News — Designjet 1050C 1055CM Technical Help

We purchased the HP1050C ink tube replacement and are in the process of bringing the plotter back up. The system is not recognizing the set-up printheads and is only flashing a “insert printhead” message. We tried reseating the printheads but this is as far as we get. What should be looked at/redone/reviewed… to move forward? Wendy told me you have defective set-up print heads.  We test all the set-up print heads before they are packaged, so I don’t think that is the problem.  After the Designjet 1050C ink tube system is installed, the PRODUCTION print heads must be installed and...

Our 1055CM is leaking badly at the print head and over the head cleaners. Some times it'll make it through one poster before it pukes up a bunch of cyan or black on the poster & all over the head cleaners.  It is possible the print head valve (inside the print head) is not working and pressurized ink is present while it is printing.  This will cause a virtual ink leak.  If you replace the print head and the loose ink is still present, replace the ink tube system.  

I am having an issue with a HP DJ 1055CM printer. I am hoping to get parts to correct an error. The error is related to the print head path Type 2. After some research it looks as if this could be related to a belt or tubes or some other issue. This is somewhat a time sensitive issue so I was wondering if you would have the following parts available for next day delivery: Carriage belt Service station RIDS assembly (Tubes) Encoder strip Synthetic oil and applicator Carriage height tool Thanks, Nick Lotts We have stock on all the...

I have a customer with a HP 1055cm Plus when you load paper it beeps and you push the handles down the platen spins & spins and it never grabs the paper if you load the paper manually it still thinks there is no paper loaded any ideas? Martin The 1050C probably has a problem with the pinch roller assembly.  There is a long cam rod that actuates the pinch assembly and the connection to that rod may be broken.  Another possibility is that the customer is trying to load a heavy media that is near the end of the...

Hello.  I work for a utility company and a few of our GIS employees are having trouble with an HP Designjet 1055CM.  They use the 1055CM as a backup to an HP T7100 that has its own set of problems (mainly communication problems, not wanting to print sometimes).  Please forgive me, as I am not as familiar with these plotters as some people.  The main issue with the 1055CM is that the black ink keeps spraying in the area of the areas shown below; this has happened twice in the last few weeks.  This is the part of the printhead...