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smitch6;25348 wrote:but as soon as you install sub system the warranty is void

Only if the fault is caused by the ink. It sounds like your printer was shorting out somewhere. If that had nothing to do with the ink, they couldn't use ink as an excuse to not fix it.

However, since you've disassembled it, you've voided the warranty anyway so it's a bit of a moot point.

As Paul says - keep the ink. Stick the rest on ebay for nothing+delivery stating it's for spares and see what you get for it. Some idiot will buy it! :biggrin::biggrin:

i bought it second hand anyway so there was no warranty with it
it's been a great machine up until this morning
i'm now putting it all back together who knows it may work lol

Good luck



Gordon

JSR;25351 wrote: As Paul says - keep the ink. Stick the rest on ebay for nothing+delivery stating it's for spares and see what you get for it. Some idiot will buy it! :biggrin::biggrin:

I did not mean to sell for spares on ebay. I said to sell oryginal ink

smitch6;25346 wrote: i have found the internal fuse thats ok and i touched a bit on the board and it gave me 1 hell of a shock so it's holding the power within the transformer thing lol (and yes it was unplugged )

Aye... that'll happen... I discovered this at the age of about 11or 12 when someone gave me an old telly to play with. - A Rank A774 - Which I DID get working...

It's possibly a switch-mode power supply rather than a transformer. You got a belt because the capacitors were charged. BUT... At the risk of sounding patronisisng (not my intention) there was a reason I didn't suggest opening it up... :rolleyes:

I take it you checked the internal fuse with a meter rather than just visually? They often don't actually look 'blown'.

Also, there may be more than one of them...

TO investigate this further you would really need to know what voltages should be where; and possible be able to do board-level replacements. Dry joints often aren't as obvious on this type of equipment as they were in the era of discreet components (i.e. cassette recorders - Yes; I'm that old too!) and really a hunt for them involves reflowing specific areas...

Life being toooooo short...

Personally I'd buy another identical printer and keep that one for mechanical spares.

yes i did check with a meter

i've just stuck it all back together and as always i have a screw spare :~ rofl i wonder why that always happens????

and nope it still doesn't work
oh well i noticed someone on here is selling a ricoh set up and someone else wants the press so i've pm'd him with an offer although i can't actually afford anything at the minute due to losing my job and as where we live is part of the job i'm having to move as well and we're off on holiday in 4 weeks rofl

things never happen when you have loads in the bank do they?

and to top it off...............
i took the ink system out obviously while i stripped the printer and put it all one the same level on the draining board....
bad move lol so now i have full tanks of most colours apart from the black which has decided to drain itself all over the draining board and down the plug
anything else happen today??????

i have to mend my outboard today but am wondering if i should wait until tomorrow lol

smitch6;25356 wrote:things never happen when you have loads in the bank do they?

Dunno:biggrin: that's one of the things than never happens!

Paul;25354 wrote:I did not mean to sell for spares on ebay. I said to sell oryginal ink

Your bit was "keep the ink". I should have separated the other bit into another paragraph. I didn't mean to imply that you said to put it on ebay. Sorry! :redface:

nevermind