Digital BW, The Print

I got rid of the problem without removing anything from my 2200.  All
I did was insert a small folded piece of paper under the metal housing
 that holds the pizza wheels.  The entire housing is hinged and can be
lifted about one-half an inch, creating a gap between the wheels and
their counterparts.  There is a white plastic wheel assembly on the
left side of the metal housing, this is where I inserted the piece of
paper (between the plastic wheel and the metal roller beneath).  This
wheel assemby is powered and rolls at the beginning of a print, so it
may take some trial and error to get the paper to stay, although mine
stays in place after some minor shifting.  Anyway, the idea is to get
the entire metal housing lifted just enough to pull the pizza wheels
away from the print surface, but not enough to block the print head
from sliding across the print (there is a very small margin of error
here I think, so be careful its not too high when attempting, I don't
know what would happen if the print head assembly struck the housing).

I'm sure there are other ways you can lift the metal housing, this is
just the way it worked for me.  Also this way, you can remove the
paper and but the printer back in original condition if needed.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale"
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> 
> Maybe I am just late to this but I don't think anyone had managed to
remove the pizza 
> wheels from the 21/2200.  I just printed a great print with glop and
FSN inks only to find 
> that it had pizza wheel marks all over it.  In short, I was prepared
to wreck a printer trying 
> to get rid of those damn wheels.
> 
> I have removed the pizza wheels and the printer still works.  I will
test it over the next few 
> days to see if there are any problems.
> 
> Removing the wheels was surprisingly easy.  I simply lifted the
print head up with the lever 
> to gain a little space.  I then got a fine screwdriver - the sort
one uses to fix glasses, for 
> example - and simply prized the wheels out from the top.  They clip
down into place and 
> simply spin on little springs (they are not spring loaded or
anything, the "axle" they spin 
> on is simply wound wire like a spring) and so popping them up is
very easy.  I doubt there 
> is any chance of getting them back though as the screwdriver damaged
many of the little 
> spring axles in the process.  Put your finger of your free hand over
the wheel as you prize 
> them out else they will simply fly anywhere - including into the
interior of the printer.  
> 
> The wheels are not mechanically powered in any way.  They simply
roll over the top of the 
> paper.  As a result I am somewhat confidant their removal won't
bother the printer in any 
> way.
> 
> Don't bother unclipping the black thing they all clip into (as
described in some other 
> instructions for other printers).  Just lever each wheel out from
the top, along with its axle.
> 
> Not that I think it matters, but I did all this with clips in place
to lift up the rollers a la MIS' 
> instructions.  They all stayed in place throughout the process.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Steve