Canon 2160B002 2-32, 2.3.2.6 Maintenance Cartridge

Chapter 2

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c) Pump

The pump (suction pump) is a tube pump that pressurizes the ink tubes with rotating rollers to generate a

negative pressure for sucking inks.

A single tube is sequentially pressurized by a pair of rotating rollers to control the level of ink suction. The

timing at which the rotating rollers rotate is detected by the pump cam sensor, with the distance of rotation being

controlled by the driving of the purge motor.

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2.3.2.6 Maintenance Cartridge

2.3.2.6.1 Maintenance Cartridge

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a) Maintenance cartridge

The maintenance cartridge holds about 1000 mL of used inks (about 867 g: including the evaporation of

moisture from the used inks).

b) Used maintenance cartridge ink detection

Used maintenance cartridge ink detection is monitored with regard to a dot count.

When the used ink reaches 80% of the cartridge capacity, the waning message "Maintenance C Space Check"

is displayed to tell that the maintenance cartridge is nearly full.

Further use of the maintenance cartridge will cause the appearance of the message "Replace Maintenance

Cartridge" to report that the maintenance cartridge is full.

When this error is displayed, the printer assumes that the used ink tank is full, shutting down its operation even

while it is printing until the maintenance cartridge is replaced.

The maintenance cartridge houses EEPROM, so that engine firmware can control the status of the maintenance

cartridge by writing to and reading from the EEPROM content.

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Purge motor

Push rollers

To maintenance cartridge. Pump encoder

Pump cam sensor

Cap

Pump unit

Cap

Ink tubes

Suction pump

Contents

Main Page Symbols Used Symbol Description Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 1.5 Names and Functions of Components........................................................ 1-18 1.1 Product Overview 1.1.1 Product Overview 1-2 1.2 Features 1.2.1 Features 1.2.2 Printhead 1-3 1.2.3 Ink Tank 1.2.4 Cutter unit 1.2.5 Roll Holder 1-4 1.2.6 Stand [A] [B] 1-5 1.2.7 IEEE1394 (FireWire) Board 1.2.8 Consumables Page 1-7 1.3 Product Specifications 1.3.1 Product Specifications 1-8 1-9 1-10 1.4 Detailed Specifications 1.4.1 Print Speed and Direction 1-11 Plain Paper/ Recycled Paper 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 1-17 1.4.2 Interface specifications 1-18 1.5 Names and Functions of Components 1.5.1 Front 1-19 1.5.2 Rear 1-20 1.5.3 Carriage 1-21 1.6 Basic Operation 1.6.1 Operation Panel 1-22 1.6.2 Main Menu 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 Setting Item 1-33 Setting Item 1-34 1-35 press the[ ] button. Choose [OK] to restore the network settings to the default values. 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-40 1.7 Safety and Precautions 1.7.1 Safety Precautions 1.7.1.1 Moving Parts 1-41 1.7.1.2 Adhesion of Ink 1-42 1.7.1.3 Electric Parts 1-43 1-44 1.7.2 Other Precautions 1.7.2.1 Printhead 1-45 1.7.2.2 Ink Tank 1-46 1.7.2.3 Handling the Printer 1-47 1-48 1.7.3 Precautions When Servicing Printer 1.7.3.1 Notes on the Data Stored in the Printer 1.7.3.2 Confirming the Firmware Version 1.7.3.3 Precautions against Static Electricity Page Page Page Page 2-1 2.1 Basic Operation Outline F-2-1 2.1.1 Printer Diagram Shown below is a printer diagram. Chapter 2 2.1.2 Print Signal Sequence 2-3 2.1.3 Print Driving 2-4 BlockNo. Printheadnozzle No. F-2-3 Thepattern is repeated until 2560 nozzles is reached. 2-5 Chapter 2 2-6 2.2 Firmware 2.2.1 Operation Sequence at Power-on 2-7 2.2.2 Operation Sequence at Power-off 2-8 2.2.3 Print Control Printing Modes 2-9 2-10 2-11 2-12 2-13 2-14 2.2.4 Print Position Adjustment Function 2.2.5 Head Management 2.2.6 Printhead Overheating Protection Control 2-15 2.2.7 Pause between Pages 2.2.8 White Raster Skip 2.2.9 Sleep Mode 2-16 2.3 Printer Mechanical System 2.3.1 Outline 2.3.1.1 Outline 2-17 2.3.2 Ink Passage 2.3.2.1 Ink Passage 2-18 2-19 2.3.2.2 Ink Tank Unit 2-20 F-2-9 2-21 2-22 2.3.2.3 Carriage Unit 2-23 2-24 2-25 2.3.2.4 Printhead 2-26 2.3.2.5 Purge Unit Resin Sillicon plate Heater Shared ink chamber Heater 2-27 Details of the cleaning function are shown in the table below. Chapter 2 2-28 Cleaning operation timings are as follows. 2-29 *1: Quantities of ink consumption by nozzle train 2-30 2-31 Advance notice of replacement 47,500times Service call 50,000times 2-32 2.3.2.6 Maintenance Cartridge 2-33 2.3.2.7 Air Flow 2.3.3 Paper Path 2.3.3.1 Outline 2-34 2-35 2.3.3.2 Paper Path Page 2-37 2.4 Printer Electrical System 2.4.1 Outline 2.4.1.1 Overview 2-38 F-2-25 2-39 2.4.2 Main Controller 2.4.2.1 Main controller components 2-40 2-41 2.4.3 Carriage Relay PCB 2.4.3.1 Carriage relay PCB components 2.4.4 Head Relay PCB 2.4.4.1 Head relay PCB components 2-42 2.4.5 Maintenance Cartridge Relay PCB 2.4.5.1 Maintenance cartridge relay PCB components 2.4.6 Power Supply 2.4.6.1 Power supply block diagram 2-43 2.5 Detection Functions with Sensors 2.5.1 Sensors for covers 2-44 2.5.2 Ink passage system 2-45 2-46 2-47 2.5.3 Carriage system 2-48 2-49 2.5.4 Paper path system Page 3-1 3.1 Transporting the Printer 3.1.1 Transporting the Printer 3.1.1.1 Transporting the Printer 3-2 3-3 3-4 3.1.2 Reinstalling the Printer 3.1.2.1 Reinstalling the Printer Page Page 4.3 Points to Note on Disassembly and Reassembly........................................ 4-3 Page Chapter 4 F-4-2 4-2 Printer SymbolMeanings c: Connector,e: E-ring, h: Holder, s: Screw 4-3 4.3 Points to Note on Disassembly and Reassembly 4.3.1 Note on locations prohibited from disassembly 4.3.2 Moving the carriage manually 4.3.3 Units requiring draining of ink 4-4 4.3.4 External Covers Page 4-6 4-7 4-8 4-9 4-10 4-11 4.3.5 Waste Ink Box 4-12 4.3.6 Driving Unit 4-13 4.3.7 Ink Tube Unit 4-14 4-15 4-16 4.3.8 Carriage Unit 4-17 4-18 4-19 4-20 4-21 4.3.9 Feeder Unit 4-22 4.3.10 Purge Unit 4-23 4.3.11 Ink Tank Unit Page 4-25 4.3.12 Head Management Sensor 4-26 4.3.13 Multi Sensor 4-27 4.3.14 PCBs 4-28 4.3.15 Opening the Cap/Moving the Wiper Unit 4-29 4.3.16 Opening/Closing the Ink Supply Valve 4-30 4.3.17 Draining the Ink 4-31 4.4 Applying the Grease 4.4.1 Applying the Grease Chapter 4 4-32 F-4-41 F-4-42 4.5 Adjustment and Setup Items 4.5.1 Adjustment Item List 4.5.2 Procedure after Replacing the Feed Roller or Feed Roller Encoder 4.5.3 Procedure after Replacing the Carriage Unit or Multi Sensor 4-34 4.5.4 Procedure after Replacing the Head Management Sensor Page Page 5-1 5.1 Periodic Replacement Parts 5.1.1 Periodic Replacement Parts 5.2 Consumable Parts 5.2.1 Consumable Parts Level Periodic Replacement part User None Service Personnel None 5.3 Periodic Maintenance 5.3.1 Periodic Maintenance Page Page 5-5 Page Page 6-1 6.1 Troubleshooting 6.1.1 Outline 6.1.1.1 Outline of Troubleshooting 6-2 6.2 Location of Connectors and Pin Arrangement 6.2.1 Main controller PCB 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-7 6-8 6-9 6-10 6-11 6-12 6.2.2 Carriage relay PCB 6-13 6-14 6-15 6-16 6-17 6-18 6-19 6.2.3 Head relay PCB 6-20 6-21 6-22 6-23 6-24 6.3 Version Up 6.3.1 Firmware Update Tool 6-25 6.4 Service Tools 6.4.1 Tool List Page Page Page 7-1 7.1 Service Mode 7.1.1 Service Mode Operation 7.1.2 Map of the Service Mode Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7-10 7.1.3 Details of Service Mode 7-11 7-12 7-13 7-14 7-15 7-16 7-17 7-18 7-19 7-20 7-21 7-22 7-23 7-24 7-25 7-26 7-27 7.1.4 Sample Printout F-7-1 (1) (2) (3) (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) 7-28 Nozzle Check Pattern SERVICE 7-29 Chapter 7 7-30 F-7-5 7-31 F-7-6 7-32 7.2 Special Mode 7.2.1 Special Modes for Servicing 7-33 Page Page 8.1 Outline 8.1.1 Outline 8-2 8.2 Warning Table 8.2.1 Warnings 8-3 8.3 Error Table 8.3.1 Error Code List 8-4 8-5 8-6 8.4 Sevice Call Table 8.4.1 Service call errors Page Main controller PCB (1/3) Carriage relay PCB (1/2) General Circuit Diagram (2/4) F-1-2 Main controller PCB (2/3) General Circuit Diagram (3/4) F-1-3 Main controller PCB (3/3)