General Description - Epson DFX 8500 Service Manual

CHAPTER 1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
1 .l FEATURES ....................................................................................................
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1.2 SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................
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1.2.1 Printing Specification ............................................................................................................
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1.2.2 Paper Feeding .........................................................................................................................
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1.2.3 Electrical Specification ..........................................................................................................
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1.2.4 Environmental
Condition.. ..................................................................................................... l-6
1.2.5 Reliability.. ...............................................................................................................................
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1.2.6 Safety Approvals ....................................................................................................................
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1.2.7 CE Marking.. ............................................................................................................................
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1.2.8 Acoustic Noise. .......................................................................................................................
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1.2.9 Ribbon Cartridge ....................................................................................................................
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1.2.10 Physical Specifications.. ......................................................................................................
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1.2.11 Printable area ........................................................................................................................
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12.12 Paper and Media.. ...............................................................................................................
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1.2.12.1 Continuous paper (Single sheet and multi-part). ................................................... l-12
1.2.12.2
Labels ....................................................................................................................
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1.2.12.3 Continuous Forms with Labels ..............................................................................
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1.2.12.4 Overlapping Multi-part Form .................................................................................
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1.2.12.5
Perforation.. ...........................................................................................................
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1.2.12.6 Notes .....................................................................................................................
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1.3 INTERFACES ......................................................................................................
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1.3.1 Parallel Interface (Forward channel) .................................................................................. 1-19
1.32 Parallel Interface (Reverse channel). ..................................................................................
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1.3.3 Serial Interface.. ....................................................................................................................
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1.3.4 Optional Interface.. ...............................................................................................................
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1.3.6 lnterfaw Selection ................................................................................................................
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1.3.6 Prevention Hosts from Data Transfer Time-out ................................................................
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1.4 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................
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1.4.1 Control Panel ........................................................................................................................
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1.4.1.1 Switches ..................................................................................................................
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1.4.1.2 Indicators.. ...............................................................................................................
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1.4.2 Errors and Buzzers.. .............................................................................................................
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1.4.3 DIP Switch Settings.. ............................................................................................................
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1.4.4 Functions ..............................................................................................................................
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1.4.4.1 Usual operation .......................................................................................................
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1.4.4.2 Operation at Power On ............................................................................................
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1.4.4.3 Built-in Detection .....................................................................................................
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1.4.5
Paper Memory Function ......................................................................................................
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1.4.6 Initializations .........................................................................................................................
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1.4.6.1 Power-on Initialization .............................................................................................
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1.4.6.2 Software Initialization ..............................................................................................
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1.4.6.3 Panel lnitiallzatwi ................................ . ................................................................... l-36
1.5 MAIN COMPONENT.. .........................................................................................
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1.5.1 M-3160 Printer Mechanism.. ................................................................................................. 1-36
1.52 Main Control Board (C204 MAIN Board) ............................................................................
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1.5.3 C204 DRV Board ...................................................................................................................
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1.5.4 C204 DRV-B Board ............. . ................................................................................................. 1-41