Digital BW, The Print

Once again thanks for the valuable comments.......

Yea guys, the more I read about the board replacement the less I want to go 
down that road. If I eventually had to do that it would probably make more 
sense to order the board then let an Epson guy come and put it in and do the 
programing. However, by the time he finished charging me and whining about 
the Piezzo inks and me ordering my own board from Micro, I could have 
bought one of the new 7800's or a slightly used 7600. I just hate to throw 
things away when they could provide more years of service, know what I 
mean?

I am going to try to make that connector thing work today but I have my 
doubts. As you can see there is a grey wire among those four and there is no 
way to see from the manual if it goes on top or bottom. I simply don't 
remember and didn't have the sense to mark it. We soldered it to the top pin. 
However I have held this wire in place while turning on the machine with it in 
the opposite configuration and no go. 

I am going to try to hold them temporarily and tape this to the original spot on 
the board again today. Once before we soldered this thing I held the wires 
very tightly on the original spot and it worked. I wish I had one of those 
original white plastic connectors ( you can see it in my jpeg) because it held 
the thing in the exact position and tightly. If I ordered a new motor it wouldn't 
come with one.

Which one of you guys works on these things? If  you have an interest in 
taking a stab at it I would be happy to pay you whatever it is worth for you to 
try. I really don't have anything to loose do I? So I can pay for an attempt. A 
perfectly great printer is going to be wasted if I don't so something. But 
eventually you have to cut your losses and move on.

Thanks for the suggestions,

I will probably not order the new mainboard.

John



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dfaprinting" <
dfaprinting@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
> <deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> > I had to post the jpeg of the connection on the epson large format 
> list as this 
> > list makes it impossible to post pics, why?
> > 
> > John
> 
> Can't get the pic, not a member there.
> 
> I did just do some price checking... the SRAM cards are... well to 
> put it mildly... expensive! I wonder if you could use a compact flash 
> card in a PCMCIA adapter to do the job, much cheaper and it 
> would "never" fade away. It's been about 2 years since I've read up 
> on the procedure for the firmware change and new main board 
> installation, so my memory is a little foggy. I kind of remember that 
> there are a lot more adjustments that need to be made after a board 
> change. I think all the A-D converters need to be calibrated to the 
> different mechanics.
> 
> If I had a 7000 I would suggest shipping the parts to me, but I 
> don't. I could make a go at it, but wouldn't really know if it was 
> fixed until sending it back.
> 
> One thing you might want to do is remove the capping station and 
> pump. That way the motor doesn't have a load, so it shouldn't need to 
> pull much current to spin. On the 9500 there is a motor check mode in 
> one of the service menus, that way you can avoid spraying ink all 
> over. I think that motor is one that can be turned on for checking.