Hi Brian & Andrew,

I've tried the conductive pen. It is designed for the typical rigid pcb.
Tried on the ribbon (like) cable with little success. The main problem is
removing the rather thin insulation without destroying the trace. Soldering
of course is not a real solution, it'll burn through the cable in short
order.

Andrew, Thanks for the offer, if you do have the part still available I'll
cover the postage for it. Lemme know we can do the address thing over an
off list email

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 1:45 PM, <bpope@...> wrote:

> And thusly were the wise words spake by James Alexander
>
> >
> > Anyone here have a junked MPS803 printer. Mine had a fall not long ago
> and
> > I've gotten it mostly repaired. All I really need at the moment is the
> > flexi cable (like a ribbon cable) that goes from the printers logic board
> to
> > the print head as mines got 2 traces torn.
> >
>
> Another thing that may work is using a conductive ink pen. I bought
> mine from a Radio Shack store, but this item was being
> discontinued so it may be hard to find at a Radio Shack. I did a
> search at Jameco and they have them.
>
> It worked good enough to fix some traces on a normal PCB, but I am
> not sure how well it would work on that flexi cable. Perhaps if the
> repaired trace is protected with clear nail polish?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bryan
>
>
>


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