PC-100 US Version

[Maximilian Hohmann]

Hello!

(03-14-2022 02:39 PM)albertofenini Wrote:  However, I'm afraid that the power cable connector at the printer side is different between the 220V and the 110V version

Yes it is very different. The 220V version uses a "standard" European 2-pin socket (very similar to this one here: https://www.reichelt.de/kleingeraetestec...8FEALw_wcB) which is certainly smaller than the US socket. You will proably have to 3D print a part that will let you use the Euro-socket in the US cutout. If it helps I can take precise (as precise as my caliper allows...) measurements of the socket. Worth the effort? Only you can tell :-)

Here is a quick picture I took with my phone:
http://www.bombie.de/tmp/20220314_161014...1024px.jpg

(03-14-2022 02:39 PM)albertofenini Wrote:  has anyone ever solved this issue ?

Until now I did not know that this issue even exits. But this is becuase I hate thermal paper printouts so much that in most cases I do not even try if the printers work at all... (Now with a proper mechanical printer, as for example in an HP-46, that is very different. I even keep one from an othewise defective calculator for spare parts.)

Regards
Max

NB:

(03-14-2022 02:39 PM)albertofenini Wrote:  Over the weekend I have also tried to fix the pressure problem,...

I spent quite a few hours this weekend getting the stuck batteries out of a 4D cell LED Maglite... Now that was an unpleasant way to pass one's time. I had to combine the hints from several YouTube videos and other fix-it sites from the internet to finally succeed. Fixing calculators, even thermal printers, is a much nicer work by comparison :-)