In detail: do-it-yourself canon pixma ip1500 printer repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
Good day, colleagues!
Canon PIXMA iP 1500 was brought for repair - the client was strong, pulled a jammed sheet of paper and pulled out a double gear from the mount (it is located at the very bottom of the paper feed unit, above the diapers). I returned the gear to its place, but the printer still gives a paper jam error. I looked through all optosensors - in order. I am confused by the largest gear - it is somewhat reminiscent of similar “programmable” gears in video cameras - maybe you need to put everything in a certain position?
Please tell me, I'm not strong in mechanics :o(
Thanks a lot in advance !
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An old but reliable and easy-to-manage and maintain printer. I served for about 6 years.
The cartridges in this printer are simple, without chips, they are refilled very easily by dripping ink onto absorbent material. For refilling, I use inexpensive WWM C11 water-soluble ink for Canon inkjet cartridges that I talked about earlier, although they are not of very high quality, but since I don’t print photos on this printer, they suit me perfectly.
The carriage is in the cartridge replacement position.
Sometimes it happened that I didn’t use the printer for a long time and the nozzles dried up in the print head (PG), I had to clean and soak them, but it was my fault and I have no complaints about the printer. It is necessary to print at least once a week so that the ink does not dry out.
Over time, the printer began to draw paper poorly, and after a while it stopped altogether.
I would like to share my experience in fixing this problem.
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To do this, you need to disassemble the printer and get to the paper pickup roller.
First you need to remove the cover that supports the paper, for this you need to bend the mount to the right side.
Next, I remove the front cover, also pushing the mount aside.
Then I unscrew the two screws in front of the printer.
Using a screwdriver, I help the latch to get out of the hook on one side.
Exactly the same on the other side.
After that, the top cover of the printer can be easily removed.
I remove the additional cover on the left side of the printer.
Now, if you look from the top, you can see the paper pickup roller itself, which you need to get to.
I unscrew the screw on the right side, near the carriage parking.
On the other hand, I unscrew 3 screws. It is not necessary to unscrew the third screw marked with a red circle, it holds the encoder mount, I remove it and clean the encoder itself, because it has become dirty during all the time of work and since I have disassembled the printer, at the same time I will do additional preventive maintenance.
If you unscrew the third screw, then you need to remove the encoder itself and wash it with either alcohol, or plain water or a cleaning agent.
After repair, during assembly, the encoder will need to be installed in the same way as it was installed. It has an “L” mark on it, which means it is the left side, and must be installed with this mark on the left side of the printer.
Next, I disconnect the connector on the control board.
I unscrew the screw on the rail along which the carriage with the print head travels.
And on the other side of the rails too.
Next, you need to remove 5 clamping springs, which are held on by latches, they are easily removed by pressing the spring and pulling it towards you. Three pieces are on the right side.
After that, you can easily move the rail with the carriage to the side, it is not necessary to disconnect the other connectors, they do not interfere.
Now, having reached the very capture roller, I remove the elastic band from it, but it is very important not to forget which side it was worn on.It is necessary to remove it and rinse thoroughly with alcohol or a cleaning agent, then put it back on, but so that the worn part of the rubber is on the flat part of the pickup roller.
Now that I have washed and cleaned everything, I look at the absorber (popularly called diapers), if it is full and ink flows out of it, then it should also be taken out, rinsed thoroughly in running water, dried and installed back, but in my case it it was already washed before, so I won’t talk about it in detail, I think you yourself will see everything by disassembling your printer.
Then I collect everything in the reverse order. I connect the printer to the computer and do a test print. Wow - EVERYTHING WORKS, the printer works like new again.
In general, this printer has served me for many years, after repair and cleaning, I think it will last a few more years.
This model has not been produced for a long time, but if you have such a printer lying around at home, consider whether it is worth throwing it away, it is simple, economical, practical, and most importantly, reliable and durable!
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• We check the correct operation: the printer must be plugged in, the tray is firmly pushed in to the very end, the sheet guides are set, the cartridges are correctly installed and there is no jamming of foreign objects in the device.
• Don't be afraid to inspect the inside of the equipment for paper residue or torn pieces, toner spills, plaster, sand, or water.
• Check the cartridge is full to see if it has run out.
• If printer malfunctions are displayed as errors on the computer monitor, be sure to write down the code, number, or information from the screen for transmission to the wizard.
• Pay attention to the print quality of your documents, whether there are additional streaks or spots, what color they are.
• Monitor the frequency of paper jams.
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