is not stuck in it).
Check images to see if the edges do not have stepped uneven densities in the paper
C3
feed direction.
Restart the printer. and check the behavior of the firmware and the carriage (upgrade
C2
the firmware if it is Ver. 1.31 or any earlier release).
C3 Check to see if the carriage encoder is properly installed.
C3 Check to see if the carriage encoder is not faulty.
C4 The purge unit carriage lock pin is up but the carriage is not at the capping position.
Checking for load during carriage travel
Unlock the purge unit and move it
Flow 1
by hand
iPF700 Series
Soiled carriage rail
C1 Improper carriage belt tension (jumping teeth)
Residual jam slips in the printer
Drive signal/voltage error
C2 Poor connector contact/wiring
Faulty motor
Soiled or flawed carriage encoder, or improper mounting position/tension
C3 Soiled or faulty carriage encoder sensor
Disconnection or partial disconnection in the flat cable, or poor connector contact
Carriage lock pin not released, capping operational failure or position detection
C4
failure
Point to check
T14
How to unlock the
carriage
Rail cleaner
Chapter 3 More Sophisticated Fault Isolation Tasks
Hits something
Noticeably heavy
Faulty belt
iPF8000 Series
3-4
T12 (P4-18)
T01 (P4-1)
T13 (P4-19)
T01 (P4-1)
T12 (P4-18)
Foreign matter inside (cutter, cleaning
brush, etc.)/bearing out of position
Clean the soiled rail, replace the rail
cleaner/faulty bearing
*Never oil the carriage rail.
Broken spring hook, jumped belt tooth
Action
Flow 1
Flow 2
Rail cleaner