Recent content by JerryIrons

It was the Y motor! I received my working used y motor, and briefly touched my 12 volt car battery to it and the motor spun. Went to the printer, plugged the connector from the motor on to the board, turned on the printer and the motor spun briefly before same error message. (makes sense) So...

Ok, so I unplugged the connector from the main board, which runs to the y motor, and put a car battery 12 volts dc to it. It doesn't even try and move, so I'm assuming the motor is shot. I know it's getting voltage, because if I try and move the printhead assembly there is some minor...

Ok so I went out to the printer today to check a couple of things. There wasn't an easy way to check for voltage at the y motor itself, but I followed the black/white wire to the main board, and unplugged the connector on the main board, and put a meter there to measure dc volts on the main...

Thanks guys for the responses. I did talk to mutoh today and he basically said the same thing about that motor, it's just a servo motor (aka dumb), that once it receives voltage it will move the head. His feeling was that since the head didn't move at all, it's probably a driver on the main...

So, the pulley seems to be fine, and we have played around with pulling the cartridges and starting the printer. The result is exactly the same, upon starting the printer, there is zero head movement, and we immediately get the encoder error message. My next step is to call Mutoh and see if...

On monday I'm going to have him move the print head assembly and watch the y motor on the right, to see if the pulley and spindle both are moving, just to check and see if the pulley came off. (and check to see if voltage is going to motor) Also I'm going to have him remove the print...

Hi everyone, I could really use some advice for a friend's printer with the error listed in the subject E070 YEncoder, for a mutoh falcon jr. No printing, no head movement, immediately after initializing the error shows up. I have moved the head assembly in the middle of the printer, turned on...

Hi everyone, It ended up being the printhead. I did test the fuses, both F1 and F2 and they both had continuity checks. (I unplugged the printer for a while, and turned on/off switch while unplugged to discharge any residual charge in capacitors as well). I was a little unsure about being...

I have not yet, but that is on my list. I haven't been able to get at the printer since I last posted, but will in the near future. -Jerry

Thanks reelguitars I was thinking of trying that next, done gently, or pulling the head off and soaking in solution. I have a feeling this thing is so gunked up that it will take days of soaking. I worked on his printer once 5 years ago and haven't seen it again till now so here I am back in...

Hi people, No black at all, even on nozzle check. I know to test the fuse, but: I can pull ink into the black damper with a syringe. New cap station by the way. I can put some cleaning fluid into the top of the black side of cap station, leaving a puddle, and successfully pull that fluid...

Well I ordered some parts in from cmykparts.com, everything was looking good, until I noticed that the plastic gear that connects the pump to the rest of the printer (located on the maintenance station) is shot. I cannot get a hold of cmykparts right now, I called mutoh, who pointed me in...

Thanks JackPine for your thoughts, really appreciate the input. I was on site today and took a lot of the printer apart, plus played around with a syringe, only had 10cc size, but that seemed to work pretty well. 1) noticed that the magenta damper was empty, and the magenta line had a few air...

Well in case this helps anyone else with a mutoh falcon problem like mine, I will document what happens with this printer. I was able to find a pdf manual on how to change the maintenance kit, so at least I'm confident in taking the damn thing apart and getting it back together again. Today I...

Hi everyone, A friend of mine owns a falcon jr printer and has asked for my help in fixing this thing. I have repaired several types of printers, but never one of these bad boys. So, The problem is that the color has gone to almost nothing. The last few nozzle checks there is only yellow...