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All I want to say is that old is better. And in my opinion never blue and red side by side.

Problem fidex. I´m still not certain what it was, but after I took everything off (heads, ribbons, cables, boards, dampers etc.) and put them back and made sure again that there is ink in lines and dampers and so on, it started working again. One happy camper here! Thanks all for your concern...

So, I checked the head fuses again and they are fine. I also switched the heads and tried to print (nozzle check) that way. Old head works and the new does not. So the fuses, new headboard and ribboncable are ok, right? The problem has to be with the new head, right?

Both fuses are allready been changed and naturally I checked them as a first job. Meter says that they are both ok, but I do have some spare fuses so maybe I´ll try with another one anyway. Thanks though.

Power issues are sorted. Nothing major, one ribbon cable was acting up. Printing still not working (head 1)...

Ok then, headboard and ribbon cable came in and are now installed. Printed fine for a moment and lost all power! Switching back on panel flashed once, that´s all. Will not power up. Wiggled the power cord, helped once or twice. Powers up occasionally. Seems that the problem is in the power...

No such luck :banghead: Didi it again. While switching on, lights on the panel flash once but will not power up. What´s wrong now??? I need to get this thing running, jobs are piling up already...

Hello, just managed to change the headboard on my Rockhopper and got it up and running. Printed fine and all is well until it just stops in the middle of a test run. No power what so ever! Is there some sort of main fuse on the motherboard that could have blown? Sorry, works again. Wasn´t a fuse.

No main problem when you swap heads and not change head ranks. -Ok, that´s good. Less possibilities to get it wrong. Headboard should be plug and pray :-) -:wink: Let us know the results when parts are in and installed. -Will do!

I sure hope it´s the head board and not pcb. I just yesterday (sunday) ordered one (and a cable to be sure that´s not the problem) from digiprint-supplies. Is there something specific to do when I change the head board? Or is it plug and play? Head ranks maybe need to be inserted but anythibg...

Thanks, I`ll give them a call.

I´m afraid too that it might be head board failure. The cable would be easy and cheap to check, but our dealer doesn´t carry those cables anymore (here in Finland) so it would be a long wait to get one. Do you know any supplies in the U.K. who might have them?

No, it has dx2 heads.

:smile: Just realised and edited on the previous.

So if you put the black head on a different channel it will work? Yes, works fine. If you plug the two cables on the head the wrong way round it will fry the head. Are you saying that the data cable is a "one way street"? Oh, just to make sure we´re talking about the same printer, it´s...

Did you cross the cables over as this can destroy a head? What do you mean, cross over? I removed the cable from the 2nd head that works fine and installed it to the 1st head and the problem remains. I also tried both heads on the 2nd head "slot" and they both work fine. So the heads are ok...

Thanks, but I did a test by using the other head cable (from the 2nd head) and still the same result. Any other ideas?

Hi guys! After I changed the clogged black print head the new started to flood ink. I mean seriously flood. Here´s a picture how it prints now. The other head prints fine, it´s just this new. What went wrong? Can I fix it?

I managed to make it work better, not 100% yet still. All other colours print as they should but black still leaves white (inkless) lines. I guess it might be time to renew the printhead (:banghead:) I just wish it wasn´t so expensive part. Does any of you happen to have one spare? :thumb:

It is Rockhopper I.