TEC 426-T3 SERIES, Maintenance Manual

Page 1: ...PRINTED IN JAPAN TEC Color Printer CB 416 426 T3 SERIES Original Aug 1998 Revised Mar 1999 Document No EO18 33002A Maintenance Manual...

Page 2: ...CB 1204 QM 3 1 3 2 RIBBON MODULE CB 1004 QM 3 3 3 3 PRINT HEAD FAN 3 5 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 4 1 5 DIAG TEST OPERATION 5 1 5 1 OUTLINE OF THE DIAG TEST OPERATION 5 1 5 2 SELF TEST MODE 5 2 5 3 PARAMETER...

Page 3: ...the printer and remove the side pads L and R 4 Place the printer on a level surface Media Side Black Screw Partition Supply Roll Holder Pad L Supply Roll Holder Supply Roll Holder Pad R Carton Carton...

Page 4: ...printer the two print head blocks to the right hand are not installed Please accept that all illustrations provided in this manual hereafter are for the CB 416 T3 QQ QP 1 2 CHECKS 1 Check for damage o...

Page 5: ...ication During parts replacement 2 Kinds of oil FLOIL G 488 1Kg can Part No 19454906001 3 Do not spray the inside of the printer with lubricants Unsuitable oil can damage the mechanism All machines ar...

Page 6: ...2 d e e p s n o i s s i m s n a r T F F O F F O S P B 0 0 4 2 N O F F O S P B 0 0 8 4 F F O N O S P B 0 0 6 9 N O N O S P B 0 0 2 9 1 3 F F O t i b 1 h t g n e l t i b p o t S N O s t i b 2 4 F F O s...

Page 7: ...THE HCHK PC BOARD 1 Remove the SMW 3x6 screw from the HCHK PC board 2 Release the HCHK PC board from the locking support Locking Support Fig 2 3 3 Replace the HCHK PC board with a new one and then re...

Page 8: ...l 1 Set the DIP switches on the new driver PC board Refer to Section 2 13 2 Firmly connect the harnesses with the connectors by matching their colors on the driver PC board 1 After replacing the drive...

Page 9: ...justment knob within the angle range of 150 degree to 210 degree and retry Feed Gap Sensor Fully turn the black mark sensor adjustment knob on the rear of the printer counterclockwise Turn the feed ga...

Page 10: ...er PC board See Section 2 3 3 Disconnect all cables from the HWC PC board 4 Remove the three SMW 3x6 screws small washer type and two SMW 3x6 screws to detach the HWC PC board from the driver PC board...

Page 11: ...sconnect all cables from the PDM PC board 2 Remove the four SMW 3x6 screws to detach the PDM PC board Fig 2 9 PDM PC Board 2 5 REPLACING THE PDM PC BOARD SMW 3x6 Screw SMW 3x6 Screw 3 Replace the PDM...

Page 12: ...ction 3 Remove the N 3 nut and D 3x6 screw to remove the thermistor from the PS unit 4 Replace the PS unit with a new one and then reassemble in the reverse order of removal 2 6 REPLACING THE PS UNIT...

Page 13: ...feed motors with new ones refer to the following LUBRICATION and CHECK and reassemble in the reverse order of removal Apply FLOIL G 488 to the surface of the gears 1 To allow sufficient backlash for...

Page 14: ...s y with a new one refer to the following CHECK and ADJUSTMENT and reassemble in the reverse order of removal Install a new ribbon motor ass y so that the ribbon flange is centered with the hole on th...

Page 15: ...fertothefollowing CHECK and ADJUSTMENT and reassemble in the reverse order of removal Be sure to fix the solenoid ass y cable in position with a cable band Solenoid installation method Install the rib...

Page 16: ...Head Lock Lever Connector Red Screws Never remove them Print Head Print Head Falculum Shaft Print Head Fixing Plate Print Head Mechanism Fig 2 14 CAUTION 1 NEVER touch the element when handling the p...

Page 17: ...der guide plate remove the eight SMW 3x10 nine SMW 4x8 and one SMW 3x6 screws to detach the under guide plate and the platen frame 7 Remove the washer and two platen holders to detach the platen 8 Dis...

Page 18: ...auge 2 Refer to Adjusting the Media Sensor Voltage on page 2 5 to readjust the voltage NOTE The guide plate which differs in shape from other guide plates is to be installed nearest to the front of th...

Page 19: ...itioned at the lower left of the driver PC board NOTES 1 Be sure to set the all switches of DIP SW 1 to OFF 2 OFF means OPEN 2 13 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Fig 2 18 DIP SW 2 DIP switch 2 is located on the m...

Page 20: ...near end status is sent to the PC Continues printing when the ribbon near end is detected The ribbon near end status is not sent to the PC Continues printing when the ribbon near end is detected The r...

Page 21: ...Cutter Unit 1 Cutter Cover 1 Screw SMW 4x8 3 1 Open the top cover and remove the two B 4x6 screws to detach the front cover Refer to page 2 1 2 Connect the two connectors 3 Install the cutter unit in...

Page 22: ...e fine adjusted refer to section 5 3 1 2 Adjust Cut Angle When the cutter cuts media obliquely follow the procedure below to adjust the cut angle 1 Loosen the two SMW 4x8 screws 2 Move the guide plate...

Page 23: ...Fit the bosses on the sheet fixing plate into the holes of the ribbon tension sheet and the aluminum frame Secure them with the three D 3x5 screws The double sided adhesive tape does not need to be us...

Page 24: ...n once again take up any ribbon slack 8 Close the top cover Fig 3 7 Fig 3 6 Notch Protrusion Ribbon Shaft Ribbon Feed Core Ribbon Stopper Ribbon Module Ribbon Winding Core Print Head Machanism Ribbon...

Page 25: ...k pattern at a speed of 6 sec it may stop printing after about a 6 minute operation 1 Unplug the power cord 2 Remove the side panel L from the printer 3 Attach the print head fan to the print head fra...

Page 26: ...ntact or broken wires 3 Failure in rewinding feeding of the ribbon 4 Failure of the driver PC board 5 Failure of the CPU PC board 6 Failure of the software 7 Failure of the printer cable 1 Broken prin...

Page 27: ...7 42 27 1 18 38 Ifthetroubleisnotsolved replace the CPU PC board Replace the driver PC board Problems Blurred print Ribbon wrinkle Ribbon end error Label feed failure Print position misalignment Commu...

Page 28: ...on print 5 30 5 3 4 Print Start Position Fine Adjustment Mode 5 32 5 3 5 Printer Parameter Setting Mode 5 33 5 3 5 1 Character code selection 5 33 5 3 5 2 Font zero selection 5 34 5 3 5 3 Control code...

Page 29: ...tion as described below Key Function Table Revision Date Dec 20 2000 5 1 OUTLINE OF THE DIAG TEST OPERATION 5 DIAG TEST OPERATION 5 1 OUTLINE OF THE DIAG TEST OPERATION In system mode the diag test op...

Page 30: ...ic Diagnostic Printing The data from 1 to 9 on a sample print is printed Power off Press the PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key Select the sensor type from those at the right by pressin...

Page 31: ...g to the software version of PROGRAM MASK ROM 2 The last two digits of the checksum are usually 0 2 KANJI ROM Check 1 PROGRAM MASK ROM Check 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 VERSION PARTS NO CHE...

Page 32: ...table SIMM Image buffer memory or work memory MEMORY SIMM 16MB SLOT1 16MB SLOT2 0MB Total memory SIMM capacity on SLOT2 SIMM capacity on SLOT1 Image buffer memory or work memory 5 SIMM Memory Capacity...

Page 33: ...rank of yellow print head A D value Resistance rank of black print head A D value Resistance rank of magenta print head A D value Resistance rank of cyan print head A D value 9 Print head resistance...

Page 34: ...Home position 15 Slit sensor check CB 416 RIBBON MOTOR ENCODER REWIND A REWIND B SUPPLY A SUPPLY B BLACK 1 0 0 1 MAGENTA 0 0 1 1 Slit sensor 0 At the slit 1 Out of the slit CYAN 1 0 0 1 YELLOW 0 0 0...

Page 35: ...a sample print is printed This data is the printer status and the value set in the parameter setting mode 5 2 SELF TEST MODE Power off Press the PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key Selec...

Page 36: ...ribbon save operation Up Down 2 count See NOTE 3 Counts when the ribbon motor drives to feed print and issue the media The driving time is not count during ribbon saving operation but is during back...

Page 37: ...an Yellow CB 426 HEAD1 HEAD2 Ribbon feed motor voltage fine adjustment CB 416 Black Magenta Cyan Yellow CB 426 HEAD1 HEAD2 Character code selection Font zero selection Control code selection Remarks 3...

Page 38: ...s the FEED key P O I T I O N S P R N T C O N D I T I O N I Press the FEED key P R N T D E N S I T Y I Press the FEED key H E D A D J U S T A Press the FEED key P R N T E R P A R A I Press the FEED key...

Page 39: ...tting ADJUST Status print before X Y directions adjustment X DIRECTION X direction alignment fine adjustment Y DIRECTION Y direction alignment fine adjustment CHECK Adjustment value confirmation print...

Page 40: ...length See NOTE 1 Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time Continued on Section 5 3 1 2 Cut Position Fine Adjustment Print start position fine adjustment Position adjustment mode display R...

Page 41: ...RESTART key to adjust the feed length See NOTE 1 Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time Continued on Section 5 3 1 3 Reverse Feed Distance Fine Adjustment Cut position fine adjustment Po...

Page 42: ...RESTART key to adjust the feed length See NOTE 1 Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time Continued on Section 5 3 1 4 Print Stop Position Fine Adjustment Reverse feed distance fine adjustm...

Page 43: ...0 0 mm 10 0 mm 10 mm 10 mm Fig 5 3 Fig 5 4 Fig 5 5 0 0 mm Feed Direction 12 0 mm 12 0 mm Black Mark Cut Position Print Head Tag Paper Platen 12 mm 12 mm Fig 5 6 Fig 5 7 Fig 5 8 5 3 PARAMETER SETTING M...

Page 44: ...5 DIAG TEST OPERATION 5 3 PARAMETER SETTING MODE A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 0 mm Feed Direction 3 0 mm 3 0 mm 3 0 mm 3 0 mm Print start position Fig 5 9 Fig 5 10 Fig 5 11 Reverse feed distance fine ad...

Page 45: ...RESTART key to adjust the Print stop psition See NOTE 1 Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time Continued on Section 5 3 1 5 X Coordinate Fine Adjustment Print stop position fine adjustmen...

Page 46: ...y five times P O I T I O N S X D J U S T 0 0 m m A Press the FEED or RESTART key to fine adjust the print position along the X coordinate See NOTE 1 X coordinate fine adjustment Position adjustment mo...

Page 47: ...erformed to fine adjust the X coordinate of the drawing in the left or right direction 5 Adjust the X coordinate in the effective print range After the value reaches the coordinate 0 thevalueremainsun...

Page 48: ...adjustment mode Press the FEED or RESTART key to adjust the print tone See NOTE 1 Press the PAUSE key Y E L O W 0 L Press the FEED or RESTART key to adjust the print tone See NOTE 1 Press the FEED or...

Page 49: ...media back feeding P R N T S P E E D 6 S I Set print speed with the FEED or PAUSE key S E S O R T R A N S N Set the sensor type with the FEED or PAUSE key B A K F E E D Y E S C Select use or non use...

Page 50: ...e PAUSE key Press FEED key A D U S T J P R N T C O N D I T I O N I 2 P A R A M E T E R S E T Press the PAUSE key Press PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key twice P O I T I O N S H E D A D J U S T A Print con...

Page 51: ...during printing the error message is displayed and printing is stopped The error is cleared by pressing the PAUSE key and the display shows 2 PARAMETER SET Printing is not automatically resumed after...

Page 52: ...isplay Skip Black s X direction fine adjustment Alphabet E F G or H Magenta s X direction fine adjustment value Alphabet Number 00 to 30 X direction fine adjustment display M A E N T A F 0 0 G Press t...

Page 53: ...line indicated by 2 Read the scale of the position indicated by 3 4 Enterthealpha numericsobtainedinsteps1 through3 intotheHeadAdjustdisplay Inthiscase enter F7 5 The values for cyan and yellow are ob...

Page 54: ...e a 2nd print head aligns with the black line indicated by 2 Read the scale of the position indicated by 3 4 Enterthealpha numericsobtainedinsteps1 through3 intotheHeadAdjustdisplay Inthiscase enter F...

Page 55: ...ing display Skip Black s Y direction fine adjustment Alphabet A B C or D Magenta s Y direction fine adjustment value Number Number 00 to 30 Y direction fine adjustment display M A E N T A B 0 0 G Pres...

Page 56: ...magenta is printed on the row A or B refer to the left print sample When row C or D refer to the right print sample 3 Check where a magenta aligns with the black line indicated by 5 Read the scale of...

Page 57: ...ted on the row B When 2nd print head is printed on the row A or B refer to the left print sample When row C or D refer to the right print sample 3 Check where a 2nd print head aligns with the black li...

Page 58: ...olding down the FEED key and PAUSE key 1 D I A G V 1 O A Designated number of labels are issued according to the print conditions set in Section 5 3 3 1 by pressing the PAUSE key Press the FEED key fo...

Page 59: ...essage is displayed and printing is stopped The error is cleared by pressing the PAUSE key and the display shows 2 PARAMETER SET Printing is not automatically resumed after the error is cleared 2 Extr...

Page 60: ...ff Press the FEED key Turn on the power while holding down the FEED key and PAUSE key 1 D I A G V 1 O A 2 P A R A M E T E R S E T Press the FEED key Press the FEED three times P O I T I O N S Press th...

Page 61: ...D key four times P O I T I O N S Press the PAUSE key Printer parameter setting display Press the PAUSE key F O T C O D E P C 8 5 0 N P R N T E R P A R A I Select either character code with the FEED ke...

Page 62: ...T I O N S Press PAUSE key twice Printer parameter setting display Z E O F O N T 0 R P R N T E R P A R A I Zero font selection 0 without slash 0 with slash Select either zero font with the FEED key or...

Page 63: ...D P R N T E R P A R A I Control code selection AUTO Automatic selection Manual selection ESC LF NUL Manual selection Select control code with the FEED key or RESTART key See NOTE 1 Press the PAUSE key...

Page 64: ...FEED or RESTART key to select the motor type Press the PAUSE key Continued on section 5 3 5 5 Euro Font Code Selection NOTES 1 Usually select AUTO for the pulse motor speed A color misalignment may o...

Page 65: ...Press the PAUSE key Press the FEED key four times P O I T I O N S Press PAUSE key five time Printer parameter setting display E U O O D E B O R P R N T E R P A R A I Euro Font Code selection Press th...

Page 66: ...ress the PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key Press the FEED key five time Press PAUSE key P O I T I O N S P M A D J 0 P M A D J Press the FEED or RESTART key to fine adjust the platen motor voltage See NOTE...

Page 67: ...E D S E L E C T A Press the PAUSE key Color designation display ON Use OFF Not use MAGENTA CYAN YELLOW Repeat the above procedure to other print heads Select use or non use of each print head with the...

Page 68: ...bon CR 30xxx P1S MAGENTA CYAN YELLOW Repeat the above procedure to other print heads Select the ribbon type with the FEED or RESTART key Press the FEED key and RESTART key at same time Press the PAUSE...

Page 69: ...ssing the PAUSE key Power off Press the FEED key Turn on the power while holding down the FEED key and PAUSE key 1 D I A G V 1 O A 2 P A R A M E T E R S E T Press the PAUSE key Press the FEED eight ti...

Page 70: ...without using the printer driver exclusively for the fine mode print could be shrunk in the vertical direction Power off Press the FEED key Turn on the power while holding down the FEED key and PAUSE...

Page 71: ...PE Batch without cut LABEL LENGTH 102 mm PAPER FEED Feed Operating procedure for the test mode is provided below Power off Press the FEED key twice Turn on the power while holding down the FEED key an...

Page 72: ...ESTART key See NOTE 2 and 4 Set the print speed P R N T S P E E D 6 s I Set the sensor type S E S O R T R A N S N Press the PAUSE key See NOTE 3 5000 Print count 5000 6 sec 4 sec 1000 Print count 1000...

Page 73: ...E D Y E S C Press the PAUSE key See NOTE 3 To of the preceding page C Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time To of the preceding page C Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same tim...

Page 74: ...e preceding page C Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time 300 Label length 300 mm 299 Label length 299 mm 298 Label length 298 mm 12 Label length 12 mm 11 Label length 11 mm 10 Label leng...

Page 75: ...GENTA C CYAN Y YELLOW Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time CB 416 1 1st print head 2 2nd print head CB 426 NOTES 1 When there is no change to the print condition select one of the test...

Page 76: ...ot automatically resumed after the error is cleared 8 When AUTO PRINT is selected 3 pcs of the slant line labels color bar print labels and character labels are printed respectively after one label is...

Page 77: ...mm Operating procedure for the test mode is provided below 5 4 TEST PRINT MODE Power off Press the FEED key twice Turn on the power while holding down the FEED key and PAUSE key 1 D I A G V 1 O A 3 T...

Page 78: ...key A U O P R I N T T R A N T 3 T E S T P R I N T Characters are printed on 3 labels Press the PAUSE key Color bars are printed on 3 labels Press the PAUSE key A U O P R I N T T R A N T A U O P R I N...

Page 79: ...gh the maintenance counter procedure in self test mode See NOTE 1 ITEM Total feed length Print distance CB 416 black CB 426 1st Print distance CB 416 magenta CB 426 2nd Print distance CB 416 cyan Prin...

Page 80: ...djustment CB 416 black CB 426 1st KEY Print tone fine adjustment CB 416 magenta CB 426 2nd KEY Print tone fine adjustment CB 416 cyan KEY Print tone fine adjustment CB 416 yellow KEY X coordinate fine...

Page 81: ...AUSE key 1 D I A G V 1 O A Turn off the power NOTE 1 C O P L E T E M 4 R A M C L E A R Press the PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time Press the FEED key or...

Page 82: ...and PAUSE key 1 D I A G V 1 O A Turn off the power NOTE 1 C O P L E T E M 4 R A M C L E A R Press the PAUSE key Press the PAUSE key Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time Press the FEED k...

Page 83: ...Press the FEED key and RESTART key at the same time Press the FEED key three times or press the RESTART key Select the item to be cleared by pressing the FEED and RESTART keys Press the PAUSE key Pres...

Page 84: ...am Loader Program Loader Setup Disk 1 and 2 in the PC 2 Copy the prog bin file in the Program Data Disk to the directory created in step 1 3 Set the DIP SW3 on the VR PC board to ON and turn the print...

Page 85: ...ROCEDURE 2 Run the Setup exe in the Program Loader FDK 3 When the Program Loader has been installed the following message will appear NOTE Once the Program Loader has been installed it is not required...

Page 86: ...T3 QQ QP Program Data DISK V1 0 28th August 1998 FMRM0048401 9200 D300 V001 000 The directory is created in the Program Files as a default 5 Set the DIP SW3 on the VR PC board to ON and then turn the...

Page 87: ...lect Program for the Target Usually Boot program is not downloaded EO18 33002 Revision Date Jan 20 99 6 4 DOWNLOAD PROCEDURE 8 Click on the Start button to start the program download While the program...

Page 88: ...nterface the program write onto the flash ROM has not been completed yet NOTE DO NOT turn the printer power off until COMPLETE is displayed on the LCD EO18 33002 Revision Date Jan 20 99 6 4 DOWNLOAD P...