A470e Users Guide
Trouble Shooting Other Issues
Fault Mode
The printer will enter a Fault Mode and will not operate when certain failure conditions are encountered. Confirmation of this condition can be accomplished by the host on the DTR (pin 8) or status with an
The color of the LEFT LED on the front panel of the |
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printer will change from Green to Red if a fault condition |
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is encountered. Depressing the paper feed button on | STATUS | SLIP | |
the printer cover will cause the printer to enter diagnostic |
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mode. This will cause the LED to flash a 3 bit code | POWER | LOW | |
to define the specific reason the printer entered Fault | |||
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Mode. The error code is followed by a delay before |
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being repeated. The diagnostic code will toggle the DTR |
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line and flash the Red LED if the | STATUS | SLIP |
selected. |
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| Error code |
| Diagnosed failure | |
● ● ▬ | Short | Short | Long | No motor sensor signal |
● ▬ ● | Short | Long | Short | Ram test failure |
● ▬ ▬ | Short | Long | Long | Firmware Error |
▬ ● ● | Long | Short | Short | No margin sensor signal |
▬ ▬ ▬ | Long | Long | Long | Head drive motor stalled |
The printer will remain in FAULT Mode until the power is cycled or the printer is reset with the <ESC> <NUL> command. (A470 Mode Only).
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