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A. W. Dunstan
Guest
I need to replace a cable connector on the control panel of a HP psc 750xi
printer. The control panel pops off the rest of the printer fairly easily,
and is connected to the rest of the printer by a ten-conductor ribbon cable.
The cable slides into a connector on the control panel's circuit board -
kind of like a card-edge connector, only with a ribbon cable instead of the
card edge. Given the arrangement of the PCB connector I assume there are
traces on both sides of the cable.
The socket on the PCB was broken when I dropped the printer (I'll never buy
another particle board desk again). I don't know if the printer still
works, but I can't turn it on to find out until I get the control panel
hooked back up. As it fell the corner with the control panel hit something,
causing it to pop off and mangle to connector. The rest of the printer got
caught before it hit anything very hard, so I'm hopeful that it still
functions.
I've looked in a few online catalogs but the sheer number of available items
is overwhelming. The connector is 3/32" by 7/16", 5/32" high. There are 10
wires coming out the bottom with the wires in two rows of five, staggered
(one row offset from the other by half the distance between wires:
. . . . .
.. . . . .
and not
.. . . . .
.. . . . .
I'm not an electronics expert but do know which end of the soldering iron to
grab hold of (when deciding what to study in college EE came in 2nd to
software).
If anyone could provide a hint as to what I should be looking for I'd be
most grateful. TIA!
Al
printer. The control panel pops off the rest of the printer fairly easily,
and is connected to the rest of the printer by a ten-conductor ribbon cable.
The cable slides into a connector on the control panel's circuit board -
kind of like a card-edge connector, only with a ribbon cable instead of the
card edge. Given the arrangement of the PCB connector I assume there are
traces on both sides of the cable.
The socket on the PCB was broken when I dropped the printer (I'll never buy
another particle board desk again). I don't know if the printer still
works, but I can't turn it on to find out until I get the control panel
hooked back up. As it fell the corner with the control panel hit something,
causing it to pop off and mangle to connector. The rest of the printer got
caught before it hit anything very hard, so I'm hopeful that it still
functions.
I've looked in a few online catalogs but the sheer number of available items
is overwhelming. The connector is 3/32" by 7/16", 5/32" high. There are 10
wires coming out the bottom with the wires in two rows of five, staggered
(one row offset from the other by half the distance between wires:
. . . . .
.. . . . .
and not
.. . . . .
.. . . . .
I'm not an electronics expert but do know which end of the soldering iron to
grab hold of (when deciding what to study in college EE came in 2nd to
software).
If anyone could provide a hint as to what I should be looking for I'd be
most grateful. TIA!
Al