Epson Stylus Photo Service Manual 1

Chapter 1

Product Descriptions

1.1 Features.................................................................................................................1-1

1.2 Specifications.......................................................................................................1-2

1.2.1 Printing Specification............................................................................................................. 1-2

1.2.2 Paper Specification ................................................................................................................ 1-4

1.2.2.1 Cut Sheet...................................................................................................................1-4

1.2.2.2 Transparency, Glossy Paper.....................................................................................1-4

1.2.2.3 Envelope....................................................................................................................1-4

1.2.2.4 Index Card................................................................................................................. 1-4

1.2.3 Adjust Lever Settings (PG adjust lever)............................................................................... 1-5

1.2.4 Printing Area...........................................................................................................................1-6

1.2.4.1 Cut Sheet...................................................................................................................1-6

1.2.4.2 Envelope....................................................................................................................1-7

1.2.5 Environmental Condition....................................................................................................... 1-8

1.2.6 Ink Cartridge Specifications.................................................................................................. 1-9

1.2.6.1 Black Ink Cartridge....................................................................................................1-9

1.2.6.2 Color Ink Cartridge .................................................................................................. 1-10

1.2.7 Physical Specification.......................................................................................................... 1-11

1.2.8 Input Data Buffer .................................................................................................................. 1-11

1.2.9 Electric Specification ........................................................................................................... 1-12

1.2.10 Reliability............................................................................................................................. 1-12

1.2.11 Safety Approvals................................................................................................................. 1-12

1.2.12 Acoustic Noise.................................................................................................................... 1-12

1.2.13

CE Marking.......................................................................................................................... 1-12

1.2.14 Printer Language and Emulation...................................................................................... 1-13

1.3 Interface...............................................................................................................1-14

1.3.1 Parallel Interface (Forward Channel).................................................................................. 1-14

1.3.2 Parallel Interface (Reverse Channel) .................................................................................. 1-15

1.3.3 Serial Interface...................................................................................................................... 1-18

1.3.4 Prevention Hosts from Data Transfer Time-out.................................................................1-19

1.3.5 Interface Selection................................................................................................................ 1-19

1.4 Control Panel ......................................................................................................1-20

1.4.1 Indicators............................................................................................................................... 1-20

1.4.2 Panel Functions.................................................................................................................... 1-21

1.4.3 Printer Condition and Panel Status.................................................................................... 1-22

1.5 Error Status.........................................................................................................1-23

1.5.1 Ink Out ................................................................................................................................... 1-23

1.5.2 Paper Out............................................................................................................................... 1-23

1.5.3 Paper Jam.............................................................................................................................. 1-23

1.5.4 No Ink-Cartridge ...................................................................................................................1-24

1.5.5 Maintenance Request........................................................................................................... 1-24

1.5.6 Fatal Errors............................................................................................................................ 1-24

1.6 Printer Initialization ............................................................................................1-25

1.7 Initialization Settings..........................................................................................1-25

1.8 Main Components..............................................................................................1-26

1.8.1 C209 Main Control Board.....................................................................................................1-26

1.8.2 C206 PSB/PSE(Power Supply) Board .................................................................................1-27

1.8.3 C209PNL Panel Unit..............................................................................................................1-27

1.8.4 Printer Mechanism................................................................................................................1-27

1.8.5 Housing..................................................................................................................................1-28

EPSON Stylus Photo

1.1 Features

EPSON Stylus Photo is a high quality color ink jet printer designed for printing photo images and color graphics. The major printer features are;

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High color print quality

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720(H) x 720(V) dpi printing

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6 color printing CMYK and output of photo quality by light-C/M

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Traditional and New Microwave

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32 nozzles x 6 (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Magenta)

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During 360 dpi printing, 1 dot is fired by 2 shots, and 1 dot is fired by 1 shot during 720 dpi printing.

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Built-in auto sheet feeder

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Holds 100 cut-sheets (55g/‡u)

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Holds 10 envelopes

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Holds 50 transparency films

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Holds 65 special papers

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Built-in 2 I/F

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Mac serial I/F(up to approx.900 kbps)

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Bi-directional parallel I/F(Nibble mode. IEEE-1284 level 1 device)

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High-speed print

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200cps

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By driving the print head at frequency; 14.4KHz, printing speed is twice faster than Stylus Color.

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Windows/Macintosh exclusive

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Compact size

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Non-operating : 429mm(W) x 234mm(D) x 162mm(H)

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Operating : 429mm(W) x 695mm(D) x 309mm(H)

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Weight : 5.2Kg(without cartridge)

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Acoustic noise

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Approximately 45 dB

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One unit combined with black and color heads

The following table shows consumable and option.

Table 1-1. Consumables and options

Item Code Remark

Black Ink Cartridge S020093 Color: Black Color Ink Cartridge S020110 Color: Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Light

Light Cyan/Light Magenta EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper S041025 Size: A4(200 sheets) EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper S041059 Size: A4(100 sheets) EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper S041060 Size: Letter(100 sheets) Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper S041026 Size: A4(200 sheets) Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper S041061 Size: A4(100 sheets) Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper S041062 Size: Letter Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper S041067 Size: Legal Photo Quality Glossy Paper(New Release) S041126 Size: A4 Photo Quality Glossy Paper(New Release) S041124 Size: Letter Photo Quality Glossy Film S041071 Size: A4 Photo Quality Glossy Film S041072 Size: Letter Photo Quality Glossy Film S041107 Size: A6 Ink Jet Transparencies S041063 Size: A4 Ink Jet Transparencies S041064 Size: Letter Photo Quality Ink Jet Card S041054 Size: A6 Photo Quality Ink Jet Card S041121 Size: 5.8 inches Photo Quality Ink Jet Card S041122 Size: 10.8 inches Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheet S041106 Size: A4

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1.2 Specifications

This section describes each specification for EPSON Stylus Photo; 1) Printing specification, 2) Paper specification, 3) Adjust lever settings, 4) Printing area, 5) Environmental condition, 6) Ink Cartridge specification, 7) Physical specification, 8) Electric specification, 9) Reliability.

1.2.1 Printing Specification

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Print method

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On demand ink jet (E-CHIPS type. One unit combined with black and color head)

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Nozzle configuration

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Black head: 32 nozzles (Space between nozzle: 90DPI)

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Color head: 32 nozzles/ each color x 5 colors (Space between nozzle: 90DPI)

Note)

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During 360 dpi printing mode, one line is completed by 2-pass for black and by 4-pass for CMYcm.

Print direction

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Bi-direction with logic seeking

Print speed

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Raster Graphics Mode. Refer to Table 1-2.

Table 1-2. Raster Graphics Mode

Horizontal Resolution Printable Area Available Dot CR Speed(IPS)

180 dpi 8.26 inch 1488 20 IPS 360 dpi 8.26 inch 2976 20 IPS 720 dpi 8.26 inch 5952 20 IPS

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Character Mode*. Refer to Table 1-3.

Table 1-3. Character Mode

Character Pitch Printable Colums LQ Speed

10CPI 80 200CPS **

Note)

* Reference only.

**This value is the speed of one print-pass in which the 1/4of character matrix is printed.

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Nozzle arrangement

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Refer to figure1-1.

22.5777 mm (320/360")

10.16 mm (144/360")

2.2578 mm (32/360")

#32

(4/360")

0.2822 mm

Black

Cyan

Light Cyan

Magenta

Light Magenta

Yellow

Figure 1-1. Head Nozzle Arrangement

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Feeding method

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Friction feed with ASF

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Line spacing

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1/6 inch or programmable at 1/360 inch

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Paper path

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Cut-sheet ASF(Top entry)

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Feeding speed

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66.6ms (1/6 inch)

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3.0 inch/sec (Continuous)

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Ink supply

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Exclusive ink cartridge(Black and CMYcm)

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Built in ASF

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Size : Index card•`Legal

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Thickness : Less than 8mm

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Paper capacity : Holds 100 Cut sheets

: Holds 10 Envelopes : Holds 10 transparency sheet : Holds 65 ink jet papers (A4) : Holds 30 index card (A6) : Holds 30 glossy papers

Note1)

Those numbers above should be considered as reference. The actual paper accumulation should

be considered first.

Note2) Note3)

transparency sheet.

The printer can hold 10 transparency sheets only when the top margin is 30mm. Otherwise, only

one sheet can be hold. Change the paper support position for the transparency printing position when you print on the

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Character tables*

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PC437(US, Standard Europe)

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PC850(Multilingual)

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Typeface*

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Bit map LQ font : EPSON Courier 10CPI

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Control code

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ESC/P Raster

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EPSON Remote command

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* Reference only.

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1.2.2 Paper Specification

This section describes the printable area and types of paper that can be used in this printer.

Note)

1.2.2.1 Cut Sheet

Do not perform reverse feed more than 9.5mm(0.38”).

[Size]

[Thickness]

[Weight]

[Quality]

: A4 [Width 210mm(8.3”) x Length 297mm(11.7”)] : Letter [Width 216mm(8.5”) x Length 279mm(11.0”)] : B5 [Width 182mm(7.2”) x Length 257mm(10.1”)] : Legal [Width 216mm(8.5”) x Length 356mm(14.0”)] : Statement [Width 139.7mm(5.5”) x Length 215.9mm(8.5”)] : Exclusive [Width 190.5mm(7.5”) x Length 254mm(10”)]

: 0.08mm(0.003”) - 0.11mm(0.004”)

: 64g/m : Exclusive paper, Bond paper, PPC

(17Ib.) - 90g/m2 (24Ib.)

1.2.2.2 Transparency, Glossy Paper

[Size]

[Thickness]

Note)

Transparency printing is only available at normal temperature.

: A4 [Width 210mm(8.3”) x Length 297mm(11.7”)] : Letter [Width 216mm(8.5”) x Length 279mm(11.0”)]

: 0.075mm(0.003”) - 0.085mm(0.0033”)

1.2.2.3 Envelope

[Size]

[Thickness]

[Weight] [Quality]

Note 1) Note 2)

Envelope printing is only available at normal temperature. Keep the longer side of the envelope horizontally at setting.

: No.10 [Width 241mm(9 1/2”) x Length 104.8mm(4 1/8”)] : DL [Width 220mm(8.7”) x Length 110mm(4.3”)] : C6 [Width 162mm(6.4”) x Length 114mm(4.5”)]

: 0.16mm(0.006”) - 0.52mm(0.02”) : 45g/m : Bond paper, Plain paper, Air mail

1.2.2.4 Index Card

[Size]

[Thickness]

Note 1) Note 2)

Note 3) Note 4)

No curled, wrinkled, scuffing or torn paper be used.

Set the lever to the proper position according to the paper type you print. (Refer to section

1.2.3 for details) Printing should be performed at room temperature in spite of the paper types.

Perform printing under the room temperature.

: A6 Index card: [Width 105mm(4.1”) x Length 148mm(5.8”)] : A5 Index card: [Width 148mm(5.8”) x Length 210mm(8.3”)] : 5x8” Index card: [Width 127mm(5.0” x Length 203mm(8.0”)] : 10x8” Index card: [Width 127mm(5.0”) x Length 203mm(8.0”)]

: Less than 0.23mm(0.0091”)

(12Ib.) - 75g/m2 (20Ib.)

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1.2.3 Adjust Lever Settings (PG adjust lever)

The adjust lever located on the right side(blue) that is under the printer cover needs to be set to the proper position according to the paper you print. (Refer to the table below). Also, if there is any dirt caused by friction on the wavy or wrinkled paper, this can be prevented by changing the lever position to rear position (marked with “+”) in spite of paper types.

Table 1-4. Adjust Lever Settings

Paper Lever position PG adjustment value

Normal paper, Coated paper Envelopes Rear(+) 0.9 mm (1.94mm between head and paper

Front (0) 0 mm (1.04mm between head and paper feed

assembly)

feed assembly)

Figure 1-2. Adjust Lever

Paper Adjust Lever

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1.2.4 Printing Area

1.2.4.1 Cut Sheet

The following table shows printable area.

Table 1-5.Printable Area for Cut Sheet

Paper size PW(Paper

width)

(typ)

PL(Paper

Length)

(typ.)

LM(Left margin)

(min.)

RM(Right

margin)

(min.)

TM(Top margin)

(min.)

BM(Bottom

margin)

(min.)

A4 210mm(8.3”) 297mm(11.7”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.54”)

Letter 216mm(8.5”) 279mm(11.0”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.54”)

B5 182mm(7.2”) 257mm(10.1”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.54”)

Legal 216mm(8.5”) 356mm(14.0”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.54”)

Statement 139.7mm(5.5”) 215.9mm(8.5”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.54”)

Executive 190.5mm(7.5”) 254mm(10”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.54”)

Printable area

Figure 1-3. Printing Area for Cut Sheet

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1.2.4.2 Envelope

The table and figure below show the printable area for envelopes.

Table 1-6. Printable Area for Envelope

Paper size LM(Left margin)

(min.)

RM(Right margin)

(min.)

TM(Top margin)

(min.)

BM(Bottom

margin)

(min.)

#10 28mm(1.10”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.55”)

DL 7mm(0.28”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.55”) C6 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 3mm(0.12”) 14mm(0.55”)

Printable Area

Figure 1-4. Printing Area for Envelope

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