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Lexmark P4350 catridge will not move across. It appears the drive belt is u?

LEXMARK P4350 Multi-function printer.. When I press print, the ink catridge make a strange noise, appears to move forward, then drives itself forcefully backwards with a loud crash. I suspect the drive belt is undone or broken. Does anyone knows how to fix this? A diagram will be most helpful.

OMO ADEMOLA
January 2008

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I got an amazing solution to this problem that worked for me.......my printer is working now :)
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just sharing with you............

"Someone tried for hours to reattach my encoder strip, and finally figured out the way to do it after reading many web postings, and my own trial and error. The key is to use a "dental mirror" that you can pick up at a pharmacy or hardware store for about $5. (Perhaps a small compact mirror may also work.) And you need to focus light back there. (I used a head lamp.) The problem is you just can not see the small slot through which the encoder strip must be threaded from the front of the printer. It sits in back of the ink cartridges. This thin slot "tunnel" goes though a rectangular piece of plastic. You can feel the rectangular piece of plastic in back of the ink cartridges, and looking with the dental mirror you can see how small the slots are on the right and left side, through which the encoder strip must be threaded. After "seeing" these small slots using the dental mirror, you then can feel them with the tip of a fingernail, and know exactly what you are aiming for as you then feed the encoder strip through. (It doesn't make any difference of you feed the strip from the left or the right, but the down arrow end of the encoder stip must end up on the right when you later attach it to the wire tab.) I fed the strip "blind" after I had formed a strong mental image of exacly what I was trying to do, and now being able to feel the small slot I was aiming for with the tip of a fingernail. (It is tough working in the small space in back of the ink cartridges, and if you have really big hands and fingers it may be impossible. I did not want to use forceps or tweezers because of a fear of damaging the encoder strip.) The encoder strip then must be attached with the down arrow end on the right attaching to a flimsy looking wire on the right side of the printer. The left end of the encoder strip must be attached to a metal tab on the left side of the printer. You will need to hold tension on the encoder strip, and manually push the sliding ink cartridge back and forth out of the way as you attatch both ends. (It's probably a good idea to gently clean the encoder stip of all your fingerprints and any smudged ink with a tissue after you get it back in place. Also be sure to clean the metal bar the ink cartridges slide back and forth on, so you don't get error message 0502.) Be prepared for this to be a very frustating experience! You will be maddened by how many times it will take to thread the encoder strip though the slot, how difficult it will be to catch the end of the encoder strip on the wire and metal tabs, and how you will have to figure out how to hold tension on the encoder strip so one end won't fall off as you attach the other end. But once you use the dental mirror to see where you have to thread the encoder strip, and once you see the wire and metal tabs to which the ends of the encoder strip must be attached, then YOU CAN DO IT! It just takes persistance."

wakawaka
July 2010
did you get your printer fixed with the plastic strip

m garth
April 2010
Yes it is inside the printer where the plastic strip comes from. Just put it back on.

yahoo serious
August 2009
If the clear plastic strip becomes completely dettached then use the following procedure to resolve the problem:

1. Remove and paper from tray and then power off printer.
2. Completely remove power and USB cables.
3. Place printer on a solid surface
4. Completely destroy printer with large sledgehammer.
5. Carefully gather broken components and take to recycling centre when time permits.
6. Buy replacement printer.

Hope this helps.

George Rueben
June 2008
Omo - are you related to Moses Ademola?

A Brentford-Fan
May 2008
I have a similar problem, does this sound similar to your own? and if so did you get it repaired?

My Lexmark P4350 recently stopped working properly, and gives an error message "Clear carrier jam".

On investigation my wife found a length of smoked clear plastic strip hanging loose inside. This seems to have became detached and I believe re-fitting this will solve the problem.
The piece of plastic strip is roughly 372mm long and 5mm wide.it is of a translucent flexible plastic of smoked finish with clear tabs at the end, with a slot at each end for fitting, it is marked with an arrow pointing down on the left with J-05 printed on the right.

Could anyone provide a diagram of where this should be re-attached, so we can repair this?

Steve
March 2008
I have a similar problem, does this sound similar to your own? and if so did you get it repaired?

My Lexmark P4350 recently stopped working properly, and gives an error message "Clear carrier jam".

On investigation my wife found a length of smoked clear plastic strip hanging loose inside. This seems to have became detached and I believe re-fitting this will solve the problem.
The piece of plastic strip is roughly 372mm long and 5mm wide.it is of a translucent flexible plastic of smoked finish with clear tabs at the end, with a slot at each end for fitting, it is marked with an arrow pointing down on the left with J-05 printed on the right.

Could anyone provide a diagram of where this should be re-attached, so we can repair this?

Steve
March 2008

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