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Strange Roland printer problem
Hi People, I believe someone here can help me out with a very strange problem I’ve been getting with my Cadet 54 plus (Roland SP540v) which is costing me way too much money……….
7 weeks back my printer Servo board packed up, it smoked from the back, engineer told me a driver chip had blown because of the scan motor. The front panel screen said (motor error turn power off).
I ended up paying out for a new servo board and motor, this fixed the problem, till a few days ago the printer carriage stopped half way while printing and gave me the same error message turn power of scan motor error. I turned the printer on and off and the servo drive chip went up in smoke again!!! I have a new servo board ordered. I’ve opened up the printer there is nothing in the way of the print carriage it moves fine back and forward.
I just can’t understand what’s causing the problem…….Has anyone had this problem or know what’s causing it?, I really need to get to the bottom of this before I end up paying out for another board any help is much appreciated Thanks
Assad
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3 Replies
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Wow, I can see an expensive pattern developing here!! 🙄
Did you get to try the old motor with the new board or just replace both items straight away? And did you go for a genuine motor or an ‘eBay special’?
I would have checked the print path too first off but if there’s nothing obstructing it then maybe start looking at your mains supply….? Do your lighrs flicker in the room often? Do you get many power surges? Are you running from a 4-way plug or directly from a wall socket? Is there any other equipment being run at the same time from the same power supply?
Stafford
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I had the exact same result on a SP300 a few years back. The scan motor is bust, and it apparently takes the board with it in 10% of the cases.
You will find that the motor most likely has in the vicinity of 1600 – 2000 hours on it.
Replace with a Roland original, and happily print away another couple of thousand hours.
PS – Last service (2 months ago) my SP40v was on 2600 hours, still original scan motor. Why it has outlasted the Roland claim by 30% is beyond me. (Some of the printheads have up to 7.5 billion shots, also more than the claimed life of 6 billion. They are perfect as well.)
But any day now, any day…….And I just KNOW mine will take the board out as well. I hate that bloody Murphey!
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Hi Stafford and Gert, thank you both for your replies.
I went for a new board and motor both genuine parts, didn’t want to risk the new board with the old motor. I’ve had the printer for 6 years now it’s always been plugged direct to a mains socket and never have moved it from there. What’s confusing the last motor was also new, I’ve only hade it for 6 weeks I don’t see the motor taking out the servo board.
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