I've posted once before and had great success getting help with my Z3200 so I'm hoping for a second strike of lightning. Last week the main belt finally bit the dust after 6.5 years of service. Although, now that I realize all the gray crud that has been plagueing me had been coming from it, I think I should have replaced it a couple years ago. Any ways, I digress.
For reference, I have a 44" Z3200 Photo model Q6719A. I mention this because I wonder if it's relevent.
The service manual, Mark Lindquist's pictures on z3200.com, and the video by Bryan Glynn all show the same attachment method for the belt to the carriage. Up to that point, everything had matched from the manuals and the videos and my printer, so I had forgone Mark's suggestion of photographing everything as I went. Unforunately, I did not snap a photo of the way the old shredded belt was attached to the carriage, because when I went to thread the new one on, I realized something was different.
This is a photo of the attachment points on my printer' carriage (with the new belt laying on top of it)For reference, Mark's photo of what the attachment on his (and in the manual)
is the second photo down on this page.
So, I think I figured out how to put the belt back on, but I do see two options (originally I saw a third, which was that the bottom of the band somehow threaded onto the part as well, but I have since ruled that option out as t doesn't make sense to have it "pinch" at any point.)
Here is the option I think is correct.Here's the option that makes use of the little triangular tabs, but I don't think it makes sense:
Here's the option that makes more use of the tabs, but I don't think it makes sense to give the belt "wings"The HP oil was just delivered by FedEx a few moments ago so once a consensus is reached I can begin reassembly. Thanks so much!