Croma24 Service Manual
To enter the BIT mode, apply power to the printer while simulta- neously depressing the ‘soft on’ button. Continue to hold onto the ‘soft on’ button until the carrier assembly has traveled halfway across the length of the platen. Release the ‘soft on’ button.
The printer will go through its normal
The prime is followed by a serial port test (GA or GA & CAD ver- sions). The loopback cable is required to pass this test.
Then it will print a fast deadband display and a color calibration display.
It will then test the parallel port test. The loopback cable is required to pass this test.
After completing the parallel port test, the BIT test begins again with a prime. It will continue to perform the BIT test until the BIT mode is exited. To exit the BIT mode, turn the printer off and on again in the normal
The deadband and color calibration displays are for visual inspection of the condition of the printer only, no adjustments can be performed while in the BIT mode.
Firmware/Software Upgrades
The Croma24 Control Panel, Printer Driver, and embedded firmware are all upgraded onto the computer at the same time by installing the latest Croma24 software bundle. The latest version can be found on ENCAD’s bbs or website, the phone numbers are located in Chapter One.
The installation procedure will upgrade the Control Panel and the Printer Driver simultaneously. Verify that the upgrade was success- ful by checking in the “about” panel in both the Control Panel and the Driver for version specs.
