EPSON COLOR INK-JET PRINTER EPSON Stylus Photo SERVICE MANUAL SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 4007542...
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However, should any errors be detected, SEIKO EPSON would greatly appreciate being informed of them. The above notwithstanding SEIKO EPSON can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual or the consequences thereof. EPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.
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POWER SUPPLY CABLE MUST BE CONNECTED, USE EXTREME CAUTION IN WORKING ON POWER SUPPLY AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. CAUTION 1. REPAIRS ON EPSON PRODUCT SHOULD BE PERFORMED ONLY BY EPSON CERTIFIED REPAIR TECHNICIAN. 2. MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE SOURCE VOLTAGE IS THE SAME AS THE RATED VOLTAGE, LISTED ON THE SERIAL NUMBER/RATING PLATE.
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PREFACE This manual describes functions, theory of electrical and mechanical operations, maintenance, and repair of EPSON Stylus Photo. The instructions and procedures included herein are intended for the experience repair technician, and attention should be given to die precautions on the preceding page. The Chapters are organized as follows: CHAPTER 1.
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REVISION SHEET Revision Issued Data Contents Rev. A March 26, 1997 First issue...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION CHAPTER 2. OPERATING PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 3. DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY CHAPTER 4. ADJUSTMENT CHAPTER 5. TROUBLESHOOTING CHAPTER 6. MAINTENANCE APPENDIX...
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.1 Features EPSON Stylus Photo is a high quality color ink jet printer designed for printing photo images and color graphics. The major printer features are; High color print quality 720(H) x 720(V) dpi printing 6 color printing CMYK and output of photo quality by light-C/M...
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.2 Specifications This section describes each specification for EPSON Stylus Photo; 1) Printing specification, 2) Paper specification, 3) Adjust lever settings, 4) Printing area, 5) Environmental condition, 6) Ink Cartridge specification, 7) Physical specification, 8) Electric specification, 9) Reliability.
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Note3) Change the paper support position for the transparency printing position when you print on the transparency sheet. Character tables* PC437(US, Standard Europe) PC850(Multilingual) Typeface* Bit map LQ font : EPSON Courier 10CPI Control code ESC/P Raster EPSON Remote command Note) * Reference only. Rev.A...
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.2.2 Paper Specification This section describes the printable area and types of paper that can be used in this printer. Note) Do not perform reverse feed more than 9.5mm(0.38”). 1.2.2.1 Cut Sheet [Size] : A4 [Width 210mm(8.3”) x Length 297mm(11.7”)] : Letter [Width 216mm(8.5”) x Length 279mm(11.0”)] : B5...
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.2.3 Adjust Lever Settings (PG adjust lever) The adjust lever located on the right side(blue) that is under the printer cover needs to be set to the proper position according to the paper you print. (Refer to the table below). Also, if there is any dirt caused by friction on the wavy or wrinkled paper, this can be prevented by changing the lever position to rear position (marked with “+”) in spite of paper types.
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.2.4.2 Envelope The table and figure below show the printable area for envelopes. Table 1-6. Printable Area for Envelope Paper size LM(Left margin) RM(Right margin) TM(Top margin) BM(Bottom (min.) (min.) (min.) margin) (min.) 28mm(1.10”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.55”) 7mm(0.28”)
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.2.5 Environmental Condition Temperature Operating :10 to 35 C (Refer to the figure below for condition) Non-operating : -20 to 60 C (with shipment container) Note) 1 month at 40 C and 120 hours at 60 C Humidity Operating : 20 - 80% RH (without condensation.
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.2.6 Ink Cartridge Specifications 1.2.6.1 Black Ink Cartridge Table 1-7. Black Ink Cartridge Specifications Item Specifications Type Exclusive cartridge Color Black Print capacity 540 pages / A4 (ISO/IE10561 Letter Pattern at 360 dpi) Validity 2 years from production date(sealed in package) / 6months(out of package)
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.2.6.2 Color Ink Cartridge Table 1-8. Color Ink Cartridge Specification Item Specifications Type Exclusive cartridge Color 5 Colors(Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Light Magenta, Light Cyan) Print capacity 190 pages / A4 (360 dpi, 5% duty each color) Validity 2 years from production date (sealed in package) / 6months(out of package) Environmental...
1.2.7 Physical Specification [Dimension] : 429mm(W) x 234mm(D) x 162mm(H) : 429mm(W) x 695mm(D) x 309mm(H) with extended stacker and paper support. [Weight] : 5.2Kg Figure 1-8. Dimension of EPSON Stylus Photo 1.2.8 Input Data Buffer 64 Kbytes 1-11 Rev.A...
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.2.14 Printer Language and Emulation Printer Language : ESC/P Raster : EPSON Remote [ESC/P control codes] < Character mode > General Operation Initialize Printer : ESC@ Paper feeding Form Feed : FF Line Feed : LF Carriage Return : CR <...
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.3.2 Parallel Interface (Reverse Channel) [Transmission mode] : IEEE-1284 nibble mode [Synchronization] : Refer to the IEEE-1284 specification [Handshaking] : Refer to the IEEE-1284 specification [Data trans. timing] : Refer to the IEEE-1284 specification [Signal level] : IEEE-1284 level 1 device...
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Chapter 1 Product Description Following lists “Notes” when using Parallel Interface. Note1) “ Return GND pin” in the table means twist pair return and is used for all control signals except for Logic H,+5V, Chassis, GND and NC. In this twist pair return, returning side is connected to GND (16, 33, 19-30 pin) for twist pair return.
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.3.3 Serial Interface [Standard] : based on RS-423 [Synchronization] : Synchronous [Bit rate] : Approx. 900Kbps [Word format] : Start bit 1 bit : Data bit 8 bit : Parity bit none : Stop bit 1 bit [Handshaking] : X-ON/X-OFF, DTR protocol [Adaptable Connector]...
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.3.4 Prevention Hosts from Data Transfer Time-out Generally, hosts abandon data transfer to peripherals when a peripheral is in the busy state for dozens of seconds continuously. To prevent hosts from this kind of time-out, the printer receives data very slowly, several bytes per minute, even if the printer is in busy state.
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.4 Control Panel EPSON Stylus Photo does not require many buttons since the printer driver can start various settings and motions. Therefore, there are only 2 non-lock type push buttons, 1 lock type push button and 4 LEDs.
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.4.2 Panel Functions [Panel Functions] Table 1-17. Panel Function Button Function Load/Eject Loads or Ejects the paper. (Pushing within 2 seconds) When carriage is on the Ink Cartridge change position, return carriage from Ink Cartridge change position.
3. Initialization of I/F selection (returns to AUTO) WARNING Since EPSON Stylus Photo does not have “All Clear function” for EEPROM like other printers, do not perform this operation except for the purpose of the maintenance error reset. Be sure to replace a waste ink pad in the printer enclosure with a new one after you perform [Maintenance error reset procedure].
[Step 3] As standard specification for EPSON Stylus Photo, ink consumption counter is reset when the ink cartridge is removed. If an ink cartridge is removed and re-installed unnecessarily the value on the ink consumption monitor which the user can check will be wrong and printer may keep printing even though the ink cartridge is installed empty.
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.5.4 No Ink-Cartridge Following reasons can be the causes when printer goes to this error mode. 1) When the printer is turned on for the first time. (This is a normal error state and it returns to the normal state after installing an ink cartridge according to the ink cartridge exchange operation.) 2) Ink cartridge exchange operation is not done correctly.
(b) Sets default values. 1.7 Initialization Settings EPSON Stylus Photo initializes following settings when the initialization is performed. Also, if the user changes the settings in the Panel setting, Default setting or Remote command setting, values or settings which are possible to be stored are initialized as initialization settings.
1.8 Main Components EPSON Stylus Photo has following major units. Also, it is one of the major characteristics that the bottom of the Printer mechanism plays the role as Lower case at the same time. Each units from 2) to 4) are simply explained as following.
EPSON Stylus Photo 1.8.2 C206 PSB/PSE(Power Supply) Board The C206 PSB/PSE board is a switching regulator type power supply unit and constantly supplies stable logic and power voltages to the printer mechanism and the main control board. Also, since this C206 PSB/PSE board has the power switch in the secondly side of the circuit, it is possible to keep supplying electricity to the C209 MAIN control board for 30 seconds even after the power switch is turned off.
Chapter 1 Product Description 1.8.5 Housing This printer’s housing consists of upper case, print cover, paper support and paper eject tray. In this printer, there is no lower case since the printer mechanism plays its role. Figure 1-15. Housing 1-28 Rev.A...
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Chapter 2 Operating Principles 2.1 OVERVIEW ......................2-1 2.1.1 Printer Mechanism ......................... 2-1 2.1.1.1 Printing Mechanism ....................2-2 2.1.1.1.1 Printing Process ..................... 2-3 2.1.1.1.2 Printing Method ....................2-4 2.1.1.2 Carriage Mechanism ....................2-7 2.1.1.2.1 Paper Gap Adjust Mechanism ..............2-10 2.1.1.3 Paper Feed Mechanism and Pump Mechanism ............2-11 2.1.1.4 Ink System.......................
EPSON Stylus Photo. 2.1.1 Printer Mechanism Unlike the previous EPSON Ink Jet printers, printer mechanism of EPSON Stylus Photo does not have exclusive mechanism to change over paper feeding and pumping operation. In stead, this control is done by the turning direction of paper feed/pump motor and changing the position of carriage at that time.
EPSON Stylus Photo As you can see major printer mechanisms in the figure 2-1, there are four major mechanisms as they are listed below. 1) Printing mechanism 2) Carriage drive unit 3) Paper pick up mechanism 4) Pump drive mechanism 2.1.1.1 Printing Mechanism...
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.1.1.1.1 Printing Process Following figures indicate the sectional drawing of normal state and ejecting state of print head. (1) Normal State: When the printing order is not output, PTZ also does not move and stays in the waiting mode (normal state).
EPSON Stylus Photo 2.1.1.1.2 Printing Method This section explains printing method of actual printing such as printing text at various resolution select/printing mode and graphics printing. In order to prevent white or color banding which are peculiar problem of ink-jet, new Micro-Weave functions are added to the previous Micro-Weave function. The number of nozzles and printing mode according to the selected resolution are used separately by a user.
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Chapter2 Operating Principles Note 2) The way firmware decides which nozzle becomes even dot or odd dot is determined as it is described below. If the line which is about to be printed is even line: First dot prints odd dot lines and 2nd dot prints even dot lines. If the line which is about to be printed is odd line: 1st dot prints even dot lines and 2nd dot prints odd dot lines.
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Micro-Weave, and ordinal Micro-weave according to the selection of resolution. Also, when these three printing modes are performed by the EPSON Stylus Photo, the printer performs top and bottom margin process in order to control the overprinting volume as little as possible.
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.1.1.2 Carriage Mechanism Carriage mechanism is to drive the carriage with print head from left to right or vice versa. The carriage drive motor in this printer is a 4-phase, 200-pole stepping motor and is driven by 1-2phase, 2-2phase and W1-2phase drive method.
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The table below shows W1-2 phase drive sequence at each steps when the rotor of carriage motor makes one rotation. In the EPSON Stylus Photo, in addition to a function that printing is performed with W1-2 drive phase, high speed skip mode which is a function to skip over the blank from the end of the printing data to the next data starting point in high speed, can be also performed by 2-2 and 1-2 phase drive.
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Chapter2 Operating Principles The figure below shows carriage mechanism. The print head as a core of the printing mechanism is installed in the carriage unit. This print head keeps the angle of print head in flexible and adjustable structure by moving the adjustment lever up and down with the Angular adjustment mechanism. (Refer to chapter 4 for more details) Also, parallelism adjustment lever is mounted on right side of the carriage guide shaft and it adjusts parallelism between paper and shaft when this shaft is installed to the printer mechanism.
EPSON Stylus Photo 2.1.1.2.1 Paper Gap Adjust Mechanism This mechanism can be set by the users and can prevent various problems related to low image density or print with any dirt by changing the positions of PG lever according to the paper types.
In the EPSON Stylus Photo, 4-phase, 200-pole hybrid type pulse motor is used in the PF motor as a motive power for the paper mechanism and driving is done at 2-2 and 1-2 phase drive method.
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Papers on the ASF (auto-sheet-feeder) supplied by the user are carried to the printer inside by paper pick up sequence. Unlike the previous models, ASF of EPSON Stylus Photo has multi feed prevention mechanism. Following explains this function and figure below shows its mechanism.
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Chapter2 Operating Principles In the paper pick up mechanism of EPSON Stylus Photo, same mechanism as Stylus Color IIs/820 are applied. This mechanism changes adjoined lines of gear by colliding trigger lever with carriage unit, and convey the motive power on the paper feed assembly to the ASF side(paper roller). The figure below shows mechanism with explanation.
5) ink sequence is performed automatically by the firmware. Also, unlike the previous models, since EPSON Stylus Photo has no engage/disengage mechanism to change over pump mechanism and paper feed mechanism, it is one of the major characteristics that pump and paper feed assembly are always at work whenever the PF motor is driven.
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.1.1.4.1 Pump, Carriage Lock, Head Cleaner Mechanism In the EPSON Stylus Photo, there is no button or mechanism to change over the pump/paper feed mechanism. Therefore, whenever the paper feed/pump motor rotate, the pump drive roller in the pump unit inside rotates.
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EPSON Stylus Photo The table below shows PF/Pump motor rotational direction and pump system operation. Table 2-11. Relationship Between Pump Motor Rotation and Pump Operation PF/Pump motor rotational direction Pump unit operation Clockwise(CW) 1)Released from the pressured pump forward rotation...
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.1.1.4.2 Cap Mechanism In the cap mechanism, in order to prevent ink from being viscosity on the head surface, it is controlled that the head surface stays adherent to the rubber frame of the cap surface when the power is off. The absorber is spread in the cap and can hold a certain amount of ink which is absorbed from the head without draining it to the waste ink pad.
EPSON Stylus Photo 2.2 Electrical Circuit Operating Principles EPSON Stylus Photo contains the following four electric circuit boards. C206 PSB/PSE board C209 Main board Head Driver board C209 PNL board C206 PSB/PSE, C209 main board are explained in this section. The head drive board is installed in the head unit the carriage.
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Chapter2 Operating Principles Figure 2-18. C206 PSB/PSE Board Block Diagram The operating principles of various circuit and controller circuit in the figure above are described below. +5V Line Over Voltage Protection Circuit: The output voltage level of +5V is monitored by a Zener diode(ZD53) on the secondary circuit. If the voltage level exceeds 9V, the Switching FET Q1 goes off by the following operation, and no induced electromotive force is generated, and generation of +5V and +42V stops as the result.
I/F Circuit (Parallel I/F, Serial for Mac) Sensor Circuit, RTC Timer Circuit, Reset Circuit Since EPSON Stylus Photo is the printer designed for output of the photo images/color graphics, there is no CG-ROM. The figure below shows block diagram for the main board.
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.2.2.1 Reset Circuits On the C209 main board, 2 ICs are mounted ; IC for monitoring the logic line(+5V) and IC for monitoring the power line(+42V) and both are monitored by the gate array and CPU. The reset circuit prevents the CPU from running away, which is caused by the unstable voltage in the logic circuit during the power ON/OFF.
EPSON Stylus Photo 2.2.2.2 Sensor Circuits This printer has 3 photo diode sensors(ASF sensor, PE sensor and HP sensor), 2 mechanical switch sensors (black/color ink cartridge sensor) and one thermistor sensor. The following explains each sensor’s function and principles of detection.
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.2.2.3 EEPROM Control Circuits The EEPROM of EPSON Stylus Photo has following contents. Gate array E05B43YA(IC2) controls operations of reading data when the power is on, and writing data when the power is off. Ink consumption(Bk, CMYcm)
EPSON Stylus Photo 2.2.2.4 Timer Circuit The Timer IC mounted on the C209 main board counts how long the printer is not used. The lithium-battery (BAT1) is mounted on the board and performs power supply to the Timer IC when the power is off.
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.2.2.5 Print Head Drive Circuit The head drive circuits consist of the common driver IC7on the C209 main board and nozzle selectors on the head driver boards. Each common driver produces trapezoidal pulses according to the signals sent from the IC2 gate array, and transfer them to the nozzle selector on the head driver board.
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EPSON Stylus Photo [Nozzle Selector Circuit] The printing data is sent from the serial data Sl1,Sl2 and Sl3 of the gate array to the nozzle selector; IR2C72C and IR2C73C on the head driver. Serial data Sl1 and Sl3 are handled by IR2C72C , and Sl2 is handled by IR2C73C.
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.2.2.6 Motor Drive Circuits This printer is equipped with 2 kinds of motors; CR motor and PF motor. Since they are all driven by UDN2917EB, they use the same control system. CR Motor Drive Circuit The phase control signal for the CR motor is output from the port 74, 77 of IC2 gate array to the port 26 and 43 of the IC14 UDN2917EB.
EPSON Stylus Photo 2.3 Ink System Control In this section, the Ink system to protect the print head and ink supply system and maintain high printing quality is described here. Ink system control has various kinds combined with several basic functions.
Chapter2 Operating Principles 2.3.2 Timers and Counters In this printer, there are several kinds of timer counters, soft counters and flags before each ink sequence is determined and most of them are stored in the EEPROM. Periodic Flushing Timer Counter This timer is for periodic flushing.
EPSON Stylus Photo 2.3.3 Ink System Sequence The ink system sequences in this printer are combinations of basic functions described in section 2.3.1. The printer selects the most suitable ink sequence according to the various timers, counters and flags described in section 2.3.2. The major ink system sequences are described below.
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Chapter2 Operating Principles Cartridge Exchange Sequence This sequence is used at the ink cartridge replacement. It is performed when the black or color cartridge is considered as ink low at the manual cleaning operation, and panel button is pressed longer than specified time. If the initial ink charge is not performed, this sequence performs cartridge exchange operation and initial ink charge.
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Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.1 OVERVIEW ......................3-1 3.1.1 Precautions for Disassembling the Printer................3-1 3.1.2 Specification for Screws......................3-2 3.1.3 Tools ............................3-2 3.1.4 Work Completion Check ......................3-3 3.2 DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY .................3-4 3.2.1 Housing Removal ........................3-5 3.2.2 Circuit Boards Removal......................
Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.1 OVERVIEW This section describes procedures for disassembling the main components of EPSON Stylus Photo. Unless otherwise specified, disassembly units or components can be reassembled by reversing the disassembly procedure. Therefore, no assembly procedures are included in this section. Precautions for any disassembly or assembly procedure are described under the heading “WORK POINT”.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.1.2 Specification for Screws Table 3-1 lists the abbreviation of screws and its use. Refer to the screw number in the following table to identify the type of screw shown in the disassembly procedures. Table 3-1. Screw Identification Table...
Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.1.4 Work Completion Check If any service is made to the printer, use the check list shown below, to confirm that all works are completed properly and the printer is ready to return to the user. Category Item Check Point...
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2 DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY This section describes the step-by-step disassembly procedures shown in the diagram below. Figure 3-1. Flow Chart of Disassembly Rev. A...
Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.2.1 Housing Removal Since the EPSON Stylus Photo has no lower housing as previous EPSON printers, the printer mechanism can be taken out by only removing the upper housing. Open the printer cover and set the PG adjust lever on the right-hand side to (+) position.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.2 Circuit Boards Removal The electric circuit boards of the printer (Main control circuit board: C209 MAIN / Power supply circuit board: C206 PSB/PSE) are both installed on single metal chassis and attached to the printer mechanism.
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Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly Figure 3-4. Circuit Boards Removal REQUIRED ADJUSTMENT Be sure to perform the following adjustments when the C209 MAIN board is replaced: 1) VH Setting (Refer to Chapter 4 / Section 4.2.2.4.) 2) Head Angular Adjustment (Refer to Chapter 4 / Section 4.2.2.5.) 3) Bi-D Alignment Adjustment (Refer to Chapter 4 / Section 4.2.2.6.)
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.3 Control Panel Removal 1. Remove the upper housing (Refer to Section 3.2.1) 2. Remove 2 screws (No.1) and remove the “PANEL, ASSEMBLY” and “HOUSING, PANEL, LEFT” from the printer mechanism and disconnect the flat cable from the connector of the panel assembly.
Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.2.4 Waste Ink Pad Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Removing the control panel assembly (Refer to section 3.2.3) 3. Remove 1 screw (No.4) at the right-hand side of the printer mechanism, that fixing “Waste Ink Pad Assembly”.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5 Disassembling the Printer Mechanism This section describes the procedures for removing the main components consisting the printer mechanism. 3.2.5.1 Printhead Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Rotate “Gear, 67.2” (largest gear at the left-hand side of the printer mechanism) toward the front to disengage the carriage lock mechanism, and move the carriage assembly to the middle of the printer.
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Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly Figure 3-8. Printhead Unit Removal CAUTION If you remove the Flat cable from the printer mechanism, make sure that the Flat cable is fixed to the frame firmly when assembling. REQUIRED ADJUSTMENT When you remove or replace the printhead unit, be sure to perform the following adjustments: 1) Ink Charge Operation (Refer to Chapter 4 / Section 4.2.2.3.) 2) VH Setting...
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.2 Pump Assembly and Cap Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to Section 3.2.1) 2. Removing the control panel assembly. (Refer to section 3.2.3) 3. Removing “Waste Ink Pad Assembly”. (Refer to section 3.2.4) 4. Loosen 2 screws (No.1) fixing the exit frame assembly and disengage the frame from the side frames.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.3 CR Motor Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Rotate “Gear, 67.2” (largest gear at the left-hand side of the printer mechanism) toward the front to disengage the carriage lock mechanism, and move the carriage assembly to the middle of the printer.
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Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly Figure 3-13. CR Motor Removal 3-15 Rev. A...
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.4 PF Motor Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Removing “Waste Ink Pad Assembly”. (Refer to section 3.2.4) 3. By referring the figure below, remove the specified gears from the mechanism: “GEAR, 67.2”...
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Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly Figure 3-15. PF Motor and Frame 3-17 Rev. A...
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.5 ASF Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Remove the locking pin from center of “GEAR, 34” and remove “GEAR, 34” from the shaft. 3. Unhook the cables from the cable hook of the ASF and the printer mechanism.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.5.1 ASF Disassembly 1. Removing the ASF. (Refer to section 3.2.5.5) 2. Remove “TWIST SPRING, 41.2” by unhooking one end from the ASF frame and remove “LEVER, BRAKE”. 3. Remove “BUSH, FIXING, SHAFT” from the right end of “SHAFT, ROLLER, LD” and remove “LEVER, HOPPER, RELEASE”.
Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.2.5.5.2 Pick-Up Roller Assembly Removal 1. Disassemble the ASF and separate “PICKUP, ROLLER ASSEMBLY” and “HOPPER, ASSEMBLY”. (Refer to section 3.2.5.5.1) 2. Remove “COMPRESSION SPRING, 1.66” from the back of “HOPPER, ASSEMBLY”. 3. Pull out the right cam part of “HOPPER, ASSEMBLY” though the hole of right frame of “PICKUP, ROLLER ASSEMBLY, RIGHT”.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.6 Carriage Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Push “HOLDER, PULLEY, DRIVEN” inward to loosen the timing belt and detach the timing belt from the drive pulley of CR Motor assembly.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.7 PF Roller Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Removing the carriage assembly (Refer to section 3.2.5.6) 3. Remove 2 screws (No.1) at the top of mechanism and remove “GUIDE PLATE, CABLE”.
EPSON Stylus Photo 3.2.5.8 PE Sensor Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. From the front side of the mechanism, unhook two hooks fixing “SENSOR, ASSEMBLY, PE” to the mechanism. Then, slide it to upward to remove it. After removal, disassemble the assembly if necessary.
Chapter 3 Disassembly and Assembly 3.2.5.9 HP Sensor Assembly Removal 1. Removing the upper housing. (Refer to section 3.2.1) 2. Detach the cable from the sensor and remove it by unhook it from the frame. Figure 3-25. HP Sensor Removal CAUTION Make sure that the sensor itself is attached firmly to the frame when installing the HP sensor again.
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Chapter 4 Adjustment 4.1 OVERVIEW ......................4-1 4.1.1 Required Adjustments ......................4-1 4.1.2 Tools Required for Adjustment ..................... 4-1 4.2 Adjustments ......................4-2 4.2.1 Paper Gap Adjustment ......................4-2 4.2.2 Adjustment using Adjustment Program................4-4 4.2.2.1 Overview of Adjustment Program ................4-4 4.2.2.2 Preparation for Adjustment..................
Table 4-2 lists all the tools required to make the specified adjustments. Table 4-2. Required Tools Name Adjustment Notes Thickness Gauge Paper-Gap Adjustment Thickness: 1.04mm EPSON Code: B776702201 Adjustment Program Ink Charge Program Name: K00A10VE.BAS VH Setting Head Angular Bi-D Alignment CAUTION Do not use rusty or deformed thickness gauge for adjustment.
EPSON Stylus Photo 4.2 Adjustments This section describes the detail procedure of each adjustment. 4.2.1 Paper Gap Adjustment The paper gap is a distance between nozzle surface of the printhead unit and a paper surface and is adjusted to specified gap at the assembly. Therefore, if the carriage assembly is removed from the printer mechanism for any reason, this adjustment should be made to fix the gap.
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Chapter 4 Adjustment Figure 4-1. Paper Gap Adjustment - Thickness Gauge Setting Figure 4-2. Paper Gap Adjustment - Adjustment Procedure Figure 4-3. “CLEANER, HEAD” Overlap Rev. A...
EPSON Stylus Photo 4.2.2 Adjustment using Adjustment Program Since the characteristic of printer mechanism and its components are varying, every printer mechanism are checked and it’s own characteristic information is stored in EEPROM of the main control board as a compensation parameter for the mechanism control.
Chapter 4 Adjustment 4.2.2.2 Preparation for Adjustment Before you start adjustment, have the following items ready for adjustment. (MS-DOS Machine) I/F cable (Parallel) Brand new ink cartridges (Black and Color) Photo quality ink jet paper (#S041061/2) Printer that is necessary to adjust (At least, the printer mechanism, electrical circuits, boards and panel should be connected.) CAUTION Make sure to use the new ink cartridge, which is not used and also not opened before.
EPSON Stylus Photo 4.2.2.3 Ink Charge Operation If either of the following service is made, internal ink paths of the printhead unit is completely empty. Therefore, a brand-new ink cartridge must be installed and all ink paths must be charged with fresh ink by performing the following operation to ensure proper printing operation.
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Chapter 4 Adjustment *[SCREEN-1] to [SCREEN-3] for VH Setting. [SCREEN-1] MAIN MENU for Production STYLUS COLOR PHOTO K00A10Ve 1. VH Setting 2. Ink Charge 3. Angular Adjust-Printing XX-XX-XXXX XX:XX:XX K. Angular Adjust-Setting 4. Bi-d Adjust CUSTOMER:WORLD P. Printing Inspection (GOS) JIG No.
EPSON Stylus Photo 4.2.2.5 Head Angular Adjustment The head angular means the angle at which the printhead unit installed on the carriage assembly against the carriage movement direction and the printhead must be parallel with the carriage movement direction so that the lines printed with each nozzle are evenly positioned. Therefore, this adjustment should be...
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Chapter 4 Adjustment *[SCREEN-1] to [SCREEN-2] for Head Angular Adjustment. [SCREEN-1] MAIN MENU for Production STYLUS COLOR PHOTO K00A10Ve 1. VH Setting 2. Ink Charge 3. Angular Adjust Printing XX-XX-XXXX XX:XX:XX K. Angular Adjust Setting 4. Bi-d Adjust CUSTOMER:WORLD P. Printing Inspection (GOS) JIG No.
EPSON Stylus Photo 4.2.2.6 Bi-D Alignment Adjustment This adjustment defines the carriage drive control parameters to compensate the variation in mechanism components characteristic so that the print position become even in bi-directional printing. This adjustment is required when one of the following service is made:...
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Chapter 4 Adjustment *[SCREEN-1] to [SCREEN-3] for Bi-D Alignment Adjustment. [SCREEN-1] MAIN MENU for Production STYLUS COLOR PHOTO K00A10Ve 1. VH Setting 2. Ink Charge 3. Angular Adjust Printing XX-XX-XXXX XX:XX:XX K. Angular Adjust Setting 4. Bi-d Adjust CUSTOMER:WORLD P. Printing Inspection (GOS) JIG No.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5.1 Troubleshooting....................5-1 5.2 Unit Level Troubleshooting .................5-3 5.2.1 Printer does not operate at power on................... 5-4 5.2.2 Error is detected ........................5-5 5.2.3 Failure occurs during printing ....................5-6 5.2.4 Printer does not feed the paper correctly ................5-7 5.2.5 Control panel operation is abnormal..................
EPSON Stylus Photo 5.1 Troubleshooting The printer may exhibit different symptoms for the same problem, which makes troubleshooting more difficult. This section, however, provides simple and effective ways to facilitate troubleshooting. The following flowchart illustrates the main steps of the troubleshooting process.
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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Table 5-3. Printer Condition and Panel Status Indicators Error status Recovery Power Ink Out Ink Out Paper Out (Black) (Color) Paper Out Load paper then press load/eject button. Paper jam condition Blink Eliminate a paper then press load/eject button.
EPSON Stylus Photo 5.2 Unit Level Troubleshooting When a problem occurs, you can identify the defective unit according to the symptoms exhibited. The table below lists the symptoms of certain problems. Once the problem is identified, refer to the flowchart that corresponds to the problem.
EPSON Stylus Photo 5.3 Unit Repair C206 PSB/PSE Board This section describes the problems related to the power supply board(C206 PSB/PSE). The table below provides various symptoms, likely causes, and checkpoints. The checkpoints refer to waveforms, resistance, and other values to be checked to evaluate the operation of each component.
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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Table 5-6. C206PSB Power Supply Board (Continued) Symptom Condition Cause Checkpoint Solution +5V line is IC51 (L4962E) is Check the oscillation(5 Replace dead. dead. -pin) and switching (7- IC51. pin) waveform of IC51. (5-pin) (7-pin) 5-10 Rev.A...
EPSON Stylus Photo 5.3.1 Unit Repair C209 MAIN Board This section describes the problems related to the main controller board(C209 MAIN). The table below provides various symptoms, likely causes, and checkpoints. The check points refer to waveforms, resistance, and other values to be checked to evaluate the operation of each component.
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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Table 5-8.Repair of the C209 MAIN Board (Continued) Symptom Condition Cause Checkpoint Solution Printing is Printing is not IC2 is defective. Check the output Replace IC2. abnormal executed or, waveform at 7, 9 and 11 black specks or pin of CN8.
EPSON Stylus Photo 5.4 Repair of the Printer Mechanism This section provides instruction for repairing the printer mechanism. It describes various problems, symptom, likely causes, checkpoints, and solutions. Select appropriate symptom from the table and check each parts and its function as described in the checkpoint.
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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Table 5-10. Repair of the Printer Mechanism (Continued.) Symptom Condition Cause Check-point Solution Print head surface is Perform the cleaning Perform the Abnormal printing Only a particular dot not clean. operation several cleaning. causes abnormal (dot missing) times and check printing.
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EPSON Stylus Photo Table 5-11. Repair of the Printer Mechanism (Continued) Symptom Condition Causes Checkpoint Solution Abnormal paper Paper is not fed. Friction of the PF Check if the PF Clean the PF roller feeding. roller. roller rotates when by the cleaning paper is not fed.
Chapter 6 Maintenance 6.1 OVERVIEW This section describes the points and the procedures for maintaining the printer in its optimum condition. 6.1.1 Cleaning This printer has no mechanical components requiring regular cleaning. Therefore, the points described below are suggested to be checked for any dirt and make an appropriate cleaning if necessary. CAUTION Never use the chemical solvents, such as thinner, to clean the printer.
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EPSON Stylus Photo 6.1.3 Lubrication The type and amount of oil and grease used on this printer are determined based on the results of internal evaluations. Therefore, specified type and amount of oil and grease must be applied at specified part of the printer mechanism when servicing the printer.
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Chapter 6 Maintenance Table 6-3. Lubrication Points (Continued) Standard Remarks <Lubrication Point> Use a syringe to apply it. The shaft for “GEAR, 16, 40.8” at “FRAME, LEFT” <Lubricant Type> G-26 <Lubrication Amount> Approx. 5mm long <Lubrication Point> When applying to the right bush, apply it Bush for “ROLER, PF”...
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EPSON Stylus Photo Table 6-4. Lubrication Points (Continued) Standard Remarks <Lubrication Point> Completely wipe off any grease stack out to A round hole of the left frame of ASF inner side of ASF. (“GEAR, 34” is inserting to this hole) <Lubricant Type>...
EPSON Stylus Photo A.1 Connector Summary EPSON Stylus Photo has the following primary component units; Main Board(C209 Main) Power Supply Board (C206 PSB/PSE) Printer Mechanism Figure A-1 below illustrates how these component units are connected. Figure A-1. Cable Connection Rev.A...
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Appendix A.2 Connector Summary Following tables show connector pin assignment of the C209 main board. Table A-1. Connector summary of the C209 Main board Connector Function Table to refer Parallel I/F connector Chapter1/Table 1-9 Serial I/F connector Chapter1/Table 1-15 Table A-2 Control panel Table A-3 PE sensor...
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EPSON Stylus Photo Table A-6. Connector CN7 Signal Name Function Phase drive signal (A) PF-A Phase drive signal (-A) Phase drive signal (B) PF-B Phase drive signal(-B) Table A-7. Connector CN8 Signal Name Function Black ink cartridge detect signal Color ink cartridge detect signal...
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EPSON Stylus Photo Address Explanation Setting QPIT Factory settings settings Password 7 customized model name strings counter strings of model field for Device [ 3: Specifications for Korean Version] 1) EEPROM factory setting for Korean version. Address Explanation Korea Factory Settings...