ip7250: carriage is apparently obstructed and sticks up at one side

[ricecrispies]

My iP7250 no longer prints. When I try to print, I get two pairs of orange and white flashes, which apparently means that there is either a paper jam or the carriage is obstructed. There is no paper jam, but I have noticed that when I look at the carriage after the error code is displayed, it is raised a little on the left-hand side. I can also pull the carriage upwards a bit, which I don't remember being able to do before. Would this be what is causing the error, or something else? And is there a way to fix it?

 

[The Hat]

Would this be what is causing the error, or something else? And is there a way to fix it?

It sounds like it might be getting caught on the purge or wiper unit, which would give you the same error..

 

[PeterBJ]

Druckerchannel.de has an instruction for taking apart the iP7250 for ink absorber change. It shows how to take the printer apart and how to unlock the printhead. A Google translate to English is here. Linking to a Google Translate of a Druckerchannel.de article does not always work, but you can use Google Translate yourself in case the link doesn't work.

 

[Hugorm]

Will the print head go to center (as for cartridge exchange) when you open the lid?

 

[ricecrispies]

Sorry for taking so long to report back.

I finally got around to disassembling the printer. It turned out that it was the thing that scrapes off the excess ink to send it to the waste tank that the carriage was bumping into. Unfortunately, firstly, I couldn't work out how to stop it spring so far up and, secondly, in the process I knocked a spring loose in the assembly with all the cogwheels. I tried to open this up so that I could work out where the spring was supposed to go, but I couldn't work out how to do this, and it was also becoming clear that even if I did, I would have great difficulty working out how to put it all back together again. So I gave up and bought a cheap used colour laser printer and a higher quality photo inkjet printer.

tl:dr It all went pear shaped and I gave up.

 

[PeterBJ]

Thanks for the feed-back even if the repair atempt was unsuccessful.