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IR printer failure
Message #1 Posted by Andrew Nikitin on 1 Nov 2013, 9:22 p.m.

My infrared printer started doing this after I plug it in:

"This" is black horizontal lines that head leaves when it moves. Several clean lines are when i tried to press "feed line" button -- in this case printer moves the head and head leaves the trail. After some time this went away and I managed to print a few lines normally, but it returned after I turned it off and then back on. Printer is working off AC adapter, battery terminals are heavily damaged, I cannot use it with batteries.

Is it known failure mode and can I fix it?

      
Re: IR printer failure
Message #2 Posted by Andrew Nikitin on 1 Nov 2013, 9:23 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Andrew Nikitin

(second attempt to upload image)

      
Re: IR printer failure
Message #3 Posted by Raymond Del Tondo on 1 Nov 2013, 10:45 p.m.,
in response to message #1 by Andrew Nikitin

Maybe a short-circuit due to corroded battery terminals?

Possible solution: Clean or replace damaged battery terminals, and check and (if applicable and possible) clean innards of printer from batteryleakage.

HTH

Ray

            
Re: IR printer failure
Message #4 Posted by bluesun08 on 2 Nov 2013, 7:56 a.m.,
in response to message #3 by Raymond Del Tondo

Is it possible to connect a HP Prime with this printer and print on it?

                  
Re: IR printer failure
Message #5 Posted by Andrew Nikitin on 2 Nov 2013, 11:09 p.m.,
in response to message #4 by bluesun08

The printer in question is HP 82240A. It uses IR interface to communicate. Since HP Prime does not have IR LED, I am going to guess "no"

                        
Re: IR printer failure
Message #6 Posted by bluesun08 on 3 Nov 2013, 5:23 a.m.,
in response to message #5 by Andrew Nikitin

Is it possible to use an IR-adapter on HP Prime?

      
Re: IR printer failure
Message #7 Posted by Walter B on 3 Nov 2013, 5:48 a.m.,
in response to message #1 by Andrew Nikitin

Looks like at least one pixel of the print head is constantly powered on. Maybe helps in searching the failure.

d:-/

            
Re: IR printer failure
Message #8 Posted by Andrew Nikitin on 5 Nov 2013, 11:25 a.m.,
in response to message #7 by Walter B

This much was kind of obvious. I was hoping for more specific hints.

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