I ordered the belt from LPS on Thursday night and it arrived Monday. I ordered the belt after taking my Z2100 apart. It would have been better to wait because my memory in putting it back together is not as fresh after waiting a a few days for the package to arrive. I used painters tape to tape screws to their locations or parts as I took it off and that helped a lot saving me time during reassembly looking for the correct screw. Also put painters tape over the ink ports to keep them from drying out. After it was back together it printed perfectly the first time. I couldn’t imagine doing this without this video. Thanks!

8 years later and this beauty of a video saved me a headache! Excellent demonstration and video! Printers really are a pain and so overly complicated.

This video did exactly was it was supposed to do: give me the confidence to replace the belt myself, and convinced me to buy the belt from your company. And it won't be my last order with LPS Computer. Many thanks, Bob!

I want somebody to do a step by step this detailed for every single printer I ever have to work on, wow.

Excellent walk through video. After replacing the belt on our Z2100 I now feel like a legend thanks to this tutorial. Video quality is a bit dodgy, but it's good enough and the steps and descriptions are really easy to follow. Unfortunately I've bought a cheap belt, it was one of those, "ah well, if it's knackered, it's knackered, things", so I just found the cheapest available. But when it does go again I'll know what to do 👍🏻

I think it is remarkable to be able to DIY this level of repair I never would have tried this without your comprehensive information and high quality belt. Your video on replacing the belt is thorough & presents a more logical approach to changing the belt. The HP Service Manual is designed to confuse & possibly intimidate. I did stumble at the point of threading the belt onto the carriage, I couldn’t quite understand where the changes in the belt should hit the slots on the back of the carriage. I ended up looking at the HP service manual and another online video. I didn't get the recipe for the playdo explosives:) which might be handy in resolving some less successful projects.

Thank you for the video and walk though! With just four hours of work and calibration I was able to get my donated HP DesignJet T1120ps plotter back up and running in my classroom. I've never had to repair a plotter before and I definitely prefer having the video compared to the walk though manual that came in the belt kit. Thanks for the help!

Wauw, Thank you so much! You left no details unclear. It still does the job for many years to come. Big thumbs up!

Whelp. The belt on my Z3200 just went tonight so doing this is in my near future. I'm glad this video and offered repair kits exist.

Thank you, that made the job a breeze, so much easier than following the HP service manual. Ended up taking me a couple of hours, I was expecting it to be a longer job and was very happy to have no screws left over at the end!

Thank you very much for taking the time to do these video's, just replaced the belt on my t610 and after screwing it all back together the carriage sounded awful but then noticed the rear bushing on the floor, once again one of your video's showed how to easily fix it. Thanks again.

We just used your kit to repair a T1120. It worked great, but we found some differences (that confused us at first) between the T1100 you are repairing in the video and our T1120. On ours, we couldn't find the trailing cable. We finally found it when we removed the ink tubes; the trailing cable is attached to the ink tubes and moves as a unit. The end of the cable is also mounted on a rail in front at the left side. We had to pull the carriage to the service station in order to get to the connections; you can't remove one from the carriage without removing the other. Also, our T1120 has no zero force connectors with retaining clips, and it does take some force to remove and especially to re-connect those cables. We also replaced the x axis encoder strip, just in case, to save having to disassemble this monster again. Other than that, we had more trouble just removing the covers than any of the rest of it, and they were a bear to get back on correctly. But, after a couple of hours we had a working 44" printer again. Thanks for the quality parts and the comprehensive instructions, Bob!

Great video, made me feel very prepared to tackle this project when I walked into the customer's office. Definitely will come back to this channel if I need similar assistance.

Thanks Bob, helped me successfully change the belt on my 44" t610. Only difference to your video was mine had a motor in the way of the capping mechanism key - I had to remove the motor to unlock it.

This is a great video. Very informative! I just wish we could get an HD remaster. :)

Огромное спасибо. Ремень поменял. без вашего видео наверное груда запчастей осталась бы!!!!

The belt on our T610 shredded itself to pieces a few weeks ago. This demo was invaluable to getting it replaced successfully. Thank you!

Thanks so much. I would not have even attempted this without it...

Thank you very much for the great video Bob. It helped me fit a new belt to my recently purchased Designjet Z3100ps 44 inch plotter. I believe the upper carriage bushing was either already gone or I broke it however since the carriage can bind. I have a new upper bushing coming and I hope it allows this somewhat unknown plotter run for me. Ps thanks for the C4 gift suggestion. I gave it to my GF and it really blew her away!

Thanks a lot. Great instruction!

Thank you so much. Your great video saved me today. God bless you dear Bob.

Pretty good video, just finished to replace belt and everything went perfect!!!

Very good video. Ordered belt and replaced. Then had the service station error. Removed service station and cleaned excessive ink out of the bottom. Error went away. Then got a print head error. Replaced printhead. Performed the calibration all went good. Printed a few prints. Now the machine hangs up at different times. Could be during print system initialize or during waiting for a print job. Very random. P.S. I purchased the carriage belt kit from LPS Computers.

Excellent video and it got me through the job with minimal trouble. Thank you.

Ran into an issue on my 44" T1100PS, since it has a rewinder, the motor is in the way of the T10 unlocking hole for the carriage assembly. You will either need a VERY long T10 (probably a 12" or longer bit) or you will need to power on the printer and pull the plug once the carriage unlocks.

great coverage on how to replace the belt. It also helped me with other aspects of this kind of printer. Thanks

Handy to have around the house! HAHAHAHAHAHA Best insert of humor into a tutorial EVER!

THANK YOU SIR. YOUR TUTORIAL HELP ME A LOT.

Большое спасибо за видео. Завтра буду менять порвавшийся ремень каретки. Надеюсь все получится.

A small nylon gear has broken/come off near the left side (star wheel) how to repair? Please

LPS.. my new hero's!!

Good morning, the car hits the service station when the printer is starting, do you know why?

Thank you very much for this !

Thanks a lot....... I am speechless for your help. keep continue sir......

This is really helpful Bob. Thanks heaps for upload this video.

thank you so much, Sir !!!!!!!

I replaced the belt on a 44" Z3100 and when I reassembled the plotter it grabs the cutter and drags the cutter all the way to the service station and the cutter hits the service station and I get the possible paper jam error. How do I fix this? Also one time it didn't grab the cutter, but the service station didn't move all the way out of the way before the carriage tried to move, do I have to calibrate the service station? I did do a complete disassembly and cleaning and reassembly of the service station.

Hello dear my hp t1100 is showing 79:04 error can u tell me this error is for what... the belt pully was broken after I change the belt now I shows this error when I load paper during loading I gives 79:04 error

AWESOME video your really do these SO well !!!!! Thanks

on the HP Designjet Z2100 24in Photo what causes the print head to hit the right side of the paper when printing, it creates a lip on the paper on right side i have two with the same issue

I saw my tech do this with just opening the left side and he held the belt in a way and slipped it in. he finished it in 30min or less. I tried to video tape him, but he worked so fast. I didnt get a chance to zoom in or see where he did what in detail.

Compared to designjet 500 belt replace how would u say is t1100 as far as easier or harder to change...time involved

excellent video, thanks it helped me

I replaced the belt but now I am getting a replace printhead message that I cannot clear. I have tried two different new in warranty printheads.

Hello I followed your video and things went well, but now I have a problem when printing. When the carriage is moving from side to side it clips the paper and sometimes it causes a jam. Any ideas as to what can the problem be.Thanks

That's a fantastic video Bob. Thank you very much. The belt on mine has all but disintegrated and I feel quite confident that I can replace it now. I live in the UK - do you have distributers over here?

Hi: I have my T610, working perfectly fine with USB, although it has an ethernet port in it, but i am not able to fine it on main pannel screen of printer, can you please help me. I have clicked every single button on main screen and setting but i am unable to locate I.P. settings, although formatter board has Ethernet port and when connected to a wire it does lightup as well, please advise. thanks

can you please make a video on how to remove the platen on desingjet z6100 thanks

Thanks Bob!

After replaced belt 61.0 error message showing on the display..how to solve the issue plz help to me.

This video saved me thank you

what does the explosives got to see with the printer?

very good! thank you. assisti seu vídeo e ele me ajudou bastante. obrigado.

thanks so

Thanks a lot!

Hi, I have a 22:10 error checked it in service manual. All it says is to replace the Ink Supply Station. Please help. Thanks!

Hello Bob Wert, I have the model z3200 and I can't remove the first part. It seems to be different from the one on your printer. Looking underneath, it looks like it's screwed on. Do you have any instructions for opening this part of the z3200? Thank you in advance.

Super! Thanks for so an useful Video!

Hello Bob: Please, I have an DJ T610 with "replace defective printhead (Matte black / Yellow)". I purchased 1 year ago one pack of recycled printheads (packed and very good sealed). I put the new recycled printhead, but the error persists. Then I purcheased an new recycled printhead (from Amazon) thinking that the other printhead can be defective..., when I put the new printhead the error persists..., If I put the 3 printheads recycled, the error persists only with B/Y printhead. I think that recycled printheads is not the problem. I have replaced the complete carriage (including the board), belt and ink catridges..., the problem persists. Then I put the latest Firmware (9.0.0.1.1), but problem persists. I can not think of more things, I only can try to put an new and original B/Y printhead. Please Bob, can you think of what it can be the problem? Thanks!!. Jose.

hello, this process is worth to the error 08:11 - hp T610?

Hello and thank you for your video, is there any chance to reset such printheads and reuse again?

thank so much !

Thank you for this professional video to change the belt, although it took me several hours , I have changedi t. Now I have an error 86:01. And there is no paper jam at all!!. I notice that the carriage runs perfectly from right to leftwith good sound, but when he returns to the right, hits the service station. I tried to rotate the special cone white plastic pize (at the back of the right side) with the T10 to the right, after many twists see that up a little, I start again the machine and sige the same problem, I have repeated this action several times but still failed 86:01 . I removed the paper cutter and still the same. Anyone can give me any advice, please.

Hi Bob, I have to replace a Carriage assembly in a Z3200 printer ,is there an easy way to replace it or do I have to dismal most of the printer to replace?

muchisimas gracias, thank you

Thank you much for your video...I was able to replace the belt but now I get a error code 02.1:10 that I did not have before. What's your experience with this? How can I repair it?

Hi, hope you are fine. I am using HP Designjet Z5400 from some years. But today it showing a message “08:04 If the problem persists, check for the latest firmware release.” Sometime it runs but after 2 or 3 minutes it shows “Switching power off, please wait.” Then it restarts and show message “08:04 If the problem persists, check for the latest firmware release.” I updated firmware but have same problems. Please tell me the solution.

What is involved in converting a Z3100 photo series into a postscript version? The paper limiting is a bit annoying and maybe worth doing.

Just completed it, but as I restart I get error code 21:13, which I've looked up, and it tells me what it is, but I haven't a clue how to resolve it!

Hi all. I replaced the belt as shown. But there is paper jam error 86:01. What i might do again or reseat? The engine make a little move and thats it (on startup)

what is the meaning of 86.01 error in HP z5400 plotter and In diagnostic menu it shows %1 error. What is this??? And how we can resolve this issue?? Is it carriage assembly error or Motor error or anything else??? It is related with carriage moving but i dont know what is main problem. Machine is in running condition after cleaning the carriage assembly PCB card but problem arising again and again. PLEASE HELP REPLY ASAP

im confusing about the belt tensioner, should i screw it all the way or should i leave a small space?

I did what you said but when I try starting it up the screen doesn’t turn on and their is a clicking sound. Any solution

I ordered the replaced the carriage belt from you last week and replaced it today with no problems. When the plotter starts up the carriage goes all the way to the left then back all the way to the right then I get an error message. 86:01 Possible paper jam. Any idea what may be the problem? The plotter is free of any paper and the roll isn't even loaded. I tried loading the paper and same problem. It tells me to lift the window, raise the lever, check printing area then reclose both and restart. I still get the same error message. Please help.

My former IT guy installed a new belt and now I get a 86:01 error message (possible paper jam). There is no paper in the machine to generate the paper jam error. Any ideas??

tks!!!!!

right so the C4 tutorial at the end was great and all, tried to mail it as a gift like you said and the stupid postmaster freaked the hell out. I was going to downvote, but on the plus side this federal prison does have free wifi...

Una vez visto el vídeo, yo no le mandaría mi equipo a Bob, es muy tosco y da la impresión de que puede dañarlo.

Did I miss the part about making the C4? -Achmed

Screws Breed - Amen LOL

Do you have part Q6683-67006 for T610 ?

I appreciated your video on the belt R&R.Is the a video on troubleshooting complete power loss. The LED Display fails to illuminate and no sound is heard when powered on. Please refer me to assistance with my 2009 HP Design jet Z2100 Photo Printer, Product # Q6677C.

looks like all that needs to be done to replace the belt is taking off the left side,,

4.45 LOL Bob you joker :P

bitch, I'm breaking the machine,

if you remove the time spent on twisting with a screwdriver and other manual operations from this video, then only 8-10 minutes will remain. and if you spit out potatoes from your mouth, it will be clear even for non-anglophone people.

What's the point of making this information public ?!?!? Trying to send the plotter technicians sell doughnuts ? HP should come after you, this should not be public information... Congrats Bob !!!!!