Jv33 160 acting up

[Zambookajoe]

Ive attached a pic a what my jv33 is doing, its like moving or something then it gets back on track and then prints start off tracking, it will do it once in a while then its fine not sure.

 

[Case]

encoder strip.....the clear strip that runs the length of the printer behind the head carriage.....you have dust, oil or ink on the encoder strip posibly.............clean it off with alcohol............

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[Zambookajoe]

now it says encoder sensor error and dont work anymork lol

 

[Case]

now it says encoder sensor error and dont work anymork lol

you knock the encoder out of the sensor when you cleaned it???

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[Case]

make sure you didn't knock it out of the track....

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[Zambookajoe]

no still in the track, but it smeems like the strip is full of smudges of the cleaning, could that be it

 

[Case]

no still in the track, but it smeems like the strip is full of smudges of the cleaning, could that be it

u use alcohol???

don't use the cleaning solution for the printer......

the encoder strip doesn't like finger prints or anything foreign on it:

dust, ink, oil, etc................


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[Zambookajoe]

no I used alkyhol and not beer haha, can I take that strip out and clean it good

 

[Case]

you could take it out if you wanted to go through the work......make sure you remember how to put it back in and be careful not to bend/crease it and don't lose the spring on the far left side!

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[Zambookajoe]

Let it sit for while went to have a coffee and seems fine Knock on wood

 

[Zambookajoe]

Is it worth is to change that strip once in a while or maybe the sensor, only 2 years old worked fine up to today

 

[Case]

generally, you only change it on a need be basis...........if it is clean and not damaged, typically you don't have to swap it out...........

i'm sure there are exceptions........

sensor doesn't typically fail...

keeping it clean is important though...

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[Zambookajoe]

not working again, god dammit about 5 feet in the print god

 

[Case]

error, or printing like you showed earlier???

 

[Zambookajoe]

printing like earlier, printed about 2 feet, do I need to clean both sides of that strip or only the front facing side, I did only the front facing

 

[Case]

something could be on the other side as well......ink splatter, dust, oil, fingerprints, etc..........

 

[Zambookajoe]

ok will try and will keep you posted, thanks for the help by the way

 

[Case]

yeah, it's harder to help without seeing it, but your first pic for sure indicates encoder issue.............i will try to help if i can...

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[Zambookajoe]

the guides that hold the media down is there any kind of sensor, in those or something that scan those.

 

[Case]

no there is not....