Epson 440 2.1 OVERVIEW

Chapter2 Operating Principles

Rev. A 2-1

2.1 OVERVIEW

This section describes Printer Mechanism, electric circuit board (C206 PSB, C200 Main, C206PNL

board) of Stylus Color 600.

2.1.1 Printer Mechanism

Unlike previous EPSON Ink Jet printers, printer mechanism of Stylus Color 600 does not have exclusive

mechanism to change over paper feeding and Pum ping operation. In stead, this control is done by the

turning direction of paper feed/pum p motor and position of carriage at that ti me. Also, unlike previous print

heads, print head of this printer is became one unit c om bined with black and CMY head. Black head has

64 nozzles, 180 dpi(vertical direct ion) and CMY head has 32 nozzles, 90 dpi (vertical dir ec t ion). Also, since

these print head is driven by frequency 14.4KHz, this printer can print double resolution(1440 dpi/100- dpi )

than Stylus Color. Following figure2-1 shows outline of pr i nter mechanism.

Since the head drive frequency of S t ylus Color was 7.2KHz, it could be only 720-dpi printing when it

driven by 100 cps carriage speed. It perform s two-pass carri age oper at ion when Stylus Color 600

performs the 1440 dpi printing towards the horizontal line.

As major printer mechanisms in the f i gure 2-1, there are four major mechanisms as they are l isted below.

1) Printing mechanism 2) Carriage unit 3) P aper pi ck up mechanism 4) Pump drive mechanism

Platen Drive Mechanism

Paper Pickup Mechanism

Pump Drive Mechanism

Carriage Motor

Paper Feed Motor

Paper Pick Up

Trigger Lever

Carriage Unit

(Prinr Head Unit)

Timing Belt

Pumping Position

Figure 2-1. Stylus Color 600 Printer Mechanism Block Diagram

Contents

Main NOTICE PRECAUTIONS WARNING CAUTION WARNING CAUTION PREFACE Page Page Chapter 1 Product Descriptions 1.1 Features 1.2 Specifications 1.2.1 Printing Specification Page Note) *1: Each typeface has four different font style; Normal, Bold, Italic and Bold-Italic. 1.2.2 Paper Specification 1.2.2.1 Cut Sheet 1.2.2.2 Transparency Film / Glossy Paper 1.2.2.3 Envelope 1.2.2.4 Index Card 1.2.3 Adjust Lever Settings (PG adjust lever) Rev. A 1- 1.2.4 Printable Area 1.2.4.1 Cut Sheet 1.2.4.2 Envelope 1.2.5 Environmental Condition 1.2.6 Ink Cartridge Specifications 1.2.6.1 Black Ink Cartridge Rev. A 1-11 1.2.6.2 Color Ink Cartridge Note) 1.2.7 Physical Specification 1.2.8 Electric Specification 1.2.9 Reliability 1.2.10 Safety Approvals 1.2.11 Acoustic Noise 1.2.12 CE Marking 1.2.13 Printer Language and Emulation Page 1.3 Interface 1.3.1 Parallel Interface (Forward Channel) Note) I/O refers to the direction of signal flow from the printers point of view. 1.3.2 Parallel Interface (Reverse Channel) Note) The printer sends following device ID string when it is requested. Note) I/O refers to the direction of signal flow from the printers point of view. Note) *: Rise and fall time of every output signals. **: Rise and fall time of every input signals. 1.3.2.1 Prevention Hosts from Data Transfer time-out 1.3.3 Serial Interface Rev. A 1-21 1.4 Control Panel 1.4.1 Indicators 1.4.2 Panel Functions 1.4.3 Printer Condition and Panel Status 1.5 Error Status 1.5.1 Ink Out Never use the ink cartridge once taken out from the printer. 1.5.2 Paper Out 1.5.3 Paper Jam 1.5.4 No Ink-Cartridge Error 1.5.5 Maintenance Request 1.5.6 Fatal Errors 1.6 Printer Initialization 1.6.1 Initialization Settings Rev. A 1-2 1.7 Main Components 1.7.1 Printer Mechanism 1.7.2 C200 MAIN Board Figure 1-13. Exterior view of C200 Main Board Rev. A 1-2 1.7.3 C206 PSB/PSE Board 1.7.4 C206 PNL Board Chapter 2 Operating Principles 2-17 2.1 OVERVIEW 2.1.1 Printer Mechanism 2.1.1.1 Printing Mechanism Page 2.1.1.1.2 Printing Method Note1: Note1) Note3: Note2: Nozzle No.#9 Nozzle No.#4 Particular line(Completed line) 360-dpi Condition: 360-dpi printing Nozzle: Total 10 nozzle/each color #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Page Rev. A 2- 2.1.1.2 Carriage Mechanism Rotor *Note 1): B A /A /B C200 MAIN Board Connecter CN6(CN7) Page Rev. A 2- 2.1.1.2.1 Platen Gap Adjust Mechanism and Parallel adjustment Mechanism Rev. A 2-11 2.1.1.3 Paper Feed Mechanism and Pump Mechanism Page Page 2.1.1.4 Ink System 2.1.1.4.1 Pump, Carriage Lock, Head Cleaner Mechanism CW Rotation CCW Rotation Tube pressured Tube released 2.1.1.4.2 Cap Mechanism AB 2.2 Electrical Circuit Operating Principles 2.2.1 C206 PSB/PSE Power Board AC100V Rev. A 2-21 2.2.2 C200 Main Board Page Rev. A 2-2 2.2.2.1 Reset Circuits 2.2.2.2 Sensor Circuits E05B43 (IC2) TMP95C061 (IC1) 2.2.2.3 EEPROM Control Circuits +5V 2.2.2.4 Timer Circuit 2.2.2.5 DRAM Control Rev. A 2-2 2.2.2.6 Print Head Control Circuit Page Common Waveform 64-dot 2-3 2.2.2.7 PF(Pump) Motor Drive Circuit Rev. A 2-31 2.2.2.8 CR Motor Drive Circuit Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.1 OVERVIEW 3.1.1 Precautions for Disassembling the Printer WARNING 3- 3.1.2 Specification for Screws 3.1.3 Tools Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly Rev. A 3- 3.1.4 Work Completion Check 3- 3.2 DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY Figure 3-1. Disassembly Flow This section describes the step-by-step disassembly procedures shown in the diagram below. 3.2.1 Housing Removal WORK POINT 3.2.2 Circuit Boards Removal WORK POINT Page 3.2.3 Control Panel Removal 3.2.4 Waste Ink Pad Assembly Removal CAUTION WORK POINT 3.2.5 Disassembling the Printer Mechanism 3.2.5.1 Printhead Removal Page 3.2.5.2 Pump Assembly and Cap Assembly Removal CAUTION OK NG Page 3.2.5.3 CR Motor Assembly Removal WORK POINT Page 3.2.5.4 PF Motor Assembly Removal Page 3.2.5.5 ASF Assembly Removal Page 3.2.5.5.1 ASF Disassembly 3.2.5.5.2 Pick-Up Roller Assembly Removal 3.2.5.6 Carriage Assembly Removal Page 3.2.5.7 PF Roller Assembly Removal Page 3.2.5.8 PE Sensor Assembly Removal 3.2.5.9 HP Sensor Assembly Removal Chapter 4 Adjustment Rev. A 4-1 4.1 OVERVIEW 4.1.1 Required Adjustments CAUTION Performance Order 1 2 3 4 5 Note) : Required adjustment NA: Not applicable 4.2 Adjustments 4.2.1 Paper Gap Adjustment Figure 4-1. Paper Gap Adjustment - Thickness Gauge Setting Figure 4-2. Paper Gap Adjustment - Adjustment Procedure Figure 4-3. CLEANER, HEAD Overlap 4- 4.2.2 Adjustment using Adjustment Program 4.2.2.1 Overview of Adjustment Program 4.2.2.2 Ink Charge Operation CAUTION 4- 4.2.2.3 VH Setting Timing to write the specified value to EEPROM: Upon pressing ENTER key after ID code input. Head VH ID Viewed from front Page 4.2.2.4 Head Angular Adjustment Page Rev. A 4-11 4.2.2.5 Bi-D Alignment Adjustment Timing to write the specified value to EEPROM: Upon pressing ENTER key after input Y. 4-1 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5.1 Troubleshooting Page 5.2 Unit Level Troubleshooting 5.2.1 Printer does not operate at power on Is AC power voltage normal? Figure 5-2. Flow Chart 1 board opened? Is the fuse opend again? 5.2.2 Error is detected 5.2.3 Failure occurs during printing Figure 5-4. Flow Chart 3 5.2.4 Printer does not feed the paper correctly Figure 5-5. Flow Chart 4 5.2.5 Control panel operation is abnormal 5.3 Unit Repair C206 PSB/PSE Board Page 5-11 5.3.1 Unit Repair - C200 Main Board 5-1 5.4 Repair of the Printer Mechanism 5-1 Page Page Chapter 6 Maintenance Rev. A 6-1 6.1 OVERVIEW 6.1.1 Cleaning 6.1.2 Service Maintenance 6- 6.1.3 Lubrication Chapter 6 Maintenance Rev. A 6- No.12 *Never apply the oil exceeding 0.6cc. Page No.6 No.7 Page Appendix Rev.A A-1 A.1 Connector Summary A-2 A.2 Connector Summary Rev.A A-3 A-4 A.3 EEPROM Address Map Rev.A A-5 A-6 Rev.A A-7 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page MMAAIINN BBRRDD OPERATOR PANEL PPRROOMM PH LOCK TAB PMPAS WASTE PAD EPSON OVERSEAS MARKETING LOCATIONS