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M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT)
(Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work)
PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT:
1. Release carriage from capping station and roll out to middle of printer.
Place rag under the area you are working on.Just to catch any ink that might be dropped during
the install.
2. Release pressure off of the CMYK lines by loosening the caps on the ink bottles.
(Indicated on pg.2 Fig. 1-C)
3. Unscrew two thumscrews from carriage
Fig 1-A
Two "thumscrews" that hold the "RETAINER BAR" to the carriage.
Remove those screws in order to remove retaining bar.
Fig 1-B
Revision Date / Version: 2/13/2014 - 7
(Indicated below 1-A)
Carefully slide "RETAINER BAR" out
(Indicated below 1-A)
RETAINER BAR
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- Page 1 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT: 1. Release carriage from capping station and roll out to middle of printer. (Indicated below 1-A) Place rag under the area you are working on.Just to catch any ink that might be dropped during the install.
- Page 2 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) 4. Carefully slide the “RETAINER BAR” out (indicated previous page 1-B) 5. Insure that the CMYK ink bottles have no pressure by loosening the bottle caps...
- Page 3 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) 7. Gently pull the printhead out of the carriage. Be careful where you pull from, it’s best to use the area indicated below . Sometimes it will require both hands to get the head out. Usually pushing back, then lifting up, wiggling the head as you are lifting up.
- Page 4 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) 9. Notice which direction the cables are facing in relation to eachother. The “teeth” (electrical tabs) are facing from eachother. AWAY (Indicated below 1-H) Fig 1-H...
- Page 5 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) 11. In some cases your NEW FFC cables will not be “PRE-FOLDED” to fit yout machine. If your cables are “PRE-FOLDED” move on to step 12. If they ARE NOT “PRE-FOLDED”...
- Page 6 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) 13. Connect the FFC cables to your new printhead. Insure that you are placing the correct cable into the correct slot on the head. Start with Slot one, and then insert slot two.
- Page 7 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) 11. Carefully re-seat the white dampers first. (Indicated below 1-P) Fig 1-P 12. Re-Seat the CMYK dampers next, be sure to place the colors back into the correct order.
- Page 8 M2 (PRINTHEAD CABLE REPLACEMENT) (Always POWER DOWN printer and UNPLUG before doing any repair work) 13. Re-Seat the retainer bar. Push down on tabs on reatainer bar as you are putting the thumbscrews back in. This ensures that printhead stays flush with ramps, and that dampers are seated correctly.
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