I remember the prototype I had of the 130 had this problem of a slapping cable but it was rather the ink tubes. They fixed it in production. On my proto I glued a piece of felt where it hit the chassis and that fixed it.
Now I haven't heard any cable slaps on any of the Z's I have had or worked with, the same as that but there is a faint cable slap sound on 36" roll sometimes. I'll listen for it more intently now, and try to pinpoint when and why it happens. It is not all the time and not very loud so I never really looked into it.
I can see why the white ribbon cable could do this though as it could hang on the metal that it touches.
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It happens every time the printer head moves. It even happens sometimes if the head only moves part of the way.
I can hear it ten feet away -- it is very audible.
IMHO the printer is noisy even without that sound. More so than my old 4000 even with the vacuum. Maybe I was used to noise of the vacuum, and it muffled the sounds of the head moving back and forth. But I don't think so. The Z3100 is like a big plastic echo chamber and the sound of printing is much louder.
But even with that louder sound, the sound of the white cable slapping on metal can be heard with every pass of the head.
When I looked more carefully, I think shortening the cable by only one or two inches would solve it. It is slapping on the LONG run for that cable, so it has extra length. Maybe mine was installed wrong.
I will wait for other user reports, and then we'll see how willing HP is to send out a technician.