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Canon QY8-1374-000 Printer User Manual

1. ED TOMI 94V 0 mea Stepping Motor Driver IC DRAM EEPROM DC Motor Driver IC 2 p 5 D Figure 3 12 Control Board ps h e e Ss O D a Printer controller IC101 The printer controller has the following eight functions It operates with a 48 MHz external clock not synchronized with the CPU 1 I F control The data is transferred with a serial USB 1 1 standard or parallel IEEE 1274 standard transmission Parallel transmissions operate in the compatible nibble and ECP modes 2 Receiving buffer control The ring buffer type receiving buffer and the straight type transmission buffer are controlled 3 System management enabled With the built in timer any clock stoppage or suction time is counted Also the status of the port in the printer controller is sampled 4 Data decompression The data compressed by the printer driver is restored as print data In addition during printing in the HS mode 300 dpi data is expanded by 2x vertically and horizontally to 600 dpi The CMY 2 bit data is also distributed to the even odd buffers for each even odd array on the print head 5 Da
2. TT H Hunooysejqnoly Figure 2 2 Nozzle Check Pattern Printout 2 3 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 1 3 3 Roller cleaning operation This is to remove the paper dust adhering to the auto sheet feeder s rollers With the printer turned on hold down the RESUME button until the green indicator blinks once The cleaning of the rollers will then start There are two cleaning methods 1 Passing plain paper through Place a sheet of plain paper on the auto sheet feeder and execute roller cleaning Do this three times 2 Rotating the rollers without paper Execute roller cleaning without placing any paper on the auto sheet feeder The rollers will rotate ten times Do this three times Do not execute the cleaning operation more times than necessary Excessive cleaning will generate rubber dust which can affect the printer s operation 2 4 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 2 SERVICING 2 1 Before Troubleshooting Before troubleshooting check the following and see if any of the applicable problems can be fixed Problem Probable Cause Solution The printer does not operate at all Paper feeding does not work No printing Stripes appear in the printout The power outlet is not supplying the required voltage The power cord is not properly connected to the printer or power outlet The recommended paper is not being used There is fore
3. S600 CN201 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector J1 Carriage Board Pin No Signal IN OUT Function J1 Pin No 1 VHT OUT Power transistor driving power source 19 V in the print head Sead 2 6 B_VH OUT Color heater driving voltage 19 V CN201 7 11 A_VH OUT Black heater driving voltage 19 V 12 16 B_GND GND for color heater driving voltage pue Ng 17 21 A GND GND for black heater driving voltage CN202 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector lt gt J2 Carriage Board Pin No Signal IN OUT Function J1 Pin No 1 2 SUBHO OUT Black secondary heater driving signal 3 7 9 11 14 16 19 GND va Logic ground 4 H_ENB1 OUT Color nozzle heat enable signal Even odd array s odd block 5 H_ENB2 OUT Color nozzle heat enable signal Even odd array s even block 6 H_ENBO OUT Black nozzle heat enable signal Same as 8 H_LATCH OUT Data latch enable signal CN202 10 H_CLK OUT Clock signal pin No 12 H_DO OUT Black even array nozzle data signal 13 H_D1 OUT Black odd array nozzle data signal 15 ENCA IN Carriage encoder signal 17 ENCB IN Carriage encoder signal 18 VSEN OUT Carriage encoder sensor power source 20 DIAO IN Head temperature sensor s diode anode side black 21 DIKO Head temperature sensor s diode cathode side black CN203 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector lt gt J3 Carriage Board Pin No Signal IN OUT Function J1 Pin No 1 2 SUBHO OUT Color secondary heater driving signal 3 7
4. HE1 block HE2 block Signal line DO D1 D2 D2 D4 D6 D5 D3 Figure 3 3 Print Driving 3 3 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 1 2 2 Print driving method The printer s drive system enables a maximum of 600 x 600 dpi for black and 2400 x 2400 dpi for color The vertical resolution applies to two nozzle arrays for each color In the case of black the two nozzle arrays have 300 dpi Since their relative position to each other has been shifted by 600 dpi both nozzle arrays together attain 600 dpi resolution This enables 600 dpi resolution with single pass printing To enable a horizontal resolution of 2400 dpi 3 dot printing is made possible in 600 dpi intervals There are a total of eight patterns to enable or disable printing between the 600 dpi dots Data Printing 600 dpi interval tr 010 Print 1 No printing 0 jrs ta Figure 3 4 Printing Driving Method Since it is impossible to heat the nozzles successively in the horizontal direction at 2400 dpi intervals the heating is broken into four passes Thus 2400 dpi printing requires four or more passes to be driven However the places that will be printed during a pass are determined by a random mask pattern Therefore it is not fixed 3 A S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 1 3 Control During Printing The printer can produce high quality printing wi
5. 8Mbit EEPROM 2 7 Amplifier lt 5 2Kbit i Carriage encoder USB HE TN ie a IEEE motor Purge motor 1284 4 driver I F T Carriage motor driver Carriage motor Printer SDRAM lt gt controller 16Mbit Paper feed motor 2 Color LED Paper end sensor ASF sensor ASF Moter 2 Paper feed encoder Purge unit 5V 16 7V 27V AC adapter Figure 3 7 Block Diagram 3 10 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 2 2 Electrical Section To supply a driving voltage to the motor IC BJ cartridge etc the electrical section converts the AC voltage received from the AC power source into DC voltage a AC adapter The AC adapter converts the voltage from the AC power source into three voltages 27 VDC 19 VDC and 5 VDC The 27 VDC s output is controlled according to the signal D WCONT output by the printer controller The 27 VDC is used as LF CR ASF and PG for the respective motor drive power source The 19 VDC is the print head s heater driving power source The 5 VDC is the logic system s power source It is constantly supplied by the AC adapter As a result as long as AC power is being supplied all the hardware except the sensors driver IC and BJ cartridge are in the active state b DC DC converter The DC DC converter on the control board converts the voltage into 5 VDC and 3 3 VDC and outputs both The 5 VDC is used for the EEPROM and res
6. 3 3 2 Removing and installing tap screws 3 3 3 Installing and removing the carriage encoder film 3 3 4 Handling encoder film 3 3 5 Removing and installing the control board 3 3 6 Removal of red screws prohibited 3 3 7 Installing the logic board cover 3 3 8 Handling the purge unit 3 3 9 Installing the control ROM cover 3 4 Adjustments and Settings After Disassembly and Reassembly 8 4 1 Adjustments 3 4 2 Applying grease 8 4 3 Print head position adjustment 3 4 4 Print head seam stripe adjustment Page 2 25 2 26 N D Dr E AL mn NINO N N D D D D D D D D D ID G CG Cd amp D D D D D D D 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 OO OO OO OO OO M M HN OO OO OO OO O1 O1 O1 O1 BR ON 3 10 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 14 3 4 5 Setting the EEPROM 4 OPERATION CHECK AFTER DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY 4 1 Check Procedure 5 TRANSPORTING THE PRINTER 5 1 Procedure 6 PARTS REPLACEMENT PERIODIC INSPECTIONS amp TOOLS 6 1 Parts Replacement 6 2 Periodic Inspections 6 3 Tool List 7 SERVICE RELATED FEATURES 7 1 Service Mode Operations 7 2 Test Printout 7 3 Printing the EEPROM Information 7 4 Resetting the EEPROM 7 5 Setting the Printer Settings in the EEPROM Part 3 TECHNICAL REFERENCE 1 PRINTER CONTROL SECTION 1 1 Printing Data and Control Signal Flow 1 2 Print Drive Method
7. 7 1 Service Mode Operations 1 With the printer turned off hold down the RESUME button and press the POWER button the green indicator lights and the desired service function can be selected 2 While holding down POWER button let go of the RESUME button and then press the RESUME button twice in succession Then let go of the RESUME button and POWER button Each time you press the RESUME button the indicator s color toggles between orange and green 3 During printer initialization the green indicator blinks When the green indicator stops blinking and remains on press the RESUME button the stipulated number of times to execute the desired service function listed below Each time you press the RESUME button the indicator s color toggles between orange and green Press Indicator Function O times Lights green Power off Even if there is no BJ cartridge mounted the carriage will return to the home position and lock 1 time Lights orange Service factory test printout Including ink sensor check 2 times Lights green EEPROM information printout 3 times Lights orange EEPROM initialization All the information will be reset to the default but the printer settings will not be affected 4 times Lights green Clears the waste ink counter 5 times Lights orange Market area printer setting After the power is turned on and a service function is executed press the RESUME button the stipulated number of times to set the market a
8. Orange 5B00 Waste ink full lt Cause gt green error The waste ink absorber has reached 100 of the 7 toggle waste ink capacity blinks lt Suspect Part gt Waste ink absorber control board Orange 5200 Abnormal head lt Cause gt green temperature The print head temperature output of the diode 8 toggle error sensor in the head is close to the threshold blinks lt Suspect Part gt BJ cartridge print head control board 2 11 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 Orange 6800 EEPROM error lt Cause gt green An error occurred during the writing to the 9 toggle EEPROM Checksum error at soft power ON blinks lt Suspect Part gt Control board Orange RAM error lt Cause gt lights Error at DRAM check at hard power ON lt Suspect Part gt Control board Internal Error No Ink sensor error lt Cause gt indications No ink indication is given while there is still ink External noise light has affected the ink sensor lt Suspect Part gt Control board ink sensor ink tank 2 12 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY 3 1 Cautions for Disassembly and Reassembly 3 1 1 Cautions for ink stains Ink path ink mist During servicing be careful not to touch the ink path and get ink stains on the printer work table and your hands and clothing The ink path includes the BJ cartridge s ink tank supply inlet the BJ cartridge s ink filter the ink nozzles head cap wi
9. 1 2 1 Print drive control 1 2 2 Print driving method 1 3 Control During Printing 1 8 1 2 dot Pair Bi directional printing 1 3 2 Seam stripe control 1 8 3 Rest between scans Border detection control 1 3 4 Smear control and rest between pages 1 3 5 Automatic power ON OFF 1 3 6 Print head protection from overheating 1 3 7 Power motor control 1 4 Detection Functions 1 4 1 Detection by sensors 1 4 2 Paper end sensor 1 4 8 Ink sensor Same as for BJ F600 1 4 4 Cover sensor 1 4 5 Pump sensor 1 4 6 Internal temperature sensor 1 4 7 Head temperature sensor 1 4 8 ASF sensor 1 49 Carriage encoder paper feed encoder 1 5 Other Sensing Features 1 5 1 Waste ink detection 1 5 2 Print head detection 2 ELECTRICAL DRIVE SECTION 2 1 Block Diagram 2 2 Electrical Section 3 PRINTER S MECHANICAL PARTS 3 1 Overview of the Printer s Mechanical Parts 8 1 1 Carriage 3 1 2 Purge section 3 1 3 Paper feed section 3 2 Purge Section 3 2 1 Purge section functions Page 3 15 3 17 3 17 3 18 3 18 3 18 3 19 3 22 3 22 3 22 3 23 3 24 3 24 3 25 RA BR Li O A 8 3 2 2 Purge section components 3 3 Paper Feed Section 3 3 1 Paper feed components 3 3 2 Friction separation system 3 3 3 Paper transport section 3 3 4 Paper discharge section LOGIC BOARD COMPONENTS OPERATION WITH A COMPUTER 5 1 Printing Operation with the Basic Settings Sheet 5 2 Using the Utility Sheet INK SUCTION AMOUNT IN THE CLEANING MODE 7 TECHNI
10. 1 Carriage lock release Normally when a cartridge is installed on the carriage and the power is turned off the printer moves the carriage to the capping position to lock it When the power is turned on the carriage lock is normally released However if the printer does not operate properly you can release the carriage lock manually in one of two ways a On the back of the printer push down the purge unit s locking pin b On the front of the printer rotate the gear as shown by the arrow in the illustration below so that the locking pin goes down Purge Unit Figure 2 4 Carriage Lock Release 2 15 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 3 3 2 Removing and installing tap screws The printer uses tap screws to fasten the printer unit and base The removed tap screws will have residue from the mold in which the internal thread was made Since the residue may crush the screw threads clean off the residue from the tap screws before re installing or use new tap screws 3 3 3 Installing and removing the carriage encoder film The carriage encoder film is fixed in place and held taut by the torsion spring When you install or remove the carriage encoder film you have to stretch the torsion spring Be careful not to pull the torsion spring too much in the direction of the arrow Otherwise you will not be able to properly install the carriage encoder film the next time Therefore when installing or removing the carriage encoder film be very care
11. 11 19 GND va Logic ground 4 H_D2 OUT Cyan even array nozzle data signal 5 H_D3 OUT Cyan odd array nozzle data signal 6 H_D4 OUT Magenta even array nozzle data signal 8 H_D5 OUT Magenta odd array nozzle data signal Same as 9 H_D6 OUT Yellow even array nozzle data signal CN203 10 H_D7 OUT Yellow odd array nozzle data signal pin No 12 HEEPROMCS OUT EEPROM chip select signal in the print head 13 H_EEPROM_SK OUT EEPROM serial data clock signal in the print head 14 H_EEPROM_D OUT EEPROM serial data signal in the print head 15 18 HVDD OUT Logic power source in the print head 20 DIA1 IN Head temperature sensor s diode anode side color 21 DIK1 Head temperature sensor s diode cathode side color 4 5 gt x D 3 x Part 4 Appendix 1 2 Print Head 600 Figure 4 3 BJ Cartridge Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 2 A GND os GND for black heater driving voltage 3 H_D2 IN Cyan even array nozzle data signal 4 H_D6 IN Yellow even array nozzle data signal 5 14 22 6 7 8 B_GND see GND for color heater driving voltage 9 DIKO OUT Head temperature sensor s diode cathode side black 10 SUBHO IN Black secondary heater driving voltage 11 H_D4 IN Magenta even array nozzle data signal 12 H_ENB1 IN Color nozzle heat enable signal Even odd array odd block 13 N C 15 H_D5 IN Magenta odd array nozzle data signal 16 DIK1 ci Head temperature sensor s diode cathode side
12. 2001 by Canon Inc CANON INC BJ Printer Technical Support Dept 11 16 1 Shimonoge 3 chome Takatsu ku Kawasaki Kanagawa 213 8512 Japan This manual has been produced on an Apple Power Macintosh 7300 180 personal computer and OKI MICROLINE 803 PSIIV laser beam printer printing films were printed on Agfa SelectSet Avantra 25 All page layouts logos and parts list data were saved with Canon Optical Disc Subsystem mo 5001S and Optical Disc Cartridge mo 502M and Interface Kit mo IF2 for Macintosh All graphics were produced with MACROMEDIA FREEHAND 7 0J All documents and all page layouts were created with QuarkXpress 3 3 Japanese version I ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual consists of four parts containing information for servicing the product w T POE S P Part 1 Product Specifications S Product overview and specifications 9 E L F Part 2 Troubleshooting A guide to troubleshooting the product and identifying parts needing replacement Troubleshooting solutions are listed according to the error indications displayed by the status indicator and by problem descriptions L C Part 3 Technical Reference Block diagrams and information on the hardware s new technologies o D D KL g Part 4 Appendix Pin configurations x pu ddy Disassembly and reassembly procedures are not fully covered in this manual Refer to the illustrations in the separate Parts Cat
13. DCS size cut into 4 29 0 mm 3 0 mm 4 3 0 pS a f ne 3 0 mm 4 i 15 4 t i 1 i 1 1 1 1 i 1 4 a l 26 5mm aoe 5 0 mm rh 1 gt p 3 4 mm Gavia 3 4mm 3 4mm 1 5 1 5 2 0 2 0 E Pro Photo Card PC 101 L L size PC 101 2L 2L size j 28 8mm if i Da 25 0 mm 1 H 28 8mm pH S F a on i 25 0 mm Se m ake 3 3mm 3 3mm ae L 13 0 mm 13 0 mm Eye 9 0 mm 1 For recycled paper it will be 3 0mm 3 or 3 4mm 2 12 will apply The region inside the dotted lines is the printable area where print quality can be guaranteed Note The right margins in parentheses indicate that the dimension depends on the paper size Figure 1 4 Printable Area S600 Recommended printing area Printable area E Photo glossy card 4 28 0 mm 26 0 mm 2 HET F Kig HE 5 1 mm 4 1 mm PC 101 W 8x10 in for digital cameras f 25 0 mm gt e 7 0 mm If the bottom margin goes beyond the plain paper s printable area the software application s specifications S600 Part 1 Product Specifications 2 3 BJ Cartridge Specifications BJ Cartridge Print Head Configuration Detachable ink tanks for each color and BK ClI C M Y integrated head L Print Head BK 320 nozzles 2 column vertical array 2 y Cl 256 nozzles color 2 column vertical array color a Ink Colors Pigment BK dyes C M Y SIS Ink Tank BCI 3eBK BCI 3eC BCI 3eM
14. SPECIFICATIONS 2 1 Printer Specifications 2 1 1 Printer specifications Type Desktop serial printer a Paper Feed System Automatic feed only No manual feed 2 3 Resolution 2400 x 1200 dpi Max resolution g Throughput S 2 Bk 15 ppm un Color 10 ppm Printing Direction HS mode 600 dpi x 600 dpi Single pass bi directional Plain Special HQ mode 600 dpi x 600 dpi 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi paper Single pass unidirectional double or triple pass bi directional Finel mode 1200 dpi x 1200 dpi As above 1 2 pass unidirectional 4 or 6 pass bi directional Fine2 mode As above As above 4 pass bidirectional 4 pass unidirectional or bi directional Fine3 mode 2400 dpi x 1200 dpi 4 pass unidirectional or 6 pass bi directional Max Printing Width 203 mm 8 in wide Interface IEEE 1284 standard 8 bit parallel USB No HUB function ASF Capacity Plain paper Max 10 mm Approx 100 sheets with 75 g m or approx 110 sheets with 64 g m Sensors Front cover open sensor BJ cartridge loaded sensor No ink sensor Printing position sensor Paper sensor paper out detector Waste ink capacity sensor Internal temperature sensor Pick up roller sensor Paper feed roller position sensor Carriage position sensor Paper interval sensor Operating Noise at 39 dB A Sound pressure level conforms to ISO 9296 HQ Ambient Conditions During operation Temperature 5 C 35 C 41 F 95 F Humi
15. Signal IN OUT Function 1 VSEN OUT Photo LED drive signal in the ink sensor 2 ar ss GND 3 SNS_PG IN Pump sensor sense signal High sense Low 4 CRA OUT Carriage motor phase A 5 CRB OUT Carriage motor phase B CN505 ASF Motor Connector Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 ASFA OUT ASF motor phase A 2 ASFB OUT ASF motor phase B 3 ASFA OUT ASF motor phase A 4 ASFB OUT ASF motor phase B CN506 Purge Motor Connector Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 COM wee Common terminal 2 PGA OUT Purge motor phase A 3 PGA OUT Purge motor phase A 4 PGB OUT Purge motor phase B 5 PGB OUT Purge motor phase B 4 3 gt x D 3 x Part 4 Appendix S600 1 1 Carriage Board QRIRAQRP AA a oy wo aii pi Meee ELELEE T 0993000004 eve oo P2800 8000 Le LAEM ETETETT YQAISEOOHQ VAROVAL i aj i i l L i 1 i i i Figure 4 2 Carriage Board J1 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector See page 4 5 CN201 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector Pin Description J2 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector See page 4 5 CN202 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector Pin Description J3 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector See page 4 5 CN203 Carriage Ribbon Cable Connector Pin Description J4 Print Head Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 40 See page 4 6 Print Head Pin Description 4 4 Part 4 Appendix
16. The wiper maintains the head face surface to ensure high quality printing The ink suction feature enables the ink to be readily ejected from the nozzles When the BJ cartridge is not in use the nozzles are protected by a cap and the carriage is locked in place The motor s running direction controls the ink suction operation or capping wiping valve open closing operation 3 12 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 3 1 3 Paper feed section The paper feed section consists of the paper feed components paper transport section and paper discharge section Paper feed Paper is fed automatically by the auto sheet feeder The auto sheet feeder is driven by the paper feed motor Paper of various sizes up to legal size can be stacked and fed automatically the paper is transported to the paper transport section Paper transport section The paper feed section driven by the paper feed motor keeps the sheet of paper flat and horizontal on the platen and rotates the feed roller to move the paper horizontally to and beneath the print head Paper eject section After printing paper is ejected onto the discharge tray by the eject rollers After the sheet of paper leaves the paper feed rollers the eject rollers take over to eject the paper pu a3 25 gt 30 O o 2 3 13 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 3 2 Purge Section 3 2 1 Purge section functions In order to maintain good printing quality the purge section maintains the BJ cartri
17. color 17 H_DO IN Black even array nozzle data signal 18 H_ENBO IN Black nozzle heat enable signal 19 N C 20 H_LATCH IN Data latch enable signal 21 SUBHO IN Color secondary heater driving signal 23 H_D7 IN Yellow odd array nozzle data signal 24 H_ENB2 IN Color nozzle heat enable signal Even odd array s even block 25 H_D1 IN Black odd array nozzle data signal 26 DIAO OUT Black 27 35 HVDD IN Logic power source 28 H_EEPROM_CS IN Head s EEPROM chip select signal 29 H_CLK IN Clock signal 30 E_DO OUT Head s EEPROM output data signal 31 H_D3 IN Cyan odd array nozzle data signal 32 40 B_VH IN Color heater driving voltage 33 34 A_VH IN Black heater driving voltage 36 H_EEPROM_SK IN Head s EEPROM serial data clock signal 37 E_DI IN Head s EEPROM input data signal 38 DIAI OUT Head temperature sensor s diode anode side color 39 VAT IN Head s power transistor driving power source 4 6 The printing paper contains 100 waste paper Canon PRINTED IN JAPAN IMPRIME AU JAPON CANON INC
18. driver creates the print file it obtains data concerning the amount of ink to be ejected from the print head The printer driver refers to this ink ejection amount data The printer driver can thereby create an optimum print file for the print head b The print data including control signal output from the host computer moves from the interface controlled by the printer controller on the logic board and is captured by the printer controller The printer controller and DRAM are dedicated buses and the print data is stored in the DRAM s receiving buffer ring buffer c The print data stored in the receiving buffer is sent to the MPU The firmware stored in the control ROM is divided into the control command and print data The control command is processed in the MPU d Since the print data is compressed by the printer driver it is controlled by the printer controller and uncompressed in the DRAM e When the printer controller receives a printing start request from the MPU it obtains the print data in the DRAM print buffer f The printer controller converts the print data into serial data and transfers it as the printing signal to drive the print head In the print head the print data is converted from a serial signal into a printing data signal and the printing is executed See Printing Driving Method g The MPU controls the printer controller control ROM and various motor drivers While monitoring the status of the print head and
19. in 3 1 Landing position adjustment between two same color arrays e Black Black array A e Cyan Cyan array B e Magenta Magenta array C 2 Landing position adjustment between two different color arrays e Black cyan Magenta Yellow F 3 Bi directional landing spot adjustment Same as with previous models e Black bi directional D e Color bi directional E If the landing spot position is inaccurate the pattern printing will show overlapping printing or gaps resulting in black or white stripes Therefore when doing the adjustment use a pattern that has no stripes Load one sheet of A4 paper in the auto sheet feeder then use the printer driver to execute printing fo I 8 gt fo a Q A B Cc 7 MINE UN TUE 6 MIN NAN OUEN U MEL 3 VAAUAUUE MEME 2 HATER HEURE 1 HARRIS BRUT 0 Dianie E l ESA HER EE TE TRAAN Ll D E F 5 MNN UUUUUUUUEUEE MMA 4 TERE AUNTOCOOU TUNAN TT 3 TE LL HE 2 TEEN BEKROON t N EEA re diem tu avis ANEN 5 E ARE ETH Figure 2 12 Printing Position Adjustment Pattern N 23 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 3 4 4 Print head seam stripe adjustment The print head seam stripe adjustment is done to determine the amount of thinning of the high duty image portion indicated by the arrows comprising the seam stripe created between the vertical bi directional passes After the CMY printing by the first pass CMY is printed again in the same way duri
20. must be reset Otherwise the waste ink full error will not occur even when the waste ink absorber s capacity is exceeded and ink could leak 2 After waste ink absorber replacement Clear the EEPROM s waste ink counter Once the data in the EEPROM is reset a test printout cannot be used to check the old data Be sure to print the data before resetting All the data except the printer settings and USB serial number will be reset The various settings and waste ink amount stored in the old EEPROM cannot be written to the new replacement EEPROM more than the number of sheets specified for its service life However how soon this error occurs varies depending on how many times the printer has been turned on off the number of times the BJ cartridge has been replaced front cover open closing and the operating environment ore The waste ink full error is expected to occur only when the printer prints 2 25 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 4 OPERATION CHECK AFTER DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY 4 1 Check Procedure After disassembly and reassembly follow the procedure below to check the printer s operation 1 Check visually for any grease or foreign matter dirtying the internal parts Make sure that the encoder film is clean If there is any grease on the film wipe it clean with alcohol 2 Service factory test printout with the printer alone Check for the following Missing print in the nozzle check pattern off
21. position horizontal lines in the horizontal line pattern and white stripes in any irregular printing If any of these occur clean the print head and adjust the print head position Then make another test printout The procedure is described in 7 1 Service Mode Operations on page 2 29 Timing Items to Check After control board The service factory test printout must show the correct ROM replacement version and product designation It must also show the printed sheet count and that the total waste ink amount has been cleared The printer driver must be able to print the nozzle check pattern to confirm that the computer is communicating with the printer After absorber replacement The service factory test printout must show that the total waste ink amount has been cleared Be sure to visually check the encoder film for any grease foreign matter etc If there is any grease etc on the film the printer may malfunction shortly after the repair is completed 2 26 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 5 TRANSPORTING THE PRINTER The procedure for transporting the printer after completing repairs is described below 5 1 Procedure 1 Mount the BJ cartridge print head on the carriage 2 Turn off the printer so that the carriage locks at the home position If the BJ cartridge print head is not on the carriage the ink may dry and harden So even while transporting the printer leave the BJ cartridge mounted on t
22. removed a The two paper spacing red screws one on the right and left b The two screws securing the paper feed motor Figure 2 7 Do not Remove the Red Screws 3 3 7 Installing the logic board cover If the logic board cover is installed incorrectly the logic board and paper feed rollers will be obstructed and the ASF motor may go out of sync Note that prong A is prone to engage incorrectly Make sure that it fits in correctly Figure 2 8 Installing the Logic Board Cover 2 18 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 3 8 Handling the purge unit Note the following with regard to the purge unit 1 Grease soiling the blade Due to the blade s height the carriage guide shaft may touch it when the shaft is removed or installed Grease may soil the blade as a result You must not allow any grease or oily substance to adhere to the blade 2 Replacing the blade cleaner When replacing the purge unit also replace the blade cleaner at the same time Since it is soiled by ink the blade cleaner needs to be replaced The spare part for this replacement includes both the purge unit and blade cleaner in one set Blade Cleaner Blade Figure 2 9 Handling the Purge Unit 2 19 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 3 3 9 Installing the control ROM cover When installing the ROM cover make sure it goes beneath the guide rail then secure it in place Figure 2 10 Installing the ROM Cover 2 20 S60
23. 0 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 4 Adjustments and Settings After Disassembly and Reassembly 3 4 1 Adjustments 1 User Level Timing Adjustment Time Required Tools Required After BJ cartridge Print head printing position 10 min 2 sheets of A4 size replacement adjustment paper 2 Serviceman Level Timing Adjustment Time Required Tools Required After control board EEPROM setting 2 min None replacement or waste ink absorber replacement After replacement Print head printing position 10 min 2 sheets of A4 size disassembly of adjustment including paper carriage unit parts seam adjustment Insufficient grease Apply sufficient grease See sid Grease PG 641 FLOIL page 2 22 KG107A brush 2 21 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 3 4 2 Applying grease After disassembly and reassembly apply the necessary grease on the places shown below Use a flat brush to spread a thin coat of grease When applying grease be careful not to get any grease on the wiper and cap Back of Guide Rail Surface Sliding Against the Carriage PG641 25 mg Guide Shaft KG 107A 225 mg Figure 2 11 Applying Grease 2 22 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 4 3 Print head position adjustment The print head has two nozzle arrays for each color Therefore it requires the ink landing position adjustments described in 1 and 2 below in addition to the usual bi directional adjustment described
24. 11 S ER HE EEE EE D ooo ACTES 8 Print head temperature Print head temperature Dot t oe count Bk C p Color C p mo Internal PPa C USB Serial No i aiii iH LH i hy Ty WIA a o Cc a Qa D E foi D 2 a im 2 1 2 3 2 mm o MM M Bk 01022 1 C 01022 1 M 01021 1 Y 01020 1 GA OK Ink tank present 1 No ink tank 0 CRENC 0000026512 Figure 2 14 Service Factory Test Printout Sample 2 30 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 7 3 Printing the EEPROM Information This prints the contents of the printer s EEPROM and that of the BJ cartridge With the resulting printout you can see the settings and data saved in the printer BJ S600 P V0 43 DI 000 00 Page 00032 CH 00005 Bk 00 C1 00 Head TempBK 26 5 Head TempC 27 0 Env Temp 27 0 PF 00 00 00 PC A 0005 B 0000 C 0000 D 0003 Bk 04214 C 03365 M 01451 Y 01110 WP 0041 IC BK 0 C 0 M 1 Y 1 Co Ink tank presence Present 0 None 1 Typing count USB 111111 SV0 5700 SV1 5C00 SV2 5C00 Service error Latest preceding further previous UR C 000 BK 02 BK C 000 Y 000 M 000 G 000 H 02 User registration adjustment values From left B A F none C G H HDEEPROM v0000 Print head version SN 24AF 418A Pr
25. Aaaa D 1 2 13 TROUBLESHOOTING PRINTER OPERATION 1 1 Printer Operation Procedure 1 2 Status Indicator 1 3 Operating the Printer SERVICING 2 1 Before Troubleshooting 2 2 Detectable Problems from System Start to Exit 2 3 Troubleshooting Problems 2 4 Troubleshooting Error Indications DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY 3 1 Cautions for Disassembly and Reassembly 3 2 Exploded View 3 3 Disassembly and Reassembly 3 4 Adjustments and Settings After Disassembly and Reassembly OPERATION CHECK AFTER DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY 4 1 Check Procedure TRANSPORTING THE PRINTER 5 1 Procedure PARTS REPLACEMENT PERIODIC INSPECTIONS amp TOOLS 6 1 Parts Replacement 6 2 Periodic Inspections 6 3 Tool List SERVICE RELATED FEATURES 7 1 Service Mode Operations 7 2 Test Printout 7 3 Printing the EEPROM Information 7 4 Resetting the EEPROM 7 5 Setting the Printer Settings in the EEPROM S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 1 PRINTER OPERATION The printer s operation procedures are explained below You can operate the printer either by itself or with a computer Both methods are explained below 1 1 Printer Operation Procedure The printer s operation panel has a POWER button and a RESUME button to cancel printing operation or to cancel an error With a computer you can use the printer driver to adjust the print head s position and to change various settings For details on using the printer driver with the comp
26. BCI 3eY o Weight Net value BK 32 g Cl C M Y 11 g 2 4 Printer and Scanner Drivers The user interface of the drivers has been greatly improved See page 3 22 for details 1 Windows drivers Win95 98 ME Bu raster driver V 7 00 Win9NT4 0 BJ raster driver V 4 30 Win2000 BJ raster driver V 1 30 2 Macintosh driver Mac BJ printer driver V 3 71 3 Scanner driver None 1 7 Part 1 Product Specifications S600 3 PACKING CONFIGURATION After opening the box make sure all the items below are included Output Tray Power Cord BJ Cartridge Ink Tank Instruction Manuals Ink Tanks Printer Figure 1 5 Packing Configuration There is no storage box for storing the BJ cartridge S600 Part 1 Product Specifications 4 PARTS CODE LIST A list of printer parts consumables and optional equipment are listed below The printer s BJ cartridge print head will be supplied only as a spare part for servicing i 8 U Table 1 1 PARTS CODE S Item Designation Parts Code S Printer S600 Q30 3380 CCSEK D Q30 3382 HK TW BJ S600 Q30 3381 BJ cartridge we si QY6 0034 Inktank Black f BCI 3eBK F47 3181 Cyan BCI 3eC F47 3141 Magenta BCI 3eM F47 3151 Yellow BCI 3eY F47 3161 1 Supplied only as a spare part for servicing It will not be supplied as a consumable or optional part 1 9 Panz D D D D ND D D ND DV Pork nn nn O D a 4 woonounan
27. CAL REFERENCE 7 4 Printing Mode List PRINT HEAD Part 4 APPENDIX 1 CONNECTOR LOCATIONS AND PIN CONFIGURATIONS 1 1 Carriage Board 1 2 Print Head lll ILLUSTRATION INDEX Part 1 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Page 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 6 1 8 WWWWWWW CO wW w nu EE O O NOAIN R W D o 1 Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure 1 1 1 2 12 1 4 1 5 Printer Exterior 1500 Characters Pattern JIS SCID No 5 Printable Area Packing Configuration Part 2 TROUBLESHOOTING Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 2 15 I O O1 BB W Operation Panel Nozzle Check Pattern Printout Exploded View Carriage Lock Release Encoder Film Short Circuiting the Capacitor Do not Remove the Red Screws Installing the Logic Board Cover Handling the Purge Unit Installing the ROM Cover Applying Grease Printing Position Adjustment Pattern Seam Stripe Adjustment Pattern Service Factory Test Printout Sample EEPROM Information Printout Sample Part 3 TECHNICAL REFERENCE Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 OON O O1 KRW Printing Signal Flow Serial Data Print Driving Printing Driving Method Location of Sensors Ink Se
28. DATA1 RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 21 DATA2 RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 22 DATA3 RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 23 DATA4 RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 24 DATA5 RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 25 DATAG RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 26 DATA7 RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 27 DATA8 RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 28 ACKNLG RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 29 BUSY RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 30 P E RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 31 INIT INIT ReverceReq 32 ERROR DataAvail PeriphReq 33 GND Undefined Undefined 34 N C Undefined Undefined 35 5 0V Undefined Undefined 36 SELECT IN 1284Active 1284Active CN305 USB Interface Connector Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 PWR IN Cable power source 2 D Data 3 D Data 4 GND Cable GND 4 2 S600 S600 Part 4 Appendix CN401 Paper Feed Motor Connector Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 LFA OUT Paper feed motor phase A LFB OUT Paper feed motor phase B CN402 Ink Sensor Connector Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 INK_PWM OUT Photo LED drive signal in the ink sensor 2 bee is GND 3 INKS IN Voltage varies according to the reflected light amount CN501 DC Power Source Connector Pin No Signal IN OUT Function 1 5V IN 5VDC 2 5V GND ies GND 3 VH IN 19V 4 VH GND iai GND 5 VM IN 27VDC 6 VM GND GND 7 NC NC CN503 Pump Sensor Connector Carriage Motor Connector Pin No
29. If wide Left edge position Waste ink warning Waste ink full error 2 8 Orange blinks 7 times Orange green toggle blinking 7 times S600 Orange blinks 3 times S600 2 3 Troubleshooting Problems Part 2 Troubleshooting Problem Probable Cause Check Items Solution Faulty Operation Power does not turn on After power ON it immediately turns off The print head is not recognized It does not return to the home position Printing stops midway 1 AC adapter 2 Logic board 1 BJ cartridge 2 BJ cartridge contacts 3 Carriage flex cable 1 Dislodged parts 2 Dislodged pinch roller 1 Control board 1 Replace faulty parts 1 Remove and reinstall the BJ cartridge 2 Replace faulty parts 1 Remove foreign matter Reinstall dislodged parts 1 Replace faulty parts Faulty Paper Feed Multiple sheets are fed ata The paper is slanted 1 ASF Return tab faulty pressure roller operation 1 Paper guide 2 Foreign matter adhering to paper feed rollers 1 Replace faulty parts 1 Remove foreign matter Replace faulty parts 1 Readjust the paper guide to the correct position 2 Remove foreign matter Faulty Printout No printing No color Scrape marks or white stripes appear even after cleaning Lines not in the printing data appear The paperis dirtied Spur marks appear Broken
30. Opening ODD Figure 3 14 Nozzle Array 3 25 Part 4 APPENDIX Page 4 1 1 CONNECTOR LOCATIONS AND PIN CONFIGURATIONS 4 4 1 1 Carriage Board 4 6 1 2 Print Head S600 Part 4 Appendix CN506 CN505 CN501 SW402 SW402 SW402 CN305 Hate QH 1704 03 aG2 3218 CN401 CN402 CN304 Figure 4 1 Control Board 4 1 1 CONNECTOR LOCATIONS AND PIN CONFIGURATIONS gt x D 3 x Part 4 Appendix CN304 Parallel Interface Connector Pin No Compatible Mode Nibble Mode ECP Mode 1 STROBE HostClk HostClk 2 DATAI Datal Datal 3 DATA2 Data2 Data2 4 DATA3 Data3 Data3 5 DATA4 Data4 Data4 6 DATA5 Data5 Data5 7 DATAG Data6 Data6 8 DATA7 Data7 Data7 9 DATAS8 Data8 Data8 10 ACKNLG PrtClk PeriphClk 11 BUSY PrtBusy PeriphAck 12 P E AckDataReq AckReverse 13 SELECT Xflag Xflag 14 AUTO FEED XT HostBusy HostAck 15 N C Undefined Undefined 16 GND Gnd Gnd 17 GND Gnd Gnd 18 5 0V Vec Vee 19 STROBE RET GND Signal Gnd Signal Gnd 20
31. S600 SERVICE MANUAL REVISION 0 JAN 201 QY8 1374 000 COPYRIGHT 2001 CANON INC CANON 600 0101 AB 0 25 0 PRINTED IN JAPAN IMPRIME AU JAPON 012001 AB 0 25 0 S600 SERVICE MANUAL Canon Application This manual has been issued by Canon Inc for qualified persons to learn technical theory installation maintenance and repair of products This manual covers all localities where the products are sold For this reason there may be information in this manual that does not apply to your locality Corrections This manual could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors due to improvements or changes in the products When changes occur in applicable products or in the content of this manual Canon will release technical information as the need arises In the event of major changes in the contents of this manual over a long or short period Canon will issue a new edition of this manual The following paragraph does not apply to any countries where such provisions are inconsistent with local law Trademarks The product names and company names described in this manual are the registered trademarks of the individual companies Copyright This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved Under the copyright laws this manual may not be copied reproduced or translated into another language in whole or in part without the written consent of Canon Inc except in the case of internal business use Copyright
32. alog as well ll TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 1 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Page 1 1 1 1 1 Ts t 1 fis 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 a OOANNOUTUAHAKRKRWWW D D D D D D D D D D D CR A A S a OS A E D a4 4 w O O1 O1 BR ND D ND x N 1 2 13 2 13 2 13 2 13 2 14 2 15 2 15 2 16 2 16 2 17 2 17 2 18 2 18 2 19 2 20 2 21 2 21 2 22 2 23 2 24 1 2 3 4 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1 1 Product Overview SPECIFICATIONS 2 1 Printer Specifications 2 1 1 Printer specifications 2 1 2 Printer service life 2 1 3 BJ cartridge service life 2 2 Paper Specifications 2 2 1 Paper sizes and weights 2 2 2 Paper types and settings 2 2 3 Printing area 2 3 BJ Cartridge Specifications 2 4 Printer and Scanner Drivers PACKING CONFIGURATION PARTS CODE LIST Part 2 TROUBLESHOOTING 1 PRINTER OPERATION 1 1 Printer Operation Procedure 1 2 Status Indicator 1 3 Operating the Printer 1 3 1 Cleaning operation 1 3 2 Printing the nozzle check pattern 1 3 3 Roller cleaning operation SERVICING 2 1 Before Troubleshooting 2 2 Detectable Problems from System Start to Exit 2 3 Troubleshooting Problems 2 4 Troubleshooting Error Indications DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY 3 1 Cautions for Disassembly and Reassembly 8 1 1 Cautions for ink stains Ink path ink mist 3 1 2 Damage by static electricity 3 1 3 Deformation of spur tips 3 2 Exploded View 3 3 Disassembly and Reassembly 3 3 1 Carriage lock release
33. andard Color Cyan 460 pages JIS SCID No 5 Printing quality Standard Magenta 395 pages As above Yellow 300 pages As above 1 Printing duty Equivalent to 2 22 pattern 2 Printing duty Equivalent to 3 68 cyan pattern Equivalent to 5 12 magenta pattern Equivalent to 6 10 yellow pattern August 1 1984 Arthur DeAuthor 8808 Heming Way New York NY 10016 Dear Arthur Welcome to PC Project Printers We re doing it again a massive study of the PC products our readers need to know about This is the biggest one of all there are over 300 printers that work with a PC and we re going to review as many of then as possible We ve tried to get all of them but all we can do is get most of them besides One Park is an old building and we re not sure if the floor would hold up You re probably wondering why you ve received over 7 500 words not including appendices of advice on how to test and evaluate each printer and write a short 750 word article about it The reason is simple the project is large and we need you along with an army of colleagues to write 150 articles They need to have some common format style and size or our readers will leave with a strong sense of confusion and chaos exactly the impression about mof And it s not just the size PC compatible printers come in all shapes and sizes everything from a shoe box to several cartons mounted on equipment pallets F
34. andard Photo Card YMC YMC High Ink jet P O 2Pass Bi 4Pass Bi Standard Postcard YMC YMC High Bk Black PigBk Pigment black Bi Bi directional C Cyan YMC Processed black Uni Uni directional M Magenta Y Yellow The shaded specifications are the default for the respective media 3 24 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 8 PRINT HEAD The two nozzle arrays for each CMY color are divided symmetrically left and right along the M line This makes it completely compatible with bi directional printing Also the relative position of the two nozzles is shifted by 600 dpi for black and by 1200 dpi for color Thus the two nozzles together on a single pass produce 600 dpi resolution for black and 1200 dpi resolution for color There is a heater near the nozzle openings and small ink drops are ejected with a strong force BLE1 F7 600 dpi HE1 block HE2 block Sq M HE1 block lt gt oe s ao r 30 Ci Mi Vi iY Me 2 0 7 EVEN EVEN EVEN ODD ODD ODD Diz Se 200 dpi i m a s at e r A m i pe HE1 block HE2 block Signal Line DO D1 D2 D2 D4 i D6 D5 D3 Ink Path Nozzle l T Opening 777 iK Aluminum Heater Board Common Heater Ink Chamber Ink Supply Heater EVEN
35. cartridge not installed lt Cause gt Since there is no BJ cartridge print head installed the printing and suction that were required could not be executed lt Suspect Part gt BJ cartridge carriage unit Orange 7 blinks Cartridge error lt Cause gt a The print head temperature output value of the head s internal diode sensor exceeded the threshold b BJ cartridge EEPROM s checksum lt Suspect Part gt BJ cartridge Orange 8 blinks Waste ink warning lt Cause gt The total waste ink count recorded in the EEPROM exceeds 95 of the full stipulated value lt Suspect Part gt Waste ink absorber control board User Unresolvable Errors Orange 5100 CR error lt Cause gt green The carriage s encoder signal is abnormal 2 toggle lt Suspect Part gt blinks Encoder film carriage unit control board flex cable Orange 6000 LF error lt Cause gt green The carriage s encoder signal is abnormal 3 toggle lt Suspect Part gt blinks Encoder film paper feed sensor unit control board Orange 5COO Purge sensor lt Cause gt green error At the sensor s ON timing it turns OFF Or vice 4 toggle versa blinks lt Suspect Part gt Purge unit control board Orange 5400 Abnormal internal lt Cause gt green temperature The temperature sensor TH401 on the control 6 toggle error board is abnormal disconnected etc blinks lt Suspect Part gt Control board
36. ce with the initial position detected by the pump sensor The two tubes are placed right before the waste ink absorber By mixing pigment ink and dye ink ink hardening is prevented 3 16 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 3 3 Paper Feed Section 3 3 1 Paper feed components The paper feed components include an ASF incorporating a friction separation system which uses a separation pad Compared to previous ASF systems it has a very strong paper feed force It consists of the following parts Paper feed roller and separation pad pressure roller and return corner pressure plate motor and sensor Pressure roller Applies pressure on the paper on the separation pad to prevent transporting more than 1 sheet Separation pad Separates the paper Nip Paper feed roller Transports Chin the paper Pressure plate Puts the next sheet in position for the paper feed roller Return pawl Returns the paper remaining on the separation pad Figure 3 11 Paper Feeding The motor is a constant current stepping motor It drives the paper feed roller with 1 2 phase driving There is a sensor on the paper feed roller to detect the paper feed roller s initial position The pressure roller and return corner prevent the paper that could not be completely separated by the separation pad from proceeding to the paper transport section The pressure roller presses
37. cleaning operation Once Twice 3 times 4 times Load a sheet of B5 or larger paper Load no paper or load A4 paper Execute no operations 1 3 1 Cleaning operation To start the cleaning operation turn on the printer and hold down the RESUME button until the green indicator blinks once Then let go of the button Cleaning will then start The black and color ink nozzles will be cleaned simultaneously by suction This is the same as using the printer driver to clean all of the ink nozzles 1 3 2 Printing the nozzle check pattern With the printer turned on hold down the RESUME button until the green indicator blinks twice The printer will then start printing the nozzle check pattern If any printing flaws show up in this test printout clean the BJ cartridge Printing the nozzle check pattern requires B5 or larger paper If the paper s width is narrower than the nozzle check pattern the printer will print on the bare platen dirtying the platen with ink To stop printing of the test pattern midway press the POWER button Printing will stop and the paper will be ejected The printer will remain on ore If the problem persists even after cleaning the BJ cartridge three times Perform Deep Cleaning of from the driver If that still does not resolve the problem replace the BJ cartridge S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting
38. dge s nozzles The purge section s functions consist of capping and cleaning a Capping The purge unit s cap is pressed against the print head s face to protect the nozzles from dust etc and to prevent the nozzles from drying out To prevent the capping position from shifting the carriage is locked in place at the same time When the cap is open while the printer is on standby for printing and a certain period of time elapses 55 sec with no paper or 20 min with paper loaded the print head will be capped automatically You can also cap the print head by pressing the POWER button to turn off the printer b Cleaning Cleaning executes the following operations Wiping Paper residue and dried ink on the print head s face plate are wiped off Suction The ink is sucked out of the print head to refresh the nozzles with new ink Maintenance jet To eliminate any air bubbles in the head s nozzles and to remove waste particles near the nozzle openings ink is ejected from the nozzles onto the cap and maintenance jet receptacle Cleaning is performed at the times below to ensure that the head produces high quality printing 3 14 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 3 2 2 Purge section components Purge Motor Figure 3 9 Purge Section Components a Purge driving motor The purge motor drives the wiper carriage lock and pump It is a constant voltage motor operating with a 1 2 phase drive b Wiper The wiper consists of a wiper and
39. dity 10 90 RH No condensation During non operation Temperature 0 C 35 C 32 F 95 F Humidity 5 90 RH No condensation Power Source Power voltage frequency Power consumption During standby When Off 100 127 VAC 50 60 Hz Max approx 40 W Approx 3 W Approx 1 W 220 240 VAC 50 60 Hz Max approx 40 W Approx 3 W Approx 1 W External Approx 430 mm W x 294 mm D x 177 mm H Dimensions Weight Approx 5 kg excluding BJ cartridge Certification Radio wave interference VCCI FCC IC C Tick Taiwan Korea Printer amp adapter EMC CCIB EMC CCEE Electrical safety Electrical appliance regulation UL Cul CE Mark TUV FIMKO SASO AS PSB Korean Electric Commerce CB CCIB CCEE Environmental Energy Star Blue Angel Serial No Location Carriage ribbon cable holder visible when the access cover is open 1 3 Part 1 Product Specifications S600 2 1 2 Printer service life Whichever comes first 1 A total of 30 000 sheets printed with 1 500 standard characters in black ink 2 A total of 10 000 sheets printed with 7 5 duty per color 3 Five years of use 2 1 3 BJ cartridge service life 1 Service life For monochrome printing 1500 character standard text pattern printing 30 000 pages For color printing 7 5 duty pattern printing per color 10 000 pages 2 Ink tank service life printable pages per tank Monochrome black 695 pages 1500 characters pattern Printing quality St
40. down the sheet of paper that is on the separation pad It prevents multiple sheets from being transported The paper therefore has a back tension counteracting force against the feed roller s pulling force on the paper Also the return corner is for returning the paper remaining on the separation pad The timing for returning the paper changes depending on the paper type and length selected with the printer driver 3 17 pu ne 25 Oo 3 So O o 2 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 3 3 2 Friction separation system The friction separation system s paper separation method is explained below 1 When the paper feed roller turns the top sheet of the paper stack is taken to the nip where the pressure roller contacts the paper feed roller 2 When the top edge of the paper reaches the nip the paper pushes down the pad by the amount of the paper s thickness At this point since the frictional force between the paper and separation pad is less than the frictional force between the paper and paper feed roller the paper feed roller further transports the paper into the printer 3 At this time the next sheet of paper stops at the chin 4 If the next sheet of paper could not be stopped at the chin in step 3 it will be stopped on the separation pad because the frictional force between the paper sheets is less than the frictional force between the paper and separation pad Only the top sheet is therefore sent into the printer 3 3 3 Pa
41. e Mouse pad MK 101 1 sheet Left Narrow Glossy postcard KH 201 148 mm x 100 mm Less than 20 Left Narrow Photo glossy card FM 101 118 6 mm x 213 9 mm Less than 20 Left Narrow Japan Post Office 148 mm x 100 mm Less than 40 Left Narrow postcard Japan Post Office 148 mm x 100 mm Less than 40 Left Narrow postcard for ink jet printing Pro photo postcard PH 101 148 mm x 100 mm Less than 20 Left Narrow Envelope COM 10 241 mm x 106 mm Less than 10 Right Wide DL size 220 mm x 110 mm Less than 10 Right Wide No 4 235 mm x 105 mm Less than 10 Right Wide No 6 190 mm x 98 mm Less than 10 Right Wide Pro photo card PC101 L 101 6 mm x 190 5 mm Less than 20 Left Narrow PC101 2L 210 mm x 183 mm Less than 10 Left Narrow PC101 D 210 mm X 310 mm Less than 10 Left Narrow PC101 W 210 mm X 310 mm Less than 10 Left Narrow If the paper spacing lever is not properly set problems with paper feeding or printing may occur 1 5 Part 1 Product Specifications Paper feeding direction gt 2 2 3 Printing area E A4 B5 A5 E Letter 3 0 mm 4 5 3 0 mm 4 41 5 CET 28 0 mm 15 a 25 mm 5 0 mm il 3 4 mm 3 4 mm 15 1 5 E Envelope No 4 No 6 E Glossy postcard Japan Post Office postcard Japan Post Office postcard for ink jet printing Pro photo postcard PC 101 D
42. e black color and photo BJ cartridges is shown below By setting the printer driver s Dithering Paper Type and Printing Quality the printer will operate in the printing modes below Table 3 1 PRINTING MODE LIST Monochrome Printing Resolution dpi Default Paper Type 134 600 x 600 Bk 600 x 600 Bk 600 x 600 Bk 600 x 600 een ard Fast Plain Paper 1Pass Bi 1Pass Bi Apass Bi High Stand PigBk PigBk PigBk ard Fast Postcard 2Pass Uni 4Pass Uni Standard PigBk PigBk Fast Ink jet P O 2Pass Uni 4Pass Uni Standard Postcard PigBk PigBk Fast Color Printing Resolution dpi Default Paper Type Bk 600 x 600 Bk 600 x 600 Bk 600 x 600 Bk 600 x 600 Y 600 x 1200 Y 600 x 1200 Y 600 x 1200 CMY 1200 x 1200 Y 600 x 1200 CMY 1200 x 1200 CMY 1200 x 1200 High Stand CM 1200 x 1200 CM 1200 x 1200 CM 1200 x 1200 CM 1200 x 1200 ard Fast Plain Paper lPass Bi 1 4 Pass Bi 4pass Bi High Stand PigBk PigBk PigBk ard Fast OHP 2Pass Bi 4Pass Bi Standard Transparency PigBk PigBk YMC High T shirt Heat 6Pass Bi Standard Transfer Paper YMC Glossy Paper 4Pass Bi 6Pass Bi Standard Glossy Postcard YMC YMC High Glossy Film 4Pass Bi 6Pass Bi Standard YMC YMC High High quality 4Pass Bi 6Pass Bi Standard Paper YMC YMC High Postcard 3Pass Bi 4Pass Bi Standard Envelope PigBk YMC PigBk YMC High Pro Photo Paper 4Pass Bi 6Pass Bi St
43. ear Pattern Color DTP 10 ppm Fast Gear Pattern Compared to Color full address 2 5 ppm A4 full pattern e Color ink drop size is 5 pl 2 High quality printing with new inks Pigment black A black with better density OD value of 1 4 or higher makes high density text printing possible Color Improved brilliance and better color density 3 Base model for future printers e The printer s engine BJ cartridge and BJ cartridge drive system will be standard equipment on future BJ printers e The printer s other systems carriage system paper transport system ASF purge system have a modular design so they can easily be used in successor or sister models yonpold 2 T D a O D 5 7 e The ASF uses a new system Duopro marking a major improvement in paper feed power Paper transport strength 4 The DC motor carriage and paper feed makes printing quiet 5 Compact design 6 Compatible with Windows 95 98 NT 4 0 2000 and Mac OS 8 1 or higher 1 Standard pattern introduced in 2000 for printing speed measurements 2 On A4 size paper each dot is printed at 1200 x 1200 dpi intervals 3 Optical Density 4 Separation system based on the friction between paper sheets paper and pad and paper and the paper transport roller of the separation pad 1 1 Part 1 Product Specifications S600 BJ Cartridge Print Head Figure 1 1 Printer Exterior S600 Part 1 Product Specifications 2
44. error code 2 The waste ink warning can be canceled by pressing the RESUME button 3 Press the RESUME button to resume operation Indicator Blink Count Table 2 1 ERROR INDICATIONS Error Status Code User Recoverable Errors Probable Cause and Faulty Parts Orange 2 blinks Paper feed error lt Cause gt 1 No paper was loaded 2 During feeding the paper did not reach the paper end sensor 3 During feeding the paper s bottom edge missed the paper end sensor 4 The ASF sensor did not return to its initial position and the paper end sensor concluded that there was no paper ASF motor may be out of sync lt Suspect Part gt Paper feed section sheet feeder unit paper end sensor control board Orange 3 blinks Paper jam error lt Cause gt 1 The paper end sensor still detects the presence of paper even after 23 inches of paper ejection operation 2 The ASF sensor did not return to its initial position and the paper end sensor concluded that there was no paper Out of sync 3 During paper feeding abnormal timing caused the paper end sensor to still detect paper lt Suspect Part gt Paper feed section paper end sensor control board Orange 4 blinks No ink error lt Cause gt The respective ink tank has run out of ink in the tank and sponge lt Suspect Part gt Ink tank 2 10 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting Orange 6 blinks BJ
45. et driving power source and the power voltage for the HVDD VIF and VSEN The HVDD VIF and VSEN power voltage outputs are controlled by the printer controller Also the 5 VDC is used as the power source for the printer controller MPU DRAM and control ROM It is also used as a pull up power source for various switches By using 3 3 VDC as the power source the power consumption during power off is less than when 5 VDC is used pu a3 eos gt 30 O o 2 3 11 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 3 PRINTER S MECHANICAL PARTS 3 1 Overview of the Printer s Mechanical Parts The printer s mechanical parts consist of the BJ cartridge carriage purge section and paper feed section Each part is explained below Carriage Carriage Figure 3 8 Printer s Mechanical Parts 3 1 1 Carriage The carriage holds one BJ cartridge in place The carriage belt driven by the carriage motor DC motor moves the carriage horizontally back and forth across the paper Regarding the carriage s position control the initial position is detected when the carriage goes against the right wall which is the home position After that the carriage position is detected by reading the pulse from the encoder film The paper spacing position is read from the carriage position when the carriage goes against the left wall 3 1 2 Purge section The purge section driven by a dedicated purge motor consists of the wiper pump cap and carriage lock
46. ful not to pull the torsion spring too much Figure 2 5 Encoder Film 2 16 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 3 4 Handling encoder film 1 Be careful not to get any grease on the encoder film carriage encoder film and paper feed encoder film If grease gets on the encoder film the film s slits will not be read correctly resulting in error If grease gets on the film use alcohol to wipe it off completely 2 Do not fold or scratch the encoder film If the film is folded and a white line is created or if a slit is scratched replace the encoder film 3 3 5 Removing and installing the control board Remove or install the control board with caution to prevent damage caused by short circuiting When the printer is turned on and later turned off the capacitor on the control board will still contain a charge for a while In this condition shorting the components on the control board will damage the components Therefore as a preventive measure follow step 1 or 2 below before removing or installing the control board 1 After disconnecting the AC power wait for 90 sec 2 Use a resistance of about 100 to 500 ohms to short circuit the C507 capacitor terminals for 1 sec Figure 2 6 Short Circuiting the Capacitor 2 17 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 3 3 6 Removal of red screws prohibited Since adjustment of the following red screws is very difficult in the field they must not be loosened or
47. he carriage Also if the carriage is not locked at the home position it will move while the printer is being transported This may strain the paper feed encoder film 2 27 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 6 PARTS REPLACEMENT PERIODIC INSPECTIONS amp TOOLS 6 1 Parts Replacement Level Replacement Parts User None Serviceman None Level Consumables User Black BJ cartridge ink tank Black BCI 3eBK Color BJ cartridge ink tank Cyan BCI 3eC Magenta BCI 3eM Yellow BCI 3eY Serviceman None 6 2 Periodic Inspections Level Periodic Inspections User None Serviceman None 6 3 Tool List Ordinary Tools Remarks Phillips screwdriver For the removal and installation of screws Blade screwdriver For the removal of plastic parts Needle nosed pliers For the removal and installation of springs Tweezers For the disconnection and connection of flexible cables etc Flat brush For applying grease Multi meter For troubleshooting Special Tools Part No Remarks Grease MOLYKOTE PG 641 To be applied on the specified parts see Figure 2 22 CK 0562 Grease MOLYKOTE KG107A To be applied on the specified parts see Figure 2 22 QY9 0057 2 28 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 7 SERVICE RELATED FEATURES The printer has a service mode for accessing service settings and executing a test printout You can use the operation panel to switch to the service mode
48. he printing speed decreases Canon 600 Properties 21x Stamp Background Effects CD Profiles ih Maintenance General Details Color Management gt Main F Page Setup Media Type Plain Paper 7 Paper Source Auto Sheet Feeder 7 Print Quality C High a Standard i C Draft C Custom Ja 1 Color Adjustment Auto wah ao C Manual PE Letter a Normal size Printing I Grayscale Printing Stamp None Background None Effects None BF Pit Adyiser About Defaults Cancel App He Figure 3 13 Basic Settings Sheet Sample 3 22 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 6 INK SUCTION AMOUNT IN THE CLEANING MODE The printer has five cleaning modes A to G Cleaning is executed for maximum effectiveness and efficiency The cleaning operation is selected depending on the respective condition The ink suction operation differs depending on the condition at three occasions Operation by the user cover open closing and before printing starts e Operation by the user Manual ink suction Including printer driver operation e Cover open closing Cleaning at printer arrival e Before printing starts Other than manual suction Mode Suction Precondition Amount g Cleaning A All colors Bk CI 0 15 0 36 Dot count suction Manual suction All colors timer suction Time not set Bk Bk 0 15 Dot count suction Manual suctio
49. ically in the following cases An error has occurred paper has been loaded into the manual feed slot or when the front cover has been opened 1 3 6 Print head protection from overheating If ink runs out and the printing operation continues the bubble jet head will overheat To prevent overheating overheating protection control takes effect if the head temperature sensor inside the bubble jet head detects an excessively high temperature 1 3 7 Power motor control Power motor control is for controlling the current to attain the following objectives 1 Reduction of current consumption during printing The current is controlled so that the AC adapter s maximum output momentary current is not exceeded By increasing the number of passes current to heat the heater once is suppressed 2 The head s average current consumption is suppressed to restrain the power source s temperature increase Since the power source s temperature increases it cannot be used while the average current is exceeded 3 6 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 1 4 Detection Functions 1 4 1 Detection by sensors The following sensors detect the printer s condition Cover Sensor SW Internal Temperature Sensor Purge Sensor Carriage Encoder ASF Sensor pu ne 25 3 So O o 2 Figure 3 5 Location of Sensors 1 4 2 Paper end sensor The photo interrupter type paper end sensor detects the paper with the paper sensor arm s flag when the edge
50. ign matter inthe paper feed section sheet feeder pinch roller LF roller platen The BJ cartridge has not been used for a prolonged period The print head position has not been adjusted Connect the AC cord to a power outlet which supplies the et OA aie Check that the power cord is connected properly Clean the cartridge If the problem still persists replace the Execute print head position adjustment See page 2 23 2 5 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 2 2 Detectable Problems from System Start to Exit Errors unresolvable by the user can be checked before system startup is completed AC power connection CPU amp printer controller initialization Y DRAM check To Xe lt Y ji RAM error Orange lamp PROM check lights EEPROM check Checksum Power LED lights y Orange green Error check EEPROM error toggle blinking 9 times y Key input detection prohibited y Sensor power ON VSEN ON y O blinks 7 Interrupt error Cartridge error a m detection starts Orange green Abnormal internal y temperature error Hoge blinking 6 Head presence E AER EI temperature error toggle blinking y Paper feed encoder Take the cartridge to the home home position obtained position To next page 2 6 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting From preceding page Head pre
51. int head serial No LN 03 05 01 15 00 00 03 Print head lot No DI BK 001 CL 001 Diode sensor temperature compensation value Bk Cl IL BK 08 C 08 M 08 Y 08 Ejection level WLA 08 WLB 08 NGBK 000 NGC 000 NGM 000 NGY 000 Figure 2 15 EEPROM Information Printout Sample The error history records the last three starting with the most recent one user unresolvable errors that have occurred It does not include any ROM RAM errors Error Error Code CR error 5100 Abnormal head temperature 5200 Abnormal internal temperature error 5400 Waste ink full error 5BO00 Pump sensor error 5C00 EEPROM Read Write error 6800 2 31 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 7 4 Resetting the EEPROM The printer uses the total waste ink absorption amount recorded by the EEPROM as the basis for determining whether the waste ink is full Therefore after replacing the waste ink absorber be sure to reset the total waste ink absorption amount Also after replacing the control board be sure to reset the new control board s EEPROM and to also replace the waste ink absorber 7 5 Setting the Printer Settings in the EEPROM The control board used in the printer is also used in other printers After replacing the control board the printer settings for the respective printer must be set After setting the printer settings check it with the service factory test printout All the logic b
52. l Reference S600 1 3 4 Smear control and rest between pages Both smear control and the rest between pages are for preventing smearing by the edge of the printed paper sliding against the preceding printed page If pigment ink is used for high duty printing smear control can delay the printing operation right before the next sheet of paper is stacked on the printed sheet Smear control is executed by the printer controller As for the rest between pages the user can set it with the printer driver so that printing stops temporarily after each page is printed regardless of the printing data The smear control and rest between pages are independent operations If both the smear control delay time and rest time between pages are set a longer time will take effect 1 3 5 Automatic power ON OFF The printer incorporates an automatic power ON OFF feature The printer turns on when it receives a printing signal from the computer and it turns off automatically after a certain period of time when no printing signal is received This feature can be set with the printer driver With automatic power ON enabled the printer turns on automatically when 3 or more bytes of data is received continuously The interface will remain operational even during power OFF Set with the EEPROM With automatic power OFF enabled the printer turns off when a set period of time elapses after the last printing data are sent by the computer The printer does not turn off automat
53. lation count The printer reads the EEPROM contents when AC power is supplied and records the data when the power is turned off f Control ROM IC102 The 8 bit control ROM is written with a printer control program g Stepping motor driver IC IC503 This is a driver IC for constant current driving of the ASF motor The driving method is 1 2 phase driving pu ne 25 D 30 O o 2 3 21 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 5 OPERATION WITH A COMPUTER For printer operation with a computer printing with the printer driver s Basic Setting Sheet and setting the Utility Sheet are explained below 5 1 Printing Operation with the Basic Settings Sheet To enable the user to print easily the printer driver s ease of use has been improved The Basic Settings Sheet enables the user to set the paper type paper feed method and printing quality Also the Print Advisor is a new feature When the user does not know which paper is suitable for printing the Print Advisor gives on screen instructions so that the optimum settings are selected automatically 5 2 Using the Utility Sheet This enables the usual operations such as cleaning print head refreshing print head position adjustment nozzle check pattern printing power OFF automatic power setting and special settings economy cleaning smear control ECP etc for status monitor start up When printing is executed for a large amount of data and the ECP mode check is off t
54. maintenance jet or purged by the recovery operation The ejected or purged ink is absorbed by the waste ink absorber If the waste ink absorber discharges ink because it contains more ink than it can absorb the printer may leak ink To prevent ink from leaking the waste ink absorber s full capacity is detected by estimation The printer calculates the amount of waste ink produced by the maintenance jet and recovery operations by referring to the ink dot counter While taking ink evaporation into account if the estimated waste ink amount exceeds 95 of the waste ink absorber s capacity the waste ink warning is issued when the power is turned on If the estimated waste ink amount reaches 100 of capacity the waste ink full error occurs 1 5 2 Print head detection The presence of the print head is detected with the AD value obtained from the head temperature sensor If the temperature counted in reverse from the AD value is lower than the absolute O degree an impossible value the printer will assume that there is no print head 3 9 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 2 ELECTRICAL DRIVE SECTION The electrical drive section controls the electrical components in accordance with the control signals and control data received from the control section 2 1 Block Diagram Main PWB 48 47 5 MHz Ink t A 7 SS E ee EE Internal 7 temperature i Cairiage Cover CPU sensor uni sensor 4 Print head Control ROM
55. n Bk timer suction 60 336 h Cl Cl 0 36 Dot count suction Manual suction Cl D timer suction 120 336 h a 8 Cleaning D All colors Bk Cl 0 3 0 72 Tank replacement after soft power ON g 2 All colors 85 Bk Bk 0 3 Tank replacement after soft power ON Bk Cl Cl 0 72 Tank replacement after soft power ON Cl Cleaning E All colors Bk CI 0 45 0 72 Long timer suction 336 h Cleaning F All colors Bk CI 0 45 1 08 When print head is replaced at printer arrival Cleaning G All colors Bk Cl 1 5 1 08 Head refreshing 1 If the preconditions overlap the stronger suction will take priority Cleaning A lt Cleaning D lt Cleaning E lt Cleaning F lt Cleaning G 2 In the case of the boxed preconditions the suction starts right after the precondition is executed For other preconditions suction is executed right before the printing starts or during printing 3 Ink tank replacement is detected when the ink tank s status changes from H to L 4 Printing of EEPROM contents etc with the printer alone 5 Purging operations will be performed after 24 hours only the first 5 times after which purging will occur at 60 to 336 hours intervals When checking the functions of the purge unit measure the suction amount for a manual suction 3 23 Part 3 Technical Reference 7 TECHNICAL REFERENCE 7 1 Printing Mode List The printing mode list for th
56. ng the second pass In the case of color printing there are two feed methods for one pass 64 and 128 Pattern G was made with 64 nozzles and pattern H was made with 128 nozzles When you execute printing with the printer driver seven patterns with a changing degree of thinning indicated by the arrows will be printed vertically Select the number of the pattern whose seam stripe is the least noticeable This sets the optimum degree of thinning G SRE TT gt ME tf SN FT ft ft 17 ft ft Figure 2 13 Seam Stripe Adjustment Pattern 2 24 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 4 5 Setting the EEPROM After replacing the control board or waste ink absorber reset the EEPROM and restore the printer settings Then do a test printout to check the results The procedure is described in 7 1 Service Mode Operations on page 2 29 1 After control board replacement If the waste ink absorption amount is over 7 percent according to a visual check at the time you replace the control board also replace the waste ink absorber Otherwise the waste ink amount cannot be counted accurately Then reset the EEPROM and restore the printer settings To check the waste ink absorption amount you can either check the service factory text printout from the old control board or visually check the waste ink absorber s waste ink absorption amount Also the new control board EEPROM does not have the correct data The EEPROM
57. nsor Block Diagram Printer s Mechanical Parts Purge Section Components Pump Operation Paper Feeding Control Board Basic Settings Sheet Sample Nozzle Array Part 4 APPENDIX Figure Figure Figure 4 1 4 2 4 3 Control Board Carriage Board BJ Cartridge IV TABLE INDEX Page 1 9 Part 1 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Table 1 1 PARTS CODE Part 2 TROUBLESHOOTING Table 2 1 ERROR INDICATIONS Part 3 TECHNICAL REFERENCE Table 3 1 PRINTING MODE LIST Vi Parti PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Page 1 1 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1 1 1 1 Product Overview 3 2 SPECIFICATIONS 3 2 1 Printer Specifications 5 2 2 Paper Specifications 1 7 2 3 BJ Cartridge Specifications 7 2 4 Printer and Scanner Drivers 8 3 PACKING CONFIGURATION 9 4 PARTS CODE LIST S600 Part 1 Product Specifications I PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1 1 Product Overview Standard Color Printer for Personal Use With an emphasis on out of the box performance the printer is ready for high speed high quality printing on plain paper at the default settings This printer targets business users who need high quality text printing or DTP printouts and personal users who want high speed printing or a good printer to print information from the Internet 1 High speed high quality printing with a bi directional color 1200 dpi nozzle pitch printing head e Full page color printing on plain paper is faster and of higher quality than rival printers B W text 15 ppm Fast G
58. nternal temperature changes the thermistor s resistance also changes accordingly and the change in the resistance is detected by the MPU as a change in voltage The analog value that is input is converted to a digital value by an internal A D converter 1 4 7 Head temperature sensor The head temperature sensor is in the BJ cartridge s print head If the head temperature is abnormally high the sensor detects the head temperature and the abnormal head temperature error is issued to stop printing operation When the head temperature changes the diode sensor changes accordingly and the voltage change is detected by the MPU The analog value that is input is converted to a digital value by an internal A D converter 1 4 8 ASF sensor The ASF sensor detects the ASF paper feed rollers initial position It detects the paper feed rollers position during ASF initial positioning and paper feeding 1 4 9 Carriage encoder paper feed encoder With the encoder the light from the LED passes through the encoder film and enters the photo IC It is converted into a digital electrical signal when the encoder rotates or when the carriage moves With this feedback signal the printer controls the driving of the DC motor pe h e Ss O D jeo1uyooy 1 5 Other Sensing Features Besides the sensors described above the printer has the following detection features 1 5 1 Waste ink detection For print head maintenance ink is ejected by the
59. oards available as a replacement part contain printer settings for the S600 Therefore if the logic board was replaced in Japan be sure to set the correct printer settings 2 32 Pat3 TECHNICAL REFERENCE PRINTER CONTROL SECTION 1 1 Printing Data and Control Signal Flow 1 2 Print Drive Method 1 3 Control During Printing 1 4 Detection Functions 1 5 Other Sensing Features ELECTRICAL DRIVE SECTION 2 1 Block Diagram 2 2 Electrical Section PRINTER S MECHANICAL PARTS 3 1 Overview of the Printer s Mechanical Parts 3 2 Purge Section 8 3 Paper Feed Section LOGIC BOARD COMPONENTS OPERATION WITH A COMPUTER 5 1 Printing Operation with the Basic Settings Sheet 5 2 Using the Utility Sheet INK SUCTION AMOUNT IN THE CLEANING MODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE 7 4 Printing Mode List PRINT HEAD S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 1 PRINTER CONTROL SECTION The printer control section converts the data created and input by the printer driver into printing data and printer operation signals and it also controls the driving of the print head and electrical mechanisms while referring to feedback from various sensors 1 1 Printing Data and Control Signal Flow The signal flow starting with the printer receiving the printing data and ending with the execution of printing is explained below a The printer driver in the computer creates a print file from the image data and compresses the print file When the printer
60. of the paper passes through the paper feed section When there is no paper the sensor is closed by the paper sensor arm When paper is detected the sensor is open and paper is thereby detected 3 7 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 1 4 3 Ink sensor Same as for BJ F600 Consisting of an LED and photo sensor the ink sensor uses optical means to detect whether there is ink in the ink tank At the bottom of the ink tank is an indentation that works like a prism When there is ink in the ink tank the refractive index of the ink and the prism s resin material is about the same Therefore the reflected amount of light is small When the ink is exhausted the refractive index of the air and the prism s resin is very different so all the light entering the sensor is reflected and the amount of reflected light is high The ink sensor detects the difference in the reflected light amount to determine whether or not there is ink in the tank The MPU detects the voltage that changes according to the change in the reflected light amount The analog value that is input is converted to a digital value by an internal A D converter When the printer detects no ink in the ink tank it indicates ink low on the status monitor for the respective ink tank After the printer detects no ink in the ink tank it starts to count the number of ejected dots corresponding to the amount of ink about 20 of the ink amount in the sponge and it starts to detect the no ink er
61. or the same reasons we re asked you to come in to PC s offices to do the testing sorry it just has to be done that way you can do the writing anywhere you want When you leave you can take much of the literature and documenta tation away with you for your writing but it ll have to be returned when you re done You should have a lot of fun with PC Project Printers It s been fun just putting it together and doing the planning You can be certain PC s readers will get a lot of beneficial information out of it See you soon Sincerely John Dickinson Figure 1 2 1500 Characters Pattern Figure 1 3 JIS SCID No 5 S600 Part 1 Product Specifications 2 2 Paper Specifications 2 2 1 Paper sizes and weights 1 Paper sizes See the table below 2 Weight an For automatic feeding the paper s weight should be 64 90 g m 8 y 2 2 2 Paper types and settings ge Paper Spacing Type Size Sheet Feeder Capacity Lever Position Plain paper 64 90 g m A4 B5 A5 LTR LGL Less than 10 mm Left Narrow High quality paper HR 101 A4 LTR Less than 80 sheets Left Narrow Photo glossy paper GP 301 A4 LTR 10 sheets Left Narrow Photo paper PR 101 A4 LTR 1 sheet Left Narrow Glossy film HG 201 A4 LTR 1 sheet Left Narrow Transparency film CF 102 A4 LTR Less than 30 sheets Left Narrow Banner BP 101 A4 LTR 1 sheet Right Wide T shirt transfer TR 201 A4 LTR 1 sheet Right Wid
62. per and waste ink absorber Also a printer that has seen long time use or heavy duty use may have ink mist soiling the platen inside the front cover and purge section 3 1 2 Damage by static electricity The rubbing of clothing can cause a build up of static electricity on the human body Static electricity can destroy electrical components or alter the electrical characteristics of components Be extra careful when handling the control board 3 1 3 Deformation of spur tips Be careful not to deform the spur tips The spur tips contact the paper after the printing Since the spur tips contact area is small any ink adhering to the spur will be a minuscule amount that can be wiped off by the spur cleaner It therefore will not dirty the paper However if the spur s tips are bent of out of shape the contact area with the paper will be larger and any ink adhering to the spur will be a larger amount that the spur cleaner might not be able to wipe off completely The spur will then stain the paper with a dotted line 2 13 600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 2 Exploded View Figure 2 3 Exploded View 2 14 S600 Part 2 Troubleshooting 3 3 Disassembly and Reassembly Supplemental information and cautions for disassembling and reassembling the printer are stated below As for the disassembly procedure refer to the Parts Catalog The illustrations in the Parts Catalog are numbered according to the order of disassembly 3 3
63. per transport section At the printing section an unchanging gap between the paper and print head is maintained while the paper is pressed against the platen as it goes between the pressure roller and paper feed roller and between the spur and eject roller For paper transport control during printing a metallic high precision paper feed roller having a coat of ceramic paint and an optical encoder film affixed on it is used The paper feed roller is driven by a DC motor via a belt The paper transport is controlled according to the signal read from the encoder film The paper is transported in 1 1440 inch increments 3 3 4 Paper discharge section While the sharp tipped spur presses down the printed side of the paper without marking the paper against the eject rollers the eject rollers discharge the printed paper The paper discharge section consists of the eject rollers and spur The sheet of paper brought to the printing starting position is printed on as it goes around the platen The paper is transported by the paper feed rollers and pinch roller When printing is completed the paper is ejected by the eject rollers and spur A Spring tabs on the left and right keep the discharged sheets stacked properly 3 18 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 4 LOGIC BOARD COMPONENTS Control ROM
64. printer it also executes overall control of print driving See Sensors and Their Functions and Feedback Host computer gt Receiving c buffer Printer controller gt Print buffer Logic section gue Control ROM g Motor driver Print signal Sensors 4 Control signal Figure 3 1 Printing Signal Flow pu ag es Oo 30 O o 2 BJ head 3 1 Part 3 Technical Reference 1 2 Print Drive Method 600 To print the printer ejects ink from ink nozzles To this end 16 bit serial data is transferred once as a latch signal to each nozzle array total of 8 arrays black even odd number array cyan magenta yellow even odd number array This operation is repetitive The 16 bit serial data includes the following Data DATAO 9 that decides whether or not to heat 10 nozzles data BEO 4 that decides which nozzles to heat and the dummy heater signal LTB CLK Ars yse pe pe ve ce v3 7 DATA 0 TA 3 4 5 y 6 s 9 Jecofs ecoles scajone gt Block lt gt Nozzle DATA Section OCK Dummy Heat Determination Section DATA po mese 112 31475 677 78 o io i 12 13 14115 16 Description DATAO DATA DATA2 DATAS DATA4 DATAS DATA6 DATA7 DATAS DATA9 BEO BE1 BE2 BES BE4 DHE Black Even Odd Array Nozzle Signal Data for 10 No
65. rea setting For BJ S600 Press twice For S600 Press once 6 times or Lights green Press the POWER button to return to the service function more selection mode 4 After selecting the service function press the POWER button The green indicator lights and the service function will be executed After the respective function is executed the printer returns to the service function selection mode To cancel printing after it begins press the POWER button The Power lamp will blink for a while and then stay lit You can then select another service function 2 29 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 7 2 Test Printout The service factory test printout shows the print head s control ROM version printer settings total printed sheet count total waste ink absorption amount and other information Product Total waste ink Total printed Printhead removal Bi directional Bi directional designation ROM version amount sheet count installation count registration Bk registration Cl phi See i 1 g o BJ S600 P V0 43 Destination 02 D 000 0 Page 00033 CH 0005 BK 000 C 000 5 Head TempBK 26 5 Head TempC 26 5 Env Temp 27 0 FA 00 00 00 S PC A 0005 D 0000 E 0000 G 0003 Bk 04242 C 03867 M 01454 Y 01112 USB 1111
66. ress bus Data bus This operates in synchronization with a 20 MHz external clock input An external RAM 16 Mbit is accessed via the 16 bit data bus Interrupt controller The MPU receives external interrupts from the POWER button s ON OFF and I F A D converter The following analog signals are detected after they pass through the built in A D converter Resume key input EEPROM data I O EEPROM chip select output Door sensor input CSB power input Sensor purge paper end sheet feeder inputs LED ERROR POWER outputs I F Centronics CSB pull up control I O Print head power control ON OFF VDD VH Ink sensor power control ON OFF Purge motor control 4 ports A B A B phase I O port The I O port executes the following control operations c DRAM IC103 The 16 Mbit DRAM is controlled by the printer controller and used as a receiving buffer download buffer print buffer and working area 3 20 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference d DC motor driver IC504 505 The motor driver IC is for driving the DC motor paper feed motor and carriage motor This driver is a PWM pulse width modulation IC that changes the current s pulse width to control the output It thereby controls the motor The pulse width control is defined by the serial data 10 bit from the printer controller e EEPROM IC402 The 2 Kbit EEPROM controlled by the printer controller records the waste ink absorption amount page count and BJ cartridge removal instal
67. ror This error is detected in the following cases While the power is ON when the front cover is closed after the pumping operation or after the set number of dots have been printed If the front cover is opened during the ink amount measurement the external light may prevent an accurate measurement The presence of an ink tank will also not be detected If there is no ink tank there will be no reflected light and the printer will therefore assume that there is ink Ink Tank KE Ink Air Z lt 4 Refracted Light Reflected Incident Light Light Photo Transistor Incident Light N Photo Transistor i Reflected Light Ink Sensor Ink Sensor Completely Reflected a O n Prism Ink Present No Ink Figure 3 6 Ink Sensor 1 4 4 Cover sensor The switch type cover sensor detects whether the front cover is open or not When the printer detects that the cover is open it will move the carriage to the replacement position 1 4 5 Pump sensor The switch type pump sensor detects the tube pump rotation s initial position From the pump s initial position as detected by the printer the printer will start to control the pumping operation 3 8 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 1 4 6 Internal temperature sensor The internal temperature sensor TH201 on the control board detects the printer s internal temperature in order to control print head driving When the printer s i
68. sent Yes Head power ON No Procedure within dotted ine executed Yes Reading of head s No EEPROM No N i Yes 2nd time st time execution within dotted line Cartridge error b y Orange blinks 7 times e Yes Purge sensor error Cartridge home position obtained Orange green toggle blinking 4 times Purge unit initialization 1st time No head 2nd time CR error y Cap open Orange green toggle Reserve discharge blinking 2 times Paper feed roller initialization LF error Paper discharge Orange green toggle To next blinking 3 times page 2 7 Part 2 Troubleshooting OK Yes No Encoder parameter obtained a Cover sensor check Head presen por presen Closed Move carriage to home position Present Ink low detection Paper spacing lever position detection Waste ink error check I F power ON LED lights I F busy canceled Switch detection prohibit canceled END Back to Y Paper jam error No ink error Paper feed roller turns slowly No error indication If narrow Right position from the left edge
69. ta processing A dot count is executed for power monitoring and smear processing Also dot thinning for seam stripe processing is based on the dot count and color tone 6 Printing control The data received is rearranged in the raster direction Also data is processed so that the print head s heaters are heated in the suitable sequence 3 19 Part 3 Technical Reference S600 7 Print head control Serial print data is sent to the print head The transfer clock is 6 MHz Since data latch occurs at the clock s start up and shutdown the data transfer speed is faster Also the print head heater s heating is executed with a single pulse or double pulse In the case of a double pulse the first pulse is a press pulse The pulse following it becomes the main pulse The print head s temperature is estimated with the dot count Based on the estimated temperature suitable heating is executed with the voltage value 8 Motor control The encoder signals input from the two DC motors are processed and a signal for the 1 2 phase driving of the auto sheet feeder motor is generated b MPU IC203 The MPU contains a 32 bit CPU 16 KB work RAM 21 bit address bus port 16 bit data bus port interrupt controller A D converter I O port and other built in components With the chip select signal the MPU selects the control ROM printer controller and DRAM Built in CPU The 32 bit CPU operates in synchronization with a 48 MHz external clock input Add
70. th no smearing or irregular density with the cartridge selected media printing quality setting printing data etc by altering the carriage operation paper feed operation etc By shifting the printing timing with multiple passes during printing one raster is printed with multiple nozzles The amount of ink ejected by each nozzle is kept constant to reduce irregular printing density Also smearing is less likely to occur since the freshly printed ink is fixed before the next ink is printed Depending on the paper up to eight passes can be executed for printing For the number of passes allowable in each mode see 7 7 Print Modes 1 3 1 2 dot Pair Bi directional printing In the case of conventional bi directional printing when for example cyan and magenta are mixed to produce blue cyan is printed during the first pass and magenta is printed during the second pass The color printed on the first pass always comes out stronger than the color printed on the second pass The subtle difference in color between the first and second passes creates irregular printing between scans To resolve this problem the printer uses two nozzle arrays for each color to print each pixel at 600 dpi The image is created with 2 dots and the sequence of printing each dot is controlled In other words the C2 M2 and M1 C1 portions to be printed during the first pass are mixed during a single scan In the same way the C1 M1 and M2 C2 portions to be printed during
71. the second pass are mixed The difference in color caused by the printing sequence still occurs however it is not recognized as irregular printing because it changes at 1200 dpi intervals pu ne es Oo 30 O o 2 1 3 2 Seam stripe control Seam stripe control suppresses the stripes created at the seams between passes It aims to produce a high quality image with a single pass For high duty images where seam stripes are prone to occur between each pass a dot thinning process is executed The degree of thinning to be implemented is determined when the user executes the print head position adjustment with the printer driver 1 3 3 Rest between scans Border detection control To prevent color smearing and a whitish color cast along the border between a color ink and black ink caused by the inks differing characteristics printing can be executed with a rest inserted between scans During the printer s internal print processing the border between color and black inks is detected When color ink is printed along a border with black ink a wait is added for ink drying The wait is set for each printing mode and each color This reduces ink smearing Since this operation reduces the throughput the user is able to select a rest between scans a special setting for only plain paper or postcards when smearing is most prone to occur It is executed if the print data includes borders between black and color inks 3 5 Part 3 Technica
72. uter see page 3 22 POWER button Turns the test printing printer ON OFF and cancels fa Lez D gt Q S Q 1 2 Status Indicator Figure 2 1 Operation Panel When you operate the printer by itself you can find out the printer s operation status with the indicator When an error occurs the nature of the error can be determined by the number of times the Normal Operation indicator blinks Indicator Display Operation Status Green light Blinks green Power ON Power ON in progress power OFF in progress resume Long short operation in progress cleaning in progress test printing in progress front cover open printing in progress Light off Power OFF Error Indicator Display Operation Status Blinks orange The number of blinks differs depending on the error See page Long short 2 10 for details Green orange The blinking method differs depending on the error See page Toggle blinking 2 11 for details Part 2 Troubleshooting 1 3 Operating the Printer The printer has an offline operation mode that works when the printer is not connected to a computer and the power is on To conduct the operations below with the power turned on hold down the RESUME button until the green indicator blinks for the specified number of times S600 Operation Indicator Blink Count Remarks Cleaning operation Nozzle check pattern printing Roller
73. vertical lines appear Lines are missing Overlapping printing 1 BJ cartridge 2 Ink tank 3 Purge unit 1 BJ cartridge 2 Ink tank 3 Purge unit 4 BJ cartridge faulty contacts 5 Carriage flex cable 1 Ink mist from the paper transport section in the printer 1 Paper spacing lever position not properly set 2 Improper amount of grease applied on guide shaft 1 Platen unit eject roller 1 Replace faulty parts 1 Remove and reinstall BJ cartridge and check the contacts 2 Replace faulty parts 1 Pass through several sheets of paper 2 Use a cloth to clean the paper transport section 1 Set the paper spacing lever to the proper position 2 Adjust the printing position 3 Apply the correct amount of grease on the guide shaft 1 Replace faulty parts 2 9 Part 2 Troubleshooting S600 2 4 Troubleshooting Error Indications 1 Error indication when a user resolvable error occurs The indicator lights in green then blinks in orange This repeats Check the number of blinks and proceed to correct the error 2 Error indication when an error not resolvable by the user occurs The indicator toggles between orange and green orange green toggle blinking This repeats Check the number of toggled blinks and proceed to correct the error 1 The error code is displayed by the computer With the iMac and Power Macintosh G3 a D or M is appended to the beginning of the
74. wiper cleaner The wiping operation is executed while the carriage is fixed at the purge section It wipes the print head s nozzle array in a vertical motion c Cap The rubber cap protects the print head capping operation and sucks out pumping operation the ink in the cap When the carriage moves to the capping position the cap is pressed against the print head s face plate There is a different cap for the black and color print heads An ink tube connects the rubber cap to the pump and air valve 3 15 pu hn Ss iv LAITTRETE Part 3 Technical Reference S600 Figure 3 10 Pump Operation d Pump This is a tube pump system consisting of two ink tubes one for black and one for color pressurized by a rotating roller A negative pressure is thereby created to suck the ink Inside there is a valve dedicated to black ink and one dedicated to color ink When the valves close or open separately or simultaneously only the black ink color valve open or color ink black valve open can be sucked or both inks can be sucked black and color valves closed The amount of ink sucked can be high medium or low depending on how much the roller rotates The pumping operation is executed with the rotation of the roller after the carriage is released from the capping position and both valves are opened The degree of rotation of the pump s roller and the timing of the rotation are controlled by the step count in accordan
75. zzles DELO 15 16 InputSequence 1 21314156 1 71 8 11 12 13714 15 16 DATA D2 Dassin OATAO DATAT DATAZ DATAS DATAG DATAS DATAS DATAT BEO BET l BES BE4 DHE Cyan Even Odd Array Nozzle Signal Data for 8 Nozzles DELO 15 16 Figure 3 2 Serial Data 3 2 S600 Part 3 Technical Reference 1 2 1 Print drive control Print driving is executed as follows a The nozzles to be heated are selected in blocks The nozzles to be heated are selected according to logical blocks of 16 nozzles divided from among the nozzle arrays In the case of the black nozzles they are divided into 10 blocks The top to bottom sequence of the ten blocks will be BLEO to BLE15 For example in the case of BLEO it will be as shown in the figure below Ten nozzles will be selected in this case b The nozzles to be heated are selected individually Among the 10 nozzles selected the nozzles to be heated or not are selected This is determined by DATAO to DADA c Determining whether to heat a nozzle or not The final decision to heat a nozzle or not is decided with the heat enable signal HE1 HE2 Only the nozzles in the heat block selected by the heat enable signal are heated Bk Bk BLEO EVEN ODD BLE HE1 block pe h e e Ss O D jeo1uyooy BLE15 HE2 block HE1 block C1 M1 Y1 Y2 M2 C2 d EVEN EVEN EVEN ODD ODD ODD

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