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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1. About this manual1-1
End User License Agreement1-1
Audience1-2
Document organization1-3
Document conventions1-4
Notes, cautions, and warnings1-4
2. Product overview2-1
Front and back marking units2-2
Default Definition2-2
Getting to know the printer engine2-3
Front covers and doors2-3
Components inside the printer doors2-4
Components inside the internal door2-5
Components inside the Fuser Door2-6
Components inside the stacker door2-7
Rear covers and doors2-8
Paper loading components2-9
Understanding the touch screen2-10
Screen symbols2-10
Functional areas2-12
Title bar2-13
User area and navigation buttons2-13
Tab view2-14
Run view2-16
Consumables view2-18
Print line2-20
Status indicator2-20
Background colour2-21
Device name2-22
Device icon2-22
Bubble menu2-23
Status bar2-23
Action bar buttons2-25
Printer diagram2-26
Operator panels2-28
Sub-operator panel2-28
Autoload panel2-30
Stacker panel2-32
Paper forward and reverse switch panel2-33
Checking the existence of a job7-3
Defining a job7-4
Defining paper characteristics7-7
Defining applications7-12
Defining a paper path7-21
Defining the attachment7-28
Importing flash overlays7-34
Valid print area (VPA)7-37
Creating or amending a job7-4
Copying a job definition7-5
Exporting a job definition to the Production screen7-5
Importing a job definition from the Production screen7-6
Deleting a job definition7-6
Creating or amending a paper definition7-7
Copying a paper definition7-10
Exporting a paper definition to the Production screen7-10
Importing a paper definition from the Production screen7-10
Deleting a paper definition7-11
Creating or amending an application7-12
Copying an application definition7-19
Exporting an application definition to the Production screen7-19
Importing an application definition from the Production screen7-20
Deleting an application definition7-20
Creating or amending a print line7-21
Exporting a line definition to the Production screen7-23
Deleting a line definition7-23
Reviewing installed devices7-24
Defining processing marks7-24
Deleting a marks definition7-27
Creating or amending an IBM Channel attachment configuration7-28
Creating or amending a TCP/IP attachment configuration7-30
Copying an attachment definition7-33
Exporting an attachment definition to the Production screen7-33
Deleting an attachment definition7-33
8. Performing routine maintenance8-1
Operator tasks8-2
Ordering Supplies8-3
Checking consumable use8-4
Replacing the toner8-6
Replacing Toner [Ka]8-6
Replacing Toner [Kb]8-9
Replacing the developer8-12
Replacing the roller unit8-13
Replacing Roller unit A[R1a]8-13
Replacing Roller unit B[R1b]8-15
Replacing the cleaner brush and blade8-18
Replacing kit A[R3a]8-18
Replacing kit B[R3b]8-21
Replacing the toner collector8-24
Replacing the smoke filter8-26
Cleaning the machine8-27
The fuser glass (front and back)8-27
The Toner supply and collector areas8-28
Cleaning the touch screen8-29
Thank you for purchasing the Xerox 495 Continuous Feed Duplex
Printer. The printer is designed for ease of use, but to use your machine
to its fullest potential, take some time to read this Operator Guide.
End User License Agreement
In order to operate the Xerox 495 Continuous Feed Duplex Printer, it is
mandatory for an end user representative to accept an XPe (XP
embedded) End User License Agreement (EULA). This is the first action
for an end user representative after installation or a software upgrade on
the machine.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Only an end user representative can accept the EULA. Service
personnel must not accept the EULA for the end user since that will
invalidate their agreement with Microsoft.
This Operator Guide is intended to be used by Operators and Key
Operators of the printer in order to run and define production jobs. Some
functions only available to Maintenance and Support level users are also
included. Where procedures are only relevant to specific user levels,
these are clearly identified.
It is assumed that all users understand the peripheral equipment that
may be used in the print line. It is also assumed that suitable operation
manuals will be available for this peripheral equipment.
The Xerox 495 Continuous Feed Duplex Printer is a non-impact
continuous-feed printer combined from the LED recording and dry
electrophotographic recording technologies for double-sided printing.
The machine is controlled from a liquid crystal colour touch screen where
you can view your operation and application settings.
Printer settings can be pre-programmed for specific production job types
and when such a job type is selected, the printer is set up automatically
for the paper type and application. The print line to be used is also predefined and can be selected according to equipment availability and the
job requirements.
Communication with the different devices that form the print line is
achieved using the Print Line Bus (PLB).
On-line connection to the host computer uses a number of industry
standard emulations across the IBM Channel and the TCP/IP protocol.
Paper can be supplied as fanfold fed from the paper feeder or from a roll
feed peripheral device. Printed output can be delivered to a number of
finishing devices. Configuration of the print line is made through the
touch screen.
Access control to the various functions is made by defining a user role
(Operator, Key Operator, Maintenance and Support) where all users
other than the Operator are required to enter a password to access the
functions.
In order to carry out duplex printing, the printer has two marking units A
(Front) and B (Back). Using the default settings, the front side data will
print on the A marking unit and the back side data will print on the B
marking unit.
You can, however, decide to print the back side data on the A marking
unit and the front side data on the B marking unit by checking the
Reverse Duplex Printing box.
This can be set for a particular line definition (see "Defining a paper path"
on page 7-21) or can be changed on the Production screen (see
"Running jobs" on page 4-3).
Default definitions and values can only be modified by Support users.
PRODUCT OVERVIEWGETTING TO KNOW THE PRINTER ENGINE
Getting to know the printer engine
Inside the printer you will find the printer engine and the controller. The
Printer Engine contains the image processing, paper handling and
fusing components. The Controller has two PCs which are used to
control printer functions, communications and configurations.
The following illustrations show the major areas of the printer, the
location of the covers and doors and the different control panels and
interfaces.
Front covers and doors
The front covers and doors provide access to the printer and stacker
components. The Top Cover provides access to the output paper path.
Top Cover
Left Stacker Door
Right Stacker Door
Left Printer Door
Right Printer Door
The location is referenced as looking from the front.
•The Right and Left Printer Doors provide access to the main
printing units.
•The Right Stacker Door provides access to the paper stacker
output.
•The Left Stacker Door provides access to the printer controller PC.
GETTING TO KNOW THE PRINTER ENGINEPRODUCT OVERVIEW
Components inside the printer doors
Opening the printer left and right doors provides access to the main
printing units.
Fuser Door
Fuser Left Door
Kit B[R3b] Display LED
Toner Supply Unit [Kb]
Internal Door
Toner Display LED [Kb]
Developer Display LED
[R2b]
Touch Screen
Kit A[R3a] Display LED
Toner Supply Unit [Ka]
Toner Display LED [Ka]
Developer Display
LED [R2a]
The Touch screen is used to run and configure production jobs. This
also provides access to a number of maintenance functions. See
“Understanding the touch screen” on page 2-10.
The Internal Door accesses the maintenance task components. See
“Components inside the internal door” on page 2-5.
The Fuser Door provides access to the fusing components. See
“Components inside the Fuser Door” on page 2-6.
The remaining components provide maintenance indicators. See
“Performing routine maintenance” on page 8-1.
The touch screen has been designed to make your work easier. The
design is intuitive and user-friendly, using colour coding, icons, dialog
boxes, pull-down menus, bubble menus, scroll boxes, buttons, toggle
buttons, tabs and check boxes.
The touch screen gives you fingertip control over the printer. Simply
touch the screen with your finger to move the cursor and select the
various commands.
CAUTION
Always use your finger to make selections. Using pointed items such as
a pencil for selecting buttons on the touch screen may cause permanent
damage to the screen.
Screen symbols
You will find the following symbol types on the touch screen:
SymbolMeaning
Pull-down list - when you press on the arrow a list of the available options is
displayed. Press on the item that you require.
If the list is long, press the and use the keyboard to enter a part of the
item name to quickly locate the item required. If for example, you enter the
letters TE, the list will start at those items beginning with the letters T and E.
Icons - are graphical representations of the status of an item on the touch
screen.
Circular list - when you press on one of the arrows the selection changes to
the next or previous available option in the menu.
Cursor - when you press on one of the arrows, the value is increased or
decreased.
Button - when you press one of these, the indicated operation is activated.
Grayed buttons cannot be selected.
Some buttons, such as the Eject button shown, toggle between states.
Keyboard - used to enter numeric or alphanumeric data.
Vertical scrollbar - press on the up or down arrow to scroll one line up or
down. If you keep your finger on the up or down arrow, the screen will scroll
continuously, one line at a time until you remove your finger from the screen.
Press in the space to scroll to the position where you place your finger.
You can also slide the scrollbar by pressing the gray box and dragging it up or
down.
Radio-button - used to select alternative items. Checking the other item will
switch off the current selection.
Check box - used to select items. When the check box contains a tick, the
item is selected.
Display button - shows a value or status of the item.
When you press a display button like the Online button shown, you will toggle
the status.
When you press a display button like the Channel Address button, a further
screen will be displayed allowing you to change the value.
The touch screen forms the main control panel of the Xerox 495
Continuous Feed Duplex Printer through which most of the functions and
configurations can be selected. The language of this display can be in
English, French (Français), Italian (Italiano), German (Deutsche),
Spanish (Espanol) or Dutch (Nederlands) by changing the language
through the Users tab.
The following illustration shows the functional areas of the touch screen.
Title bar
User Area
Print Line
Status Bar
Action Bar
Printer diagramNavigation buttons
The areas are:
•Title bar See “Title bar” on page 2-13.
•User area See “User area and navigation buttons” on page 2-13.
•Print line See “Print line” on page 2-20.
•Status bar See “Status bar” on page 2-23.
•Action bar See “Action bar buttons” on page 2-25.
•Printer diagram See “Printer diagram” on page 2-26.
•Navigation buttons See “User area and navigation buttons” on page
2-13.
The title bar gives the product name, software package version,
customer name, the name given to the local printer and the current user
role. In three places, there are links to other tabbed pages. These are:
•If you press on the software revision, the Engine > Revisions tab is
displayed (see "Checking software and hardware revisions" on page
9-12).
•If you press on the printer name, the Engine > Config tab is
displayed (see "Making general configurations" on page 3-6).
•If you press on the user role, the User tab is displayed (see
"Changing user roles" on page 3-10).
Printer NameUser Role
User area and navigation buttons
The user area will vary according to the navigation button pressed, tab
view selected and user level chosen. Changing the user area will not
affect other areas.
Three views of the user area can be displayed using the navigation
buttons.
Press the button to switch to this view. The default tab view is the
Production tab (see "Running jobs" on page 4-3) which is used to select,
modify and run jobs. The following illustration shows the Production tab
in the tab view.
Each tab view contains the items that can be chosen or set for that
function.
There are five top level tabs some of which will lead to further tabbed
pages.
•Production.
•Definitions.
•Engine.
•Tools.
•Users.
•Option tab (if available, this will bear the name of the installed
option).
Note: An appropriate option tab will be displayed to the right of the
Screen tab once that option has been installed. If, subsequently, the
option license has lapsed, the tab will still appear but will be grayed out.
The Run view logs and displays user actions and activities, error codes
and their labels, resolution, page counters and print charge counters. It is
shown in the following illustration. The button will flash if an error
condition is displayed in the Error Log.
Press the button to switch to this view.
Page Counters
Error Log
Print Charge Counters
Key
Action Log
•Page counters - These page counters increment as you print and
can be used individually for your own individual page counts. The
page counters register each physical page printed and are updated
in units of five pages. Reset these counters by pressing the button
on the right of each one.
•Action log - This displays a list of all those user actions that affect
production:
•Job, Paper, Application, Attachment and Line Selection.
•Error log - This displays all error codes and their labels, as they
occur. By clicking on an error label, you will immediately access its
accompanying Help. When you press the Reset button, all errors
that have been remedied will be removed from the Error Log.
•Print charge counters - Print charge counters are used to calculate
how much has been printed for a job in order to apply the
appropriate charges. There are three print charge counters; one for
the Front side data printed, a second for the Back side data printed,
and a third for the total of these two (see "Front and back marking
units" on page 2-2).
Note: The display of the print charge counters on the GUI is for
reference only. For a reliable billing meter count, use the mechanical
counter on the sub-operator panel.
•Key - When this key icon is present it means that the print charge
counters (i.e. billing meter) are locked and the counter will not
increment. This feature is for Xerox Service Use ONLY.
Consumables view - will display one of two consumables screens. The
first shows the usage of all of the consumables that you are able to
replace and provides a means to access the procedures to change that
consumable (see "Checking consumable use" on page 8-4). The second
screen shows the usage of consumables that need to be replaced for
maintenance purposes. This screen is for information only and the
Change buttons are grayed out.
The button flashes if a consumable needs to be replaced.
Press the button to switch to this view. The following illustration
shows the consumables that you are able to replace.
The colour of the value box beside each consumable will change
according to its current condition.
•Green - means that the consumable is in a start of life condition, or
there is sufficient life remaining.
•Orange - means that the consumable is nearing its end of life. An
error message will be displayed from which you can choose to
change the consumable.
•Red - means that the life of the consumable has expired. An error
message will be displayed and, to continue, you will have to change
the consumable.