I would like to repair the last remaining problem with my HP IPC. : the
printer.
Yes, the previous owner did not remove the inkcartridge and the
foil/flatcable connecting printhead to PCB has been etched clean...
Ah yes... This is a major problem with all Thinkjets. Ink leakage really
ruins that flexiprint.
Any repair possible ? Any remaining source of the
Thinkjet ones ?
I have no trouble extending a Thinkjet foil to fit the IPC, but all
Thinkjets I locate have exactly the same problem...
All I can tell you is what you already know, I think. The flexiprint is
the same in all Thinkjets (so you don't have to look for a particular
interface model). The one in the Integral is longer, but you say you can
kludge that (IIRC I'd also raid the connector from the logic board of the
donor thinkjet and not try to solder directly to the end of the
flexiprint).
Thinkjets turn up on E-overpay quite often, but they always seem
'untested' when it comes to actually printing. Which I take to mean that
they have a corroded flexiprint (what, cynical, me?).
I could get you the HP part number for the carriage/flexiprint assembly
(which is how HP supplied it, even though it's not hard to separate
them), but you are not going to find one now.
-tony