The firewire card is a Belkin 3-port with a Texas instrument chipset.
I'm also running a 25 foot firewire cable to the printer.
The error code is Error 23 - Host I/F which is an input /output code
possibly caused by either the card or a computer glitch. It could possibly be a timeout error on the Rip end. I'm using FlexiSign 7.6v2 with PhotoPrint as my rip. This is really starting to bother me as I am scared to print anything of any size now in fear that it will shut down 75% through the job.
If you have any idea what this might be, get back with me.
Thank you,
Mark Crockell
Have you cleaned and oiled the rails that the printer head slides back and forth on?
This is the only problem we have had with the machine stopping.
Apply a little oil to lint free rag and wipe the rails and any junk built up on the head around the bearings.
Paris
I/F error is typical of the Firewire board. Easy install. Costs arround 300.00 or so.
NOT a lube/rail issue or the I/F error would NOT have come up. Must be electrical/communication related.
SOMETIMES the board will give the error if the FIREWIRE driver is curupt, cables are loose or damaged or there is still data in the buffer and your try and resend a job(rare).
99% of the time, replaceing the board solved it.
Not too hard, just get a long philips head screwdriver and examine the old board before removing it so you can remember how to reassemble it.
The rear pannel must be removed and the firewire board is located (looking at the printer from behind) on the right. You should be able to remove JUST the right pannel. I think some of the wider units require you to remove the media and slide the media caps over and take the whole rear panneling off. Either way, the board will be exposed and you will notice it suspended above the motherboard via 4 long metal posts.
Good luck!
NOTE: OK, some trivia. Been working on Mimaki printers a while. In the beginning the firewire biards were going left and right. Turns out that Japan had made the boards with the capacitors soldered in backward. They would actually explode or pop right on the board! If this is an early model JV3, this is likely the problem. Look at the board for a square chip with 4 capacitors located at the corners....if the capacitors are damaged or distended, then they are probably fried. (they look like a small black square less than 1/16 inch wide/tall soldered in the board by two wire posts each)
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