Colorado 1650 error 21551

[GenV]

Hello, first time poster, long time lurker!

We've been struggling to clear error 21551 from the printer. It pops up after you feed the media and start to print anything (we've used the printhead quality chart, test print and a print job to troubleshoot), the printhead does a scan to the right and as it reaches the end of the platen, the error pops up, the head goes back to the maintenance station and it requires a restart. The technicians have swapped out numerous cables, the M&C scanner, encoder strip and the encoder (may have swapped out other things in the carriage system) to no avail. I was hoping perhaps any of you have had experience or perhaps any ideas on what to further investigate (the techs are scratching their heads as well at this point)

Thank you in advance!

 

[Pauly]

I dont think you're looking at the right error code.

What's the screen say when you tap the information button.

 

[GenV]

 

[Pauly]

Oh wow, Sorry, i've never seen such code. Usually it's Printer/YMS_05 or something. Not just Printer/

What version are you on? i think you're on 2.5.x ?


Hopefully you're dealing with Canon direct as they'd have to escalate that to Venlo if they don't know.

 

[GenV]

Oh wow, Sorry, i've never seen such code. Usually it's Printer/YMS_05 or something. Not just Printer/

What version are you on? i think you're on 2.5.x ?


Hopefully you're dealing with Canon direct as they'd have to escalate that to Venlo if they don't know.

Hey, thank you for the reply, yeah we're on 2.5.0.0

It's pretty interesting right? As far as I have heard from the technicians this issue has been forwarded to techs of neighboring countries and perhaps even to European HQ.
We have a regional distributor who keeps in contact with the neighboring districts and direct to Canon as well, that's about as far as my knowledge is on the chain of command.

 

[Pauly]

Hey, thank you for the reply, yeah we're on 2.5.0.0

It's pretty interesting right? As far as I have heard from the technicians this issue has been forwarded to techs of neighboring countries and perhaps even to European HQ.
We have a regional distributor who keeps in contact with the neighboring districts and direct to Canon as well, that's about as far as my knowledge is on the chain of command.

You should be on Version 2.6.1
I would suggest updating. Which is the first thing the tech should have done. And this is what canon will tell you to do.

Log into your Colorado from the web browser by going into the IP. You can find the IP on the user panel. e.g 192.168.1.160 (yours will be different)

Go to the Support Tab -> "Available PRISMAsync and operating systems updates from on remote service" tab, click Configure -> Enter the password: 71617000
Check all 3 boxes,
download moment: At Specified time
3am
installation moment
1am
(these settings will mean it'll download the update one night and it'll update the following night)

To force the update
On the same tab, there should be a download button. It should also be clickable. click it to download the latest update. once it's downloaded, press install. This will take approx. 1 hour or more, so do it overnight or on a quiet day.

Then check if the error happens.

 

[edcooleyar]

Hello, first time poster, long time lurker!

We've been struggling to clear error 21551 from the printer. It pops up after you feed the media and start to print anything (we've used the printhead quality chart, test print and a print job to troubleshoot), the printhead does a scan to the right and as it reaches the end of the platen, the error pops up, the head goes back to the maintenance station and it requires a restart. The technicians have swapped out numerous cables, the M&C scanner, encoder strip and the encoder (may have swapped out other things in the carriage system) to no avail. I was hoping perhaps any of you have had experience or perhaps any ideas on what to further investigate (the techs are scratching their heads as well at this point)

Thank you in advance!

Does the carriage clunk when it homes to the left? There is a home tab that can get worn out and you simply bend it back so the switch is activated before hitting the hard stop.

 

[GenV]

You should be on Version 2.6.1
I would suggest updating. Which is the first thing the tech should have done. And this is what canon will tell you to do.

Log into your Colorado from the web browser by going into the IP. You can find the IP on the user panel. e.g 192.168.1.160 (yours will be different)

Go to the Support Tab -> "Available PRISMAsync and operating systems updates from on remote service" tab, click Configure -> Enter the password: 71617000
Check all 3 boxes,
download moment: At Specified time
3am
installation moment
1am
(these settings will mean it'll download the update one night and it'll update the following night)

To force the update
On the same tab, there should be a download button. It should also be clickable. click it to download the latest update. once it's downloaded, press install. This will take approx. 1 hour or more, so do it overnight or on a quiet day.

Then check if the error happens.

I checked the software update module again from the web browser and it isn't offering us any further software updates at this moment. Is there a way to force an update check or something? (I did check for an update a couple days after the issues started and i didn't find any then as well)

 

[GenV]

Does the carriage clunk when it homes to the left? There is a home tab that can get worn out and you simply bend it back so the switch is activated before hitting the hard stop.

No, nothing of the sorts unfortunately. It's a smooth ride all the way, feels like something on the software or sensor side of things, like it can't get a signal or a go-ahead.

 

[GenV]

Well, we finally got it up and running and the error cleared. Turned out the PCB of the printhead had a faulty port that connected to the m&c scanner, swapping the PCB board out fixed the issue. Thank you all for your inputs!