ISS motor stall or bad encoder disc

A transparent plastic strip with precisely printed markings that the printer uses to determine the exact position of the carriage as it moves across the platen.

The motor that drives the carriage assembly horizontally across the platen. It's responsible for the precise left-right movement of the printheads during printing.

A numeric or alphanumeric code displayed on the printer's front panel or in diagnostic logs that identifies a specific hardware or software malfunction.

The motor responsible for feeding media through the printer in precise increments between each pass of the printhead carriage.