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Soft Faults
When a soft fault occurs, printing continues (or can be started) and immediate operator
intervention may not be required.
Some change in the data being sent to the printer may be required (See 5000 Series
Programmer's Manual).
If a wire driver or print head actuator fails, printing may continue without damage to
the printer (see the section on print head replacement).
Press the Clear pushbutton to clear the display.
Either Online or Local will be displayed in upper left corner of the display window. The
following soft fault messages will be displayed in the lower right corner of the display
window:
5000 Series Quick Reference Guide
DISPLAY
MEANING
Driver Circuit
All actuators on an entire tier failed.
Bad Actuator
An actuator or the driver circuit controlling the actuator has failed.
Array Failure
All actuators on both tiers have failed (5180 Model only).
Detected the cabinet cover is open.
Cover Open
The ribbon monitor feature has detected the specified number of dots
Change Ribbon
has been printed on the current ribbon.
Service time was set to zero or the timer has failed.
Service Time
Printing is temporarily suspended because of a short-duration, low
Low Power Suspnd
power supply voltage or the ribbon weld passing the sensor.
Missing TOF in the VFU load sequence.
VFU Missing TOF
Paper Instruction Lead: The menu option for PI lead selection is set
VFU PI Lead
incorrectly.
There is an invalid character(s) in the VFU load sequence.
Invalid VFU Seq
The VFU table length has been exceeded.
VFU Tbl Too Long
Download font load checksum error. An invalid checksum value was
Bad Font Checksum
detected.
When a defective wire driver or actuator is found, use the
Maintenance Menu to find the position of the bad actuator, position
(1-66 for 1000- and 1800-lpm or 1-33 for 500-lpm).
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