Epson Stylus Pro 5000 Service Manual page 35

EPSON Stylus Pro 5000
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Gap Adjustment Mode
This adjustment is Bi-D adjustment and head gap adjustment.
By turning on power, pressing Cleaning SW and Eject SW, the printer
enters to the gap adjustment mode and prints out the present adjustment
values.
CAUTION
In this gap adjustment mode, 4 printing patterns
are printed out; 1. Normal dot, 2.Micro dot, 3.Bi-
D printing of Super micro dot, 4.Head Gap
pattern. However, in this present model, Bi-D
printing by other dots except normal dot is not
performed. The reason why Bi-D adjustments for
micro and super micro are included is for the
future use, in case of specification changes.
• Operation:
Rese SW+ Eject SW + Power On to enter this mode.
After entering to the gap adjustment mode, 4
patterns(#1∼#4) of Bi-D sample with present values is
printed out. At this time, set the sample number you
want to adjust by referring to the Table below.
Table 1-21. Number selection after entering adjustment mode
No. Ink LED #1
1 Black On
2 Cyan Off
3 Magenta Off
4 Yellow Off
• Select setting item:
Number is changed from #1 to #4
everytime Reset SW is pressed.
• Determination:
Press Eject SW, and the next pattern (1∼7) is
printed out.
Rev.A
#2 #3 #4
Off Off Off
On Off Off
Off On Off
Off Off On
• Select:
Select most appropriate No. of line from the
samples by referring to the table below.
In this selection, LED moves from 1→7
direction by Reset SW, and 7→1 direction by
Eject SW.
Table 1-22. Selecting Adjustment values after selecting number
No. Ink LED #1
1 Black On Blink
2 Cyan Off
3 Magenta Off
4 Yellow Off
• Determination:
Determine No. by Cleaning SW and perform
printing again.
• Exit:
Exit this mode by power off. Also, it is written
to EEPROM at this time. By pressing
Eject SW, the printer exits from this mode and
stores the memory of adjustment values.
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Firmware uploading
If any changes occur on the firmware after the products are sent, it is
possible to perform uploading from the PC without changing ROM of Stylus
Pro5000.
• Operation1:
Turn on the power, pressing Cleaning SW, Reset SW
and Eject SW, in order to enter the firmware
uploading mode. IPL2.HEX file in the FD for
uploading, which will be distributed, is transferred first.
IPL2 file is the program to make the next firmware to
transfer. Without performing this operation, following
uploading program can not get started.
Chapter1 Product Description
#2 #3 #4 #5
Off Off Off
Off On Blink Off
Off Off Blink On
Off Off Off Off Blink
#6 #7
Off Off
Off Off
Off Off
On
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