15 Jul
2008
15 Jul
'08
8:03 p.m.
This is probably a " Tony " question but I'll take answers from anyone in
the know....
How can you remove the " Kapton " looking covering off of a flex circuit
without jacking-up the circuit traces underneath so as to repair same ??
Heat sorta works but makes a huge mess .... This crap is used in many of my
HP calculators and some old computers. Thanks for any advice !!
Waht machine are you repairing?
The easiest way, alas, is to find a replacement flexiprint, possibly from
a machine with defective custom chips.
Is the re pace to rpelace it with conventional ribbon cable? I did that
in an HP71 once.
I have never managed to repair the flexiprint in a Thinkjet printer. The
ink corrodes the carriage end of the flexiprint, ruining the connections
to the cartridge :-(
-tony