Xerox 8264E User Manual
September 2008
701P48512
8254E/8264E Color Wide Format Printer
Quick Start Guide
About this Manual
1. Purpose and Target Readers
The purpose of the 8254E/8264E Quick Start Guide is to provide the casual or infrequent user with a set
of instructions for some of the more common operator and maintenance tasks that may be performed on
the printer. See the 8254E/8264E User Guide for a complete set of operating and maintenance
instructions.
2. Manual Notation
The following symbols are used in this manual for easier understanding of the information.
Warnings Meaning
Indicates an instruction that must be followed carefully to avoid death or
serious bodily injury.
Indicates an instruction that must be observed to avoid light or moderate bodily
injury or damage to your printer.
Indicates important information on the operation of your printer.
Indicates useful tips for operating or understanding the printer.
Indicates prohibited operations.
Indicates required operations.
Indicates referrence pages in this manual.
Table of Contents
1 Safety Instructions ..................................................................................................................1
1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................1
2 Preparing To Print ..................................................................................................................3
2.1 Turning the printer power ON/OFF ............................................................................3
2.1.1 Turning the power ON .......................................................................................3
2.1.2 Turning the power OFF ......................................................................................4
2.2 8264E Loading roll media ..........................................................................................7
2.3 8264E Setting roll media ..........................................................................................11
2.4 8254E Loading roll media ........................................................................................18
2.5 8254E Setting roll media ..........................................................................................20
3 Basic Operation ....................................................................................................................25
3.1 Feeding media ...........................................................................................................25
3.2 Stopping printing operation ......................................................................................26
3.3 Pausing printing ........................................................................................................27
3.4 8264E Cutting media manually ................................................................................28
3.5 8254E Cutting media manually ................................................................................30
3.6 When media jams occur ............................................................................................31
4 Replacing Consumables .......................................................................................................37
4.1 Replacing ink cartridges ...........................................................................................37
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1 Safety Instructions
1.1 Introduction
Various sections and procedure steps throughout this guide may contain cautions, notes, or tips. Be sure
to read all cautions, notes, and tips before perfoming procedure steps.
See the 8254E / 8264E User Guide for complete product safety information for these printers.
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2 Preparing To Print
2.1 Turning the printer power ON/OFF
This section explains how to turn the printer ONor OFF.
2.1.1 Turning the power ON
Follow the procedure below to turn the power ON.
1. Press the [Power] key on the control panel to turn the printer ON.
• The Power lamp on the control panel lights up in green.
• The printer starts initial operation.
• When the initial operation is complete, "Media width" displays in the control panel.
2. Press the [Menu] key. "Ready to Print" displays in the control panel.
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• If there is a problem during initial operation, the printer will display a message in
the control panel and may stop operating. If operation stops, refer to
5 Troubleshooting in the User Guide and deal with the problem.
2.1.2 Turning the power OFF
• Never disconnect the printer’s power cable(s) from the building’s electrical outlet
without first
can cause the printer to misread how much ink is still in the cartridges. It may
indicate a cartridge is empty when it is not. If this happens, there is no option but
to replace the cartridge. This can lead to dramatic waste of ink. The same problem
may occur in the event a building loses power.
Follow the procedure below to turn the power OFF.
pressing the [Power] key to turn the printer’s power OFF. Doing so
Step 1 is a little different for the 8264E and the 8254E. The rest of the steps are the same for both
Only
printers.
8264E
1. Verify the following regarding the operational condition of the printer.
• Printing or other operations are not in progress.
• The control panel displays "Ready to Print."
8254E
1. Verify the following regarding the operational condition of the printer.
• Printing or other operations are not in progress.
• The control panel displays "Ready to Print."
• The Low lamp on the control panel lights up in green.
• 8254E - If the High lamp on the control panel lights up in green, the head height is
set to "High."
• For both the 8264E and the 8254E, if the media being used requires that the head
height be set to "High," leave it at that setting. Otherwise, return the head height
to "Low" before turning the power OFF.
4.5.2 When returning the print head to the original position
in the User Guide.
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2. Press the [Power] key to turn the printer OFF.
• The Power lamp on the control panel turns OFF.
• The printer starts the procedure to turn the power OFF.
• "Power Off" displays in the control panel.
• All of the lamps on the control panel and the LCD monitor are turned OFF.
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• The printer automatically turns the power OFF.
• If the control panel is in the following status, the power is ON.
• The [Power] key is pressed in.
• The green Power lamp is lit.
Press the [Power] key once again to turn the power OFF.
• If the head height is set to High, “Change Head Gap Low” will be displayed in the
control panel and the procedure to turn the power OFF stops.
• To restart the procedure, return the head height to "Low."
4.5.2 When returning the print head to the original position
• If there is a problem during the turning OFF operation, a message displays in the
control panel and the printer may stop operating. If the printer does stop
operating, refer to 5 Troubleshooting in the User Guide and deal with the problem.
• After turning the printer OFF, wait for ten seconds or longer to turn it ON again.
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3. If the printer won’t be used for a long time, raise the media loading lever.
8264E
8254E
4. If the printer is going to be put into long term storage, you should perform a head cleaning following
the HeadWash procedure in 4.6.1.18
Head Wash menu. You should also press the [Power] key to
turn the printer’s power OFF, then disconnect the power cable(s) and the communication cable.
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2.2 8264E Loading roll media
Follow the procedure below to load roll media on the 8264E.
1. Loosen the left side and right side roll media holders at the rear of the printer. To do this, pull the
lever towards you to release it from the ratchet. Then rotate the lever clockwise until you can no
longer firmly grasp it. Release the lever (so the ratchet engages), then rotate the lever counterclockwise until the media holders can be slid on their track.
2. Move both roll media holders outward, as shown below.
3. Temporarily set the distance between the roll media holders a little wider than the width of the roll
media you are loading.
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No. Name
1 Roll media holder (Left)
2 Roll media holder (Right)
3 Roll media
4 Fixing lever
4. Engage the damper drive switching plates and their locking brackets on the end of each roll media
holder to increase tension on the media roll to avoid slack and "No media found" errors.
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5. Tighten the fixing lever on the roll media holder (Left) by ratcheting the lever clockwise until the roll
media holder is tightened and can’t be moved.
No. Name
1 Roll media holder (Left)
2 Fixing lever
6. Mount the roll media onto the core of the roll media holder (Left). Make sure the media’s cardboard
tube is all the way onto the core so that it is flat against the inner part of the holder’s flange.
No. Name
1 Roll media holder (Left)
2 Roll media
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7. Slide the roll media holder (Right) toward the left and insert its core into the roll media’s cardboard
tube. Make sure the media holder is inserted all the way into the tube so that the inside surface of its
flange is flat against the cardboard tube. Do not tighten the fixing lever.
No. Name
1 Roll media holder (Right)
2 Roll media
3 Fixing lever
8. Return to the fixing lever of the roll media holder (Left) and ratchet it counter-clockwise to loosen
the media holder again. With both media holders loose, move the entire assembly to the center.
9. Tighten both fixing levers.
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