ImageWriter II Issue

[Scott Baret]

One of our ImageWriters is down…if I plug it in and turn it on, this is what happens: No movement, no select light, no response from any buttons.
It had made a hard stop against the left side while warming up after loading paper.
Any ideas? I already bought another one if this isn’t a decent repair to make (but having a third printer would be even better)

 

[Concorde1993]

Maybe the belt snapped? Bad caps?

 

[Scott Baret]

Maybe the belt snapped? Bad caps?

The belt seems fine, but I think you're on to something with the caps...

After I packed up my lab to transport it, I stopped for a milkshake. When I got back into my car, I was greeted with the unmistakable smell of bad caps. All of the Macs I took with me have been re-capped. It's the newer version of the ImageWriter II, the II/L, for what it's worth.

Looks like it's time to take this one apart and find the issue...probably no different than any other 30+ year old power supply or board at this point...