Pinchroll error 2nd from right

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pinchroll errors on Roland SP-540V

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hi guys — we’ve had our machine now for over 4 years — lately we are getting a lot of pinchroll error invalid left position or invalid right position — anyone else have this problem? i need to fix this asap — so any suggestions would be wonderful. i’m quite comfortable in replacing parts on this machine myself — just need to know what the correct parts are and where i can order them from.

Also, anyone else have problems with newer generated PDF / EPS files? is there an upgraded versaworks RIP software available that may fix certain issues with newer illustartor files that use transparencies / drop shadows etc? also files pdf generated from autocad seem to have different colour results. thanks for any help.

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It’s your cut carriage cable

It’s nothing to do with your encoder strip. Your cut carriage cable needs to be replaced.

It’s the gray ribbon cable that goes from the cutting carriage all the way back to the servo board. It is sandwiched between two pieces of plastic. These plastic guides should be replaced as well. Eventually every SP-model will have to have this cable assembly replaced.

Basically the continuous back and forth movement will eventually cause tiny breaks in the cable. I have seen it happen on high-use machines within a year, and many average use machines by year three.

The problem initially shows itself with pinchwheel errors. Soon you will have cutting problems. and at some point you won’t be able to use the machine at all.

The parts for this repair are cheap enough. usually less than $50 for the cable and guides. It usually takes an experienced tech less than a hour to replace. There is also a teflon tape retro-fit that Roland is promoting. When the plastic guides move back and forth along the rail, it causes a build up of metal dust that gets all over the linear encoder strip, and can also cause the ribbon cable to buckle. Ask your dealer/tech about this.

You should call your dealer for advise on how to handle this routine repair.

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I remember cleaning mine with alcohol and a lint free cloth, but eventually needed to be replaced.
As far as your link. I think that’s the wrong part because it indicates 4 are required. There is only one encoder strip.

I don’t know about inkjetauctions advice. all I know is that’s what fixed my random pinch roll errors.

I suggest talking to your tech before replacing anything and buy the recommended parts through them.

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Just some deeper detail here.

When the printer is reading the pinch wheels, it uses the pinch wheel sensor which is on the back of the cut carriage. This is transmitted to the servo board via the cut carriage cable.

The sensor that reads the linear encoder strip is on the print carriage. The linear encoder strip is only used by the machine to know where the print carriage is along the linear rail.

You can have a hole in your linear encoder strip, and it will still find the pinch wheels. It just wont print where the hole is. (Yes I’ve seen this)

I will replace a cut carriage cable in an SP-series machine at least once every few weeks. It’s a known issue, and there is a field service note from Roland.

Don’t delay in resolving this issue.

BTW. Roland revised the way the cut carriage cable works on the VP and newer machines.

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PJTEXAS

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problems with cut carriage reading last pinchwheel

It’s nothing to do with your encoder strip. Your cut carriage cable needs to be replaced.

It’s the gray ribbon cable that goes from the cutting carriage all the way back to the servo board. It is sandwiched between two pieces of plastic. These plastic guides should be replaced as well. Eventually every SP-model will have to have this cable assembly replaced.

Basically the continuous back and forth movement will eventually cause tiny breaks in the cable. I have seen it happen on high-use machines within a year, and many average use machines by year three.

The problem initially shows itself with pinchwheel errors. Soon you will have cutting problems. and at some point you won’t be able to use the machine at all.

The parts for this repair are cheap enough. usually less than $50 for the cable and guides. It usually takes an experienced tech less than a hour to replace. There is also a teflon tape retro-fit that Roland is promoting. When the plastic guides move back and forth along the rail, it causes a build up of metal dust that gets all over the linear encoder strip, and can also cause the ribbon cable to buckle. Ask your dealer/tech about this.

You should call your dealer for advise on how to handle this routine repair.

Is this something I can do or do I need to call in a repair tech?

Is this what I need to buy?

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vulcan88sp

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SP540 will not set at pinch rollers. Errors for right and left pinch rollers.

thanks for the info even years later was correct!! I replaced the cut carriage cable and work perfectly. Not too bad to replace. took about an hour. unplug the printer and keep touching the static bar so you dont short anything out. took off the left housing, the top cover, the cover for the panel and the rear cover behind the panel. if you work carefully thats all you need to take off. make sure you buy the cable, cable guides and the nylon rivets (20 pk) you will need them. we carefully used our pick to pop off the old rivets. removed all of them. then take off the card above the cutter. this is where the wire goes. remove the 3 small wires, just pull the connectors. remove the card with cable attached to the left and take it off. the other end of the cable is hooked to the board on the back of the printer behind the panel. we taped the end of the new wire to the old wire and pulled it back thru the printer to the rear so you can hook it back to the board. make sure you look to see the way its plugged in. one side is blue. hook the new wire to the board and reverse what you just did.. make sure you are careful around the encoder strip.. that clear plastic strip right in front of the cable your replacing. thanks

It’s nothing to do with your encoder strip. Your cut carriage cable needs to be replaced.

It’s the gray ribbon cable that goes from the cutting carriage all the way back to the servo board. It is sandwiched between two pieces of plastic. These plastic guides should be replaced as well. Eventually every SP-model will have to have this cable assembly replaced.

Basically the continuous back and forth movement will eventually cause tiny breaks in the cable. I have seen it happen on high-use machines within a year, and many average use machines by year three.

The problem initially shows itself with pinchwheel errors. Soon you will have cutting problems. and at some point you won’t be able to use the machine at all.

The parts for this repair are cheap enough. usually less than $50 for the cable and guides. It usually takes an experienced tech less than a hour to replace. There is also a teflon tape retro-fit that Roland is promoting. When the plastic guides move back and forth along the rail, it causes a build up of metal dust that gets all over the linear encoder strip, and can also cause the ribbon cable to buckle. Ask your dealer/tech about this.

You should call your dealer for advise on how to handle this routine repair.

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Error Messages

This message appears when the loading lever was raised during initialization or after the media was loaded.

Press any key to clear the error. Alternatively, the error is cleared automatically after a short wait. Never move the

loading lever while output is in progress.

PINCHROLL ERROR INVALID LEFT(RIGHT)POS

The left (right) pinch roller is positioned at a location where it cannot pinch the media.

Raise the loading lever and move the pinch roller to the correct location.

RELATED LINKS

・  P. 27 «Setup of Roll Media»

・  P. 38 «Setup of Sheet Media»

PINCHROLL ERROR 2ND FROM RIGHT

The location of a middle pinch roller is incorrect.

The location of the displayed middle pinch roller is incorrect. Move the middle pinch roller to the correct location.

WRONG CARTRIDGE

Has an ink cartridge that cannot be used been installed?

Remove the ink cartridge to clear the error. Use an ink cartridge of the specified type.

CANCELED FOR PUMP PROTECTION

The printer made an emergency stop because a state in which ink was not present continued for 10 minutes or

longer while cleaning (normal, medium, powerful, light choke, or automatic cleaning while sub power was

switched off) was in progress or during the first ink filling procedure for the machine.

Operation cannot be continued. Turn off the sub power. After turning the power off, contact your authorized Ro-

land DG Corporation dealer.

AVOIDING DRY-UP TURN POWER OFF

The print heads were forced to the home position to prevent them from drying out.

Operation cannot be continued. Switch the sub power off, and then back on.

SET HEAD HEIGHT TO ****

Is the height of the print heads lower than the height specified in the software RIP?

This warning indicates that the height of the print heads is too low for the media thickness specified in the soft-

ware RIP. The print heads move to a location where you can operate the height-adjustment lever. Adjust to the

displayed height, and then press [ENTER].

RELATED LINKS

・  P. 126 «Adjusting Print Head Height to Match Media Thickness»

MOTOR ERROR TURN POWER OFF

A motor error occurred.

Operation cannot be continued. Turn off the sub power. Next, eliminate the cause of the error, then immediately

switch on the sub power. If the machine is allowed to stand with the error uncorrected, the print heads may dry

274

5. Messages on the Operation Panel

6-8 If an Error Message Appears

135

Chapter 6 What to Do If

Operation cannot be continued. Switch the sub power o, then

back on. To change the head height, use the [HEAD HEIGHT]

menu.

 P. 88, «Adjusting Head Height to Match Media Thickness»

[TEMPERATURE IS TOO LOW **°C]

The temperature of the location where the machine

is installed has fallen below the ambient temperature

at which the machine can operate.

Operation cannot be continued. Switch o the sub power. The

displayed temperature is the current ambient temperature of the

installation location. Bring the installed location to a temperature

at which operation is possible (20 to 32°C) and allow the machine

to come to room temperature, then turn on the power.

[DATA ERROR CANCELING…]

Output was stopped because a problem was found

in the data received.

Operation cannot be continued. Check whether the data

contains errors. Also, check for a problem with the connector

cable or the computer, and redo the operation from the step of

loading the media.

[PINCHROLL ERROR LOWER PINCHROLL]



rollers.

Press any key to clear the error. Pull back the loading lever, then

press .

The pinch rollers were raised while was il-

luminated.

The error is cleared automatically after a short wait. Never move

the loading lever while printing is in progress.

[PINCHROLL ERROR INVALID RIGHT POS]

The right pinch roller is positioned at a location where

it does not pinch the media.

Raise the loading lever and move the right pinch roller to the

correct location.

 P. 38, «Cutting O the Media»

[PINCHROLL ERROR INVALID LEFT POS]

The left pinch roller is positioned at a location where

it does not pinch the media.

Raise the loading lever and move the left pinch roller to the

correct location.

 P. 31, «Loading and Cutting O Media»

[WRONG CARTRIDGE]

A ink cartridge that cannot be used was installed.

Remove the ink cartridge to clear the error. Use a cartridge of

the specied type.

[AVOIDING DRY-UP TURN OFF POWER]

The print heads were forced to standby position to

prevent them from drying out.

Operation cannot be continued. Switch the sub power o, then

back on. Opening the front cover while printing is in progress

causes an emergency stop. Never allow the print heads to remain

in this state.

[MOTOR ERROR TURN POWER OFF]

A motor error occurred.

Operation cannot be continued. Switch o the sub power. Next,

eliminate the cause of the error, then immediately switch on the

sub power. If the machine is allowed to stand with the error un-

corrected, the print heads may dry out and become damaged.

This error may be caused by such factors as a mistake in loading

the media, a media jam, or an operation that pulls the media

with excessive force.

The media has jammed.

Carefully remove the jammed media. The print heads may also

be damaged. Perform head cleaning, then perform a printing

test and check the results.

The media was pulled with excessive force.

Excessive tension was applied to the media, and additional

action is necessary to recover from this state. First, move the

loading lever to the rear and adjust the media to create a small

amount of slack, then switch on the sub power.

[CANCELED FOR MOTOR PROTECTION]

Continuous operation made the pump motor become

hot, and so operation was paused.

Press any key to clear the error. Allow the machine to stand for

approximately 40 minutes before resuming operation.

[LONG MEDIA CLAMP IS INSTALLED]

Media cutoff was attempted even though [MEDIA

CLAMP] is set to “LONG.”

To prevent malfunction or damage to the machine, media-cuto

operations are not performed when [MEDIA CLAMP] is set to

“LONG.” Use to go back to the original screen, then either

detach the media clamps, or replace them with short media

clamps and set [MEDIA CLAMP] to “SHORT.”

 P. 38, «Cutting O the Media»

[CANCELED FOR MOTOR PROTECTION]

An unusable print head is installed.

Switch o the sub power. After you switch o the power, inform

your authorized Roland DG Corp. dealer or Roland DG Corp.

Call Center.

61

4 User’s Reference

Error Messages

Meaning

A motor error occurred.

The air temperature where installed is lower than
the ambient temperature at which the unit can
operate (approx. 5

°C (41°F) or more lower).

The [SETUP] key was pressed even though no
material is loaded.
Setup was performed with no material at the
correct location.

[Sheet Type] is set to [OPAQUE], but transparent
material was loaded.

An attempt was made to load material that is too
small.

The reflective tape is dirty.

The [SETUP] key was pressed with the pinch
rollers up.
The pinch rollers were raised during setup.

An attempt was made to set the print-start
location at a position beyond the material.

The setting for the right-hand edge was not made
correctly at the [PRINT AREA] menu.
An attempt was made to set the right-hand edge
to the left of the left-hand edge, or at the same
location as the left-hand edge.

The setting for the left-hand edge was not made
correctly at the [PRINT AREA] menu.
An attempt was made to set the left-hand edge to
the right of the right-hand edge, or at the same
location as the right-hand edge.

The printing head was returned to its standby
position to be capped, canceling current printing
job.
Because emergency stop was effected more than
10 min.

Action

Recovery from this problem is impossible.
Use the POWER key to switch the power off and
back on again.
After rectifying the cause of the error (a material
jam or the like), switch on the power.
Do not leave the unit with the carriage not in
standby position.

Recovery from this problem is impossible. Use
the [POWER] key to switch the power off. First
raise the temperature of the area where installed,
then switch on the power.

Load material at the correct location and press
the [SETUP] key again.

When using transparent material, set [SHEET
TYPE] to [CLEAR] (see «4-6 What to Do If…
(If the «INK EMPTY» message appears during
setup)»).

Replace with material of loadable size.

Wipe off the grime on the reflective tape, then
perform setup again.

Move the sheet loading levers toward «LOAD»
and lower the pinch rollers, then press the
[SETUP] key (see «2-4 Loading the Material»).

Use the arrow keys to move the carriage marker
to a place within the printing area, then press the
[BASE POINT] key (see » 2-6 Performing
Printing — Performing Printing at the Desired
Location»).

Use the arrow keys to move the carriage marker
to a correct position, then make the setting (see
«2-6 Performing Printing — Performing Printing
at the Desired Location — Setting the printing
area in the left-right direction (the direction of
carriage movement)»).

Use the arrow keys to move the carriage marker
to a correct position, then make the setting (see
«2-6 Performing Printing — Performing Printing
at the Desired Location — Setting the printing
area in the left-right direction (the direction of
carriage movement)»).

Turn power off by pressing [POWER] key to
reset.

Error messages

MOTOR ERROR

TURN OFF POWER

TEMPERATURE

IS TOO LOW

INVALID SHEET

SET SHEET AGAIN

SHEET TOO SMALL

SET SHEET AGAIN

PINCHROLL ERROR

DOWN PINCHROLL

BASE POINT ERROR

PRINT R-EDGE

SET ERROR

PRINT L-EDGE

SET ERROR

HEAD DRY-UP

WARNING