Service Tests and Utilities

Unlock Carriage

The purpose of this Service Utility is to unlock the Carriage Assembly which is normally locked by the Service Station in order to cap the Printheads. Once unlocked, the Carriage Assembly can then be moved freely along the Printer by hand.

Perform the Unlock Carriage utility as follows:

1In the Service Utilities submenu, scroll to "Unlock Carriage" and press Enter.

Service utilities

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Enter

2Once the utility starts, the printer will begin to unlock the Carriage Assembly and the following message will be displayed on the front panel.

Unlock Carriage

Unlocking Carriage

Please wait...

3Once the Carriage is unlocked (Printheads have been uncapped) the following message will appear on the front panel:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unlock Carriage

 

 

 

 

 

Carriage unlocked

 

 

 

 

Power off the printer

 

 

 

 

to start the repair

 

 

 

The Carriage will remain uncapped until another action (e.g.

NOTE

 

 

loading paper or replacing Printheads) is selected which returns

 

 

the Printer to normal operation. Make sure you leave the

 

 

Carriage in a locked position once the repair is completed.

HP DesignJets 500, 510 and 800 Series Printers Service Manual

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HP 510 Inkjet Large Format CH336A#B1K manual Unlock Carriage, Carriage will remain uncapped until another action e.g