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polbit · (This post was last modified: 11-17-2023 01:50 AM by polbit.)

(11-16-2023 12:52 AM)teenix Wrote: The PIK chip tries to home the print head if the home switch is open when the power is turned on to get it ready for printing. This may be because the power was removed before printing had finished, or after repairs, or faulty.

If the gears are broken, the carriage cannot move, but the PIK chip does not know that, so it keeps the motor running. As far as I know, there is no timeout mechanism.

If you manually wind the printer carriage home, (turn the larger black plastic gear), the home switch will operate and the PIK chip will be happy.

Place the printer switch into MAN mode and try not to use any of the printer functions like [Print X] etc.

cheers

Tony

Thanks, that worked! This is such a cool machine...