DesignJet Belt Replacement

These are the steps you should take to replace a belt system. The pictures shown below are the assembling steps so you have to start from the bottom and go up and after a coffee break go down again. Have fun!!

Oil rests are a bad idea (it will contact your new belt). So wipe it all clean. Also remove dust, rubber particles from the old belt.

Your new belt

Bottom carriage

Be carefull with the encoder strip!

If it is dirty clean it by wiping it with a dry soft non scratchting cloth over the complete length. Cotton thin white handgloves are handy here.

Strip in opto element.

Assembling: Make sure signal cables are properly supported. I.e. leave (almost) no space between the strips.

Assembling: first slide in the support strip.

Dissembling: take them all out at once

Assembling: be VERY careful with the contacts of the cables when sliding them in!

Keep the belt free, it can easily get stuck under the carriage.

By turning and lifting the grey part you can move the carriage away.

Dissembling: push button and pull to the left.

5.5mm

Be careful with black ink tubes

Be careful with tubes!

Twist locks

Air tube

Cable

Dissembling: with left back cover opened or removed

Dissembling: move carriage to the right position

Assembling: do some calibrating steps if needed and some oiling for sure (i.e. sliding rods and

Dissembling: power down, take your time and be careful with some parts as mentioned. Go up in this document from here, right column first then left. A laptop with this document may be smart to do. Tools: Torx bits and hexagon 5.5mm key

Start and stop here.

Initial pictures and replacement: 071028

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Wiebe van der Worp (c) 2007, GNU Free Documentation License, wiebe@vrijschrift.org