Roland XC-540 no power for 2 months...

[bigben]

Need your help here.

I've got a call from a friend's wife who past away 2 months ago. She's telling me that I could buy his 3 years old Roland XC-540. The printer has been transported and unplugged for about 2 months by people who don't know anything about printers. She say the printer power up but can't give me more details.

Questions:
- What should I expect to clean/repair/change parts?
- What should I offer her for the printer?

She is about 6 hours from me. So I can't make print test.

Thanks for your help.

Ben

 

[Robert M]

Xc 540

If everything is dried up and the heads can't be recovered you are looking at
six heads at 825.00 each
12 dampers at 19.00 each
6 cap tops at 30.00 each
and maybe a couple of pumps at 80.00 each

have someone fire it up and run a test pattern, i can send the tech manual if you need one

 

[bigben]

ok, she just send me a print test. The picture is not very good but what would you call?

 

[J Hill Designs]

Magenta head out

 

[CS-SignSupply]

Probably just captop issues. Even good soak would bring that back more than likely.

 

[Vital Designs]

Yeah, Magenta is usually the first to dry up when left for a while. A good clean / perhaps syringe and captop should get it going. otherwise looks quite good.

 

[bigben]

Here's other info she manage to find with my help:

[FONT=&quot]Total Time 1418 hrs[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Motor 28 hrs[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Print Pages 1853[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Power On Time 1406 hrs[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sleep Time 21282 hrs[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Printing time 597 hrs[/FONT]

For a 3 years old printer, it seems to be like new...