Either something is jammed and preventing the print head carriage from moving from side to side, or the drive belt has snapped. Open the window and check the black belt that runs the width of the printer. Check both ends carefully because often the failure happens when the belt frays and gets wrapped around the motor or idler pulley.
SOURCE: i keep getting a problem error 86:01
In addition to this, the so called encoder strip may be dirty and needs cleaning. The encoder strip has many tiny lines on it, that the carriage sensor counts to determine its location in the printer environment. If this strip gets dirty, the carriage sensor will read several lines as one and in the end it will try to go past the carriage path; when obstructed it perceives this as a paper jam.
The encoder strip is located just behind the slider rod, the shiny rod that guides the carriage back and forth. The encoder strip should be cleaned with a lint-free cloth wetted with clean and luke-warm water (no water allowed to drip into the printer!). Be careful not to pull hard on the encder strip, it can VERY easilly break or jump off its attachment points!
First gently slide the carriage over to the left and clean the right part of the encoder strip, then slide the carriage over to the right and continue with the left side of the strip. Note: Always clean FROM the right side to the left, since the strip is attached to a hardpoint on the right side of the printer and to a leaf spring on the left side. According to Murphy's Law, pulling on the leaf spring WILL make the encoder strip jump off the hardpoint hook on the right side, causing a mess to get it back! (not supported...)
But in many cases this solves the 86.01 error message, hope it does this time as well.
//Al
SOURCE: error 86:01
I just answered this for someone else but did not look at the name of the person asking the question.
Here is a cut and paste of what I put for the other simalar question.
There is a posting of this on a website. I will give you the link below.
Basically it means that it is dirty or something is keeping it from moving back and forth. Could be old dry ink, stuck paper, or maybe you can clean the Carriage Rod with Alcohol. The Carriage rod is the shiny rod that goes from one side of the printer to the other. There are more tips on this link. Good Luck
http://www.computercarefiles.com/TWI_Docs/bpp90131/default.html
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