{"id":12715,"date":"2015-05-21T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T13:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=12715"},"modified":"2015-05-21T09:59:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-21T13:59:52","slug":"printer-tech-tip-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/printer-tech-tip\/2015\/05\/printer-tech-tip-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Printer Tech Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">There has been an increase in cases with the above listed printer series reporting a constant \u201cTRAY 2 OPEN\u201d message. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">In most occurrences we have found the only problem to be a weakened leaf spring \u2013 which is responsible for depressing a micro-switch to signal the DC Controller when the cassette is closed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">To verify this, with the printer on and the cassette removed, simply use a small object to press in on the metal leaf spring located within the right cassette guide (FIG 1) and note the control panel:<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12716\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12716\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12716\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/June-Printer-Tech-Tip-1-300x245.png\" alt=\"Figure 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/June-Printer-Tech-Tip-1-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/June-Printer-Tech-Tip-1.png 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>1) If the control panel continues to read \u201cTRAY 2 OPEN\u201d the tray detection sensor would need to be replaced (FIG 2).<\/p>\n<p>P3015 series # RM1-6487<\/p>\n<p>M525 series # RM1-8620<\/p>\n<p>2) If the printer displays \u201cTRAY 2 EMPTY\u201d the leaf spring would need to be slightly bent to make a better contact with the micro switch itself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12717\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12717\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12717\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/June-Printer-Tech-Tip-2-300x226.png\" alt=\"Figure 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/June-Printer-Tech-Tip-2-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/June-Printer-Tech-Tip-2.png 516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 2<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been an increase in cases with the above listed printer series reporting a constant \u201cTRAY 2 OPEN\u201d message. In most occurrences we have found the only problem to be a weakened leaf spring \u2013 which is responsible for depressing a micro-switch to signal the DC Controller when the cassette is closed. To verify this, with the printer on and the cassette removed, simply use a small object to press in on the metal leaf spring located within the right cassette guide (FIG 1) and note the control panel: 1) If the control panel continues to read \u201cTRAY 2 OPEN\u201d the tray detection sensor would need to be replaced (FIG 2). P3015 series # RM1-6487 M525 series # RM1-8620 2) If the printer displays \u201cTRAY 2 EMPTY\u201d the leaf spring would need to be slightly bent to make a better contact with the micro switch itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1647],"tags":[2246,2245,1813,2244],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12715"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12719,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715\/revisions\/12719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}