Part 3: Operating Instructions |
3.1.2 Service calls
In the case of service calls, "service personnel call error messages" are displayed on the host computer’s screen via the printer driver, and you can check the details of the error as shown in the table below by the number of times that the beeper on the main unit sounds.
If a service call occurs, refer to "Part 5: 6. TROUBLESHOOTING" (page 5-13).
TABLE 3-3 SERVICE CALLS
Error | Error | Beeper | Description (User Correction) | Reference |
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Print Position | Blinks | 8 | Home position not detected during print | |
Alignment | 2 times | times | position alignment operation. |
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Error | repeatedly |
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Home | Blinks | 8 | Home position not detected other than | |
Position Error | 3 times | times | during print position alignment operation. |
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| repeatedly |
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Purge Error | Blinks | 8 | Initial position of purge gear not detected. | |
| 4 times | times |
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| repeatedly |
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Sheet Feeder | Blinks | 8 | Initial position of pickup roller not detected. | |
Error | 5 times | times |
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| repeatedly |
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Printer | Blinks | 8 | Printer temperature sensor on carriage | |
Temperature | 6 times | times | board has detected abnormal temperature. |
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Error | repeatedly |
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Waste Ink | Blinks | 8 | Waste ink amount or waste ink optimizer | |
Full Error | 7 times | times | amount has reached 100% printer capacity. |
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| repeatedly |
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EEPROM | Blinks | 8 | EEPROM data abnormality. | |
Error | 9 times | times |
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| repeatedly |
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ROM Error *2 | Blinks | 8 | Abnormality in sum check of control ROM. | |
| 10 times | times |
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| repeatedly |
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RAM Error *2 | Blinks | 8 | Abnormality in DRAM read/write check. | |
| 11 times | times |
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| repeatedly |
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Carriage | Blinks | 8 | Abnormal carriage motor driver | |
Motor Error | 12 times | times | temperature. |
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| repeatedly |
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Paper Feed | Blinks | 8 | Abnormal paper feed motor driver | |
Motor Error | 13 times | times | temperature. |
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| repeatedly |
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Miscellaneous | Blinks | 8 | Other hardware error (detected by head | |
Hardware | 14 times | times | temperature sensor, pickup roller sensor, or |
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Error *2 | repeatedly |
| purge sensor) |
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*1: The error indicator blinks the number of times indicated in the table, then repeats the same number of blinks.
*2: The error may not be detected correctly.