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davitos · April 22nd, 2009

folks, it seems the carriage on one of our t-jet 2s seems to be broken on the side where yellow cartridge resides. it is a small hair crack but it results in the carriage having trouble to move left to right sometimes. question is, how do we go about it?

shall we try to glue it? tape it with duck tape?

does any1 have a tutorial how to replace carriage? we just ordered a new part from our local epson parts place. i pretty much had every part of the t-jet in my hands but i dont have a clue how to change the carriage. guessing it will be a hell lot of work?

any ideas apprechiated.

thanks.

esqstudio · April 22nd, 2009

You can order this part at Compass Micro - Your Authorized Epson and Canon Printer Service Center --just give them a call. Here is the how to pull in video. hope that helps.

Don-ColDesi · April 24th, 2009

Davitos,

The carriage is a very critical part of any inkjet printer, I would suggest replacing the carriage itself. If buying from the source mentioned be certain to remove the paper sensor on the bottom of the carriage prior to installing.

esqstudio · April 24th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Don-SWF East


	Davitos, The carriage is a very critical part of any inkjet printer, I would suggest replacing the carriage itself. If buying from the source mentioned be certain to remove the paper sensor on the bottom of the carriage prior to installing.

There is a paper sensor!!!! No way I think you solved my only t-jet problem as of right now We often have to raise the bed for it to print thanks

davitos · April 25th, 2009

so i got the new carriage, installed it and now the printhead is not printing any colors (the colors show when u do a head cleaning though).

when i turn printer on, it starts travelling left to right the way it should.

do you think the ribbon cable is not properly placed (esp. the one on the back?)

please help me.

thanks,

d

ps: what paper sensor are you talking about??? i did not remove any paper sensor coz i did not see any?

equipmentzone · April 25th, 2009

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Originally Posted by esqstudio


	There is a paper sensor!!!! No way I think you solved my only t-jet problem as of right now We often have to raise the bed for it to print thanks

The paper sensor must be removed on the stock carriage assembly for the T-Jet 1 and 2 and the Kiosks (the sensor is already removed by our techs on the ones we distribute). I have attached two pictures showing
1. where the sensor is located
2. what the assembly looks like with the sensor removed

Harry - Equipment Zone

Don-ColDesi · April 25th, 2009

Typically the direct to garment OEM that you buy your carriage from will have already removed this sensor. It is a somple 30 second fix, if done before installation, it may take a bit of work if it is already installed. I would venture to guess that you could just cut the small ribbon cable and it would work. What do you think Harry?

davitos · April 25th, 2009

ok, i pulled it out while it was already seated. i bit tricky but it worked fine.

installed a new ribbon cable. for now everything seems to be working again.

tnx for the help.

equipmentzone · April 25th, 2009

That is the problem sometimes when you try to source parts through indirect channels. Many stock parts have changes made to them by the printer manufacturer or printer servicer to operate the printer properly. An owner putting a stock replacement part in would continue to have problems. It would then be extremely difficult to troubleshoot because a technician would hear that the suspected problem part had been changed to a new one but not know that the changes needed for that part had not been performed.

Harry - Equipment Zone

sunnydayz · April 25th, 2009

I just learned something new, thanks for the info

I had no idea of a paper sensor, and now I do hehe. Thanks again guys.

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