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PC-60 Head Voltage Adjustment Instructions Needed

Posted by David Harvey on 2 January 2007 at 22:52

I have just had to swap my head on my PC-60 as it hit a damaged piece of vinyl and destroyed its-self.

I have fitted a brand new one which I had got from Roland a while back, but for the life of me, I can’t find the instructions for setting the head voltage.

I also assume there is a setup for alignment which I a assuming is in the same manual.

If anyone could help, it would be really appreciated as I would hate to have to have a service tech at huge cost come in just to set the head up.

Many Thanks

David

Lorraine Clinch replied 15 years, 7 months ago 16 Members · 29 Replies
29 Replies

Lorraine Clinch

Member
3 January 2007 at 11:54

Hi David

When I replaced the head on my PC60 a while back the techie advised me to purchase a bit of equipment to adjust the voltage, as the pins on the head are tiny, much smaller than most meters can cope with, but it made life much easier, and got everything working. Only cost a few squid, (postage was a killer though, worse than someone taking the p!sh on Ebay!). Phone Roland tech dept, they should be able to tell you what you need.

I also have the PC60 service parts manual in pdf, if anyone is interested I’ll email it for you.
David Harvey

Member
3 January 2007 at 12:09

quote Lorraine Clinch:

I also have the PC60 service parts manual in pdf, if anyone is interested I’ll email it for you.

Hi Lorraine, will give them a call,

Thanks

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Ron Reuter

Member
22 February 2007 at 19:16

Sure would like a copy of the service manual for the pc 60.

Thanks,
Ron
Barrie Shaw

Member
2 March 2007 at 16:20

quote Lorraine Clinch:

Hi David

When I replaced the head on my PC60 a while back the techie advised me to purchase a bit of equipment to adjust the voltage, as the pins on the head are tiny, much smaller than most meters can cope with, but it made life much easier, and got everything working. Only cost a few squid, (postage was a killer though, worse than someone taking the p!sh on Ebay!). Phone Roland tech dept, they should be able to tell you what you need.

I also have the PC60 service parts manual in pdf, if anyone is interested I’ll email it for you.

would like a copy of the service manual for the pc 60. if you can send it to (mod-edit) Lorraine
cheers Baz
Lorraine Clinch

Member
2 March 2007 at 16:26

Look in your in-box Barrie.
Ron Reuter

Member
2 March 2007 at 16:41

With the PC60 you can be printing and all at once it’s not printing right. This is what I do to adjust print head voltage. One suggestion is to clean the pot on the main board. To do this you must remove the front apron to get at the pot. Once removed, you’ll see a circuit board on the far right. On this board is a pot; most of the pots are yellow. What can happen is that this pot gets dirty and the voltage will vary. Spray a little cleaner on this pot and turn it; just remember the position of it before you started. Another trick I use is to turn the pot counter clockwise a little and put a black ribbon in and try printing. At first you’ll probably get a poor print; this is normal. Now start turning the pot clock- wise just a little at a time and do a test print. Keep doing this until you get a good print with the black; when you do, stop adjusting the pot. The only other color this did not work for was silver, and then I used a silver ribbon to adjust. I used to map silver to black; after doing this I could use a silver bar code on silver. I know a tech from Roland will not agree with this but keep in mind the ribbon determines the voltage or heat and Roland in the past has changed this voltage to match their ribbons. The last update for the PC60 was a voltage change to the head which caused some ribbons from other manufacture to fail. By adjusting this you can make most other manufacturers’ ribbons work. Also the last update from Roland which they installed when they replaced the print head, changed the heat in the head quite a bit. An adjustment from the pot would not correct it. A fix for this would be to install the earlier version of software. This will also work for the PC 600 by using the tieout program as the PC 600 does not have the pot.
Chris Wool

Member
2 March 2007 at 19:54

sorry ron i cant agree with this advice at all.
playing about with the pot is asking to blow the head
the voltage marked on the head is there for a reason else why bother to mark it to two decimal places.
if other manufactures ribbons don’t print don’t use them.

do it by the book and enjoy long head life

chris
David Harvey

Member
2 March 2007 at 23:21

Sorry Ron,

I must agree with Chris, when with the help of Lorraine’s supplied manual, I set up the head correctly, and it is fiddly to get the exact voltage on the pot, I had perfect print quality.

I would recommend everyone if careful with the head, I needed to change mine because of a lapse of thought when moving the machine, they are sensitive and need treating with respect if you want the best service.

David
bulkos

Member
20 March 2007 at 11:41

quote Lorraine Clinch:

Hi David

When I replaced the head on my PC60 a while back the techie advised me to purchase a bit of equipment to adjust the voltage, as the pins on the head are tiny, much smaller than most meters can cope with, but it
made life much easier, and got everything working. Only cost a few squid, (postage was a killer though, worse than someone taking the p!sh on Ebay!). Phone Roland tech dept, they should be able to tell you what you need.
I also have the PC60 service parts manual in pdf, if anyone is interested I’ll email it for you.

Hi Lorraine, If you still have the file could you please e-mail me a copy to bulkos@yahoo. com ????? Thanks in advance!
Lorraine Clinch

Member
20 March 2007 at 11:57

Hi, look in your inbox!

Lorraine
Sead

Member
23 March 2007 at 04:33

Lorraine
please send to me too
or you guys
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thanx
yves

Member
29 March 2007 at 19:05

Hi Lorraine!
Please could you send me a copy of roland pc-60 service manual

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Thanks
Lorraine Clinch

Member
30 March 2007 at 09:12

Sead and Yves, out of interest, what countries are you from? Not much good with my flags!
Harry Cleary

Member
30 March 2007 at 09:39

roll your mouse over the flags Lorraine
Lorraine Clinch

Member
30 March 2007 at 11:22

That used to work Harry, but no longer 😥
Harry Cleary

Member
30 March 2007 at 11:26

Boznia Hertzagovina
Madagascar

Are’nt we getting very exotic on UKSB…..lol……it’s getting like an Irish building site around here….lol 😀 😀
Great to have a good mix of nationalities
JOHN TORO

Member
7 April 2007 at 20:36

Hi, Lorraine

I stumbled across your post today. I’m
in desperate need of a PC-60 service manual. Please
do me a favor and send me a copy to (mod-edit)

Thank you in advance

John
maraspurs

Member
11 April 2007 at 01:43

quote Lorraine Clinch:

Hi David

When I replaced the head on my PC60 a while back the techie advised me to purchase a bit of equipment to adjust the voltage, as the pins on the head are tiny, much smaller than most meters can cope with, but it made life much easier, and got everything working. Only cost a few squid, (postage was a killer though, worse than someone taking the p!sh on Ebay!). Phone Roland tech dept, they should be able to tell you what you need.

I also have the PC60 service parts manual in pdf, if anyone is interested I’ll email it for you.

I was very happy when I read your forum about PC60 service parts manual. Please, could you send me to my (mod-edit) I have pc60 and printing head need to be changed. Thanks in Advance.
maraspurs

Member
5 May 2007 at 22:20

Hello Lorraine Clinch

Please, Could you send me a copy of Roland pc60 service manual.
🙂
Jacq

Member
12 May 2007 at 17:46

[quote="Lorraine Clinch"]Hi David

When I replaced the head on my PC60 a while back the techie advised me to purchase a bit of equipment to adjust the voltage, as the pins on the head are tiny, much smaller than most meters can cope with, but it made life much easier, and got everything working. Only cost a few squid, (postage was a killer though, worse than someone taking the p!sh on Ebay!). Phone Roland tech dept, they should be able to tell you what you need.

I also have the PC60 service parts manual in pdf, if anyone is interested I’ll email it for you.[/quote]

I will try to replace the printhead of my PC60 and I notiched that you have a servicemanual in PDF-form, I need the adjustments for the replacement, so I wonder is it possible to send me a copy of it?
In case you will mail it, my E-mail adress is: (mod-edit)

Thanks in advance Jacq
Massi

Member
9 July 2007 at 20:43

Hi Lorraine,
can you help me, i’ve a serious problem with the roll motor and i can’t find it.
It’s a sanyo denki type 103-594-8211 but don’t exist in internet
i’ve find various models but this no, label have also 0.9 deg/step
I think is a "stepper" and not much more. excuse my english 🙂
or if you can send me a copy of the service manual.
tanks a lot of

Bye Massimiliano
deja

Member
30 July 2007 at 12:16

quote Lorraine Clinch:

Hi David

When I replaced the head on my PC60 a while back the techie advised me to purchase a bit of equipment to adjust the voltage, as the pins on the head are tiny, much smaller than most meters can cope with, but it made life much easier, and got everything working. Only cost a few squid, (postage was a killer though, worse than someone taking the p!sh on Ebay!). Phone Roland tech dept, they should be able to tell you what you need.

I also have the PC60 service parts manual in pdf, if anyone is interested I’ll email it for you.

Could please send me a copy of the manual? I bought a pc-60 from ebay and it came damaged. Thank you. (mod-edit)
Wayne Reed

Member
16 November 2007 at 14:16

Hi Lorraine, or Ron or anyone else that’s got the service manual for the PC60….could I get a copy PLEASE 😳

I just received my "new" PC60 and as I expected it looks like it needs some service. I plan to pick up a new print head ASAP but would surely like to have the service manual.

If someone could email it to me I would appreciate it VERY much!

Thanks!

Wayne

(mod-edit) 2 please read board rules
Chris Wool

Member
16 November 2007 at 17:45

available on flebay for a few beer tokens. your quickest way
KappaStudio

Member
1 March 2009 at 13:55

quote Lorraine Clinch:

Hi, look in your inbox!

Lorraine

Hello Lorraine, I replaced the head of my old PC-60,
but I have problems for the alignment of the tape,
or tilt of the head.

Can you please send me the service manual to see if
I can solve my problem, you will be very grateful.

I am sorry for my bad English
Lorraine Clinch

Member
1 March 2009 at 15:09

Hi to everyone asking about the pc60 manual.

I am afraid it was lost along with the contents of the rest of my hard drive when it crashed last year.
As Chris has said, there seems to be someone selling it on ebay now. (Oh, and it isn’t me, if anyone was wondering!)

regards
lorraine
Lorraine Clinch

Member
19 January 2010 at 17:59

Could someone who I emailed the PC60 service manual to see’s this, please could they send me a copy back? I now have need of it but no longer have a copy!

Thanks
Lorraine
Sead

Member
5 March 2010 at 17:19

hi lorraine
i will send to you PC-60 service manual, but i need your e-mail address
Lorraine Clinch

Member
6 March 2010 at 11:35

Hi Sead, thank you for offering, but I have now sold the PC60.

Lorraine