Hp DraftMaster RX Plus (7596c) pen carriage defect

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Juergen Scholz

Hi all!

I assume/hope that the .printers-List is suitable for my Problem.

We got a HP DraftMaster RX Plus (7596c), which support of the pen
carriage unit is defect. The carriage is dangling up and down when it is
moved. It seems as if the force that presses the carriage up against the
guide rail is missing. The problem is that it is not obvious how these
force would be generated if the carriage would be intact.
Additionally HP's Product Support expired, so that we can not get any
technical information or a technican able to repair the plotter.

I now seek technical Information regarding this problem and about the
x-axis-unit and the pen carriage unit, a technican, somebody owning
replacement parts for the pen carriage unit or a whole x-axis-unit (with
carriage, motor, etc) or a defect plotter, which x-axis-unit is still
intact.

Thanks for your help!

goodbye!
Juergen
 
Hi Juergen,

you may find some information at hp.com I'll recomend going through
http://www.designjet.hp.com/, login -or register, it's free- go to technical
support, choose any product, and in the search window write draftmaster and
you'll find a whole bunch of documents.

BTW, it looks like the carriage spring is missing or ruined. If my memory
doesn't fail, it was in the opposite side of the pen.

Luis
working but not talking for HP
 
Hi L!uis
you may find some information at hp.com I'll recomend going through
http://www.designjet.hp.com/, login -or register, it's free- go to technical
support, choose any product, and in the search window write draftmaster and
you'll find a whole bunch of documents.
Click to expand...
I already looked at these HP and the partsurfer site. There really are
some nice explosion views, but none of these showed the carriage from
it's back. :(
BTW, it looks like the carriage spring is missing or ruined. If my memory
doesn't fail, it was in the opposite side of the pen.
Click to expand...
You are right. The hooks where the springs have been connected to the
plastic parts are broken. The defect plastic part belongs to the
carriage set - but it's not possible to get a replacement part from HP.
I managed to build a part of a piece of metal that has the function of
the defect plastic part. I hope this will work
a while.. ;)

Thanks for your reply!
Goodbye!
Jürgen
 
I wonder if anyone still has a hardware support manual for the RX Plus (7596C), there is one online for the first gen, which is helpfull except for the key combinations for special debug startup ... as well ... they keys are different.
 
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