HP 430 manual Electronics Test, Bail Test, Electrical Test, ServoEncoder Test

Electronics Test

Purpose￿3 Verify the operation of the FIBIS Column address and the shuffler￿

In service mode 1￿ press Electronics Test ￿Media Source and Reprint Keys￿￿

If the test passes￿ the Sheet L￿￿ ￿LED O￿ will light up￿

If the test fails￿ the Sheet L￿￿ ￿LED O￿ will start to flash￿

If the test fails￿ replace the ￿lectronics Module￿

Bail Test

Purpose 3 Tests the operation of the bail system￿ Service Station and the Y3axis by engaging and disengaging the bail3lift mechanism and capping￿uncapping the cartridges￿

In service mode 2￿ press Bail Test ￿Setup Key￿￿

If the Printer does not raise the Bail ￿ssembly then the test has failed￿

If the bail fails the test￿ replace the Bail3lift mechanism￿

Electrical Test

This tests the operation of some of the electrical components of the electronics module￿

In service mode 2￿ press Electrical Test ￿Form Feed Key￿￿

If the test fails￿ an error code will appear on the front3panel￿ Refer to System ￿rror Codes section in order to correctly troubleshoot the failure￿

Servo￿Encoder Test

The servo￿encoder test performs the Media3axis and Carriage3axis encoder test and also records the maximum friction detected in the ￿￿ROM￿ which can viewed on the service configuration plot￿

In service mode 2￿ press Servo￿Encoder Test ￿Media Type Key￿￿

To view the results of the test￿ you must print the Service Configuration Plot ￿Print Quality and Media Type keys￿￿

If the test fails￿ an error code will appear on the front3panel￿ Refer to System ￿rror Codes section in order to correctly troubleshoot the failure￿

Service Monitor (Data Display)

The service monitor is useful to find out why the Printer is not plotting what you expect it to plot￿ Instead of plotting the drawing that you send￿ the Printer prints the beginning and end of the code that would otherwise have been used to plot the drawing￿

In service mode 2￿ load a sheet of media ￿￿3 size or B size minimum￿ in portrait orientation and press Service Monitor ￿Media Type and Media Source Keys￿￿

Send the file from the computer through the serial or parallel ports ￿Ready L￿￿ flashes￿￿

Wait until the computer has indicated that it has sent the file ￿Ready L￿￿ continues to flash￿￿

While the Ready L￿￿ is flashing￿ press Service Monitor ￿Media Type and Media Source Keys￿ again￿

HP DesignJet 430, 450C and 455CA Printers Quick Reference Service Manual 9