Epson STYLUS COLOR 700 User manual

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EPSON Stylus Color 700

EPSON Stylus Color EX

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NOTICE

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transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or

otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

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The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

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All effort have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual. However,

should any errors be deteced, SEIKO EPSON would greatly appreciate being informed of

them.

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The above not withstanding SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION can assume no responsibility for

any errors in this manual or the consequences thereof.

EPSON is a registered trademark of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purpose only and may

be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON

disclaims any and all rights in those marks.

PRECAUTIONS

Precautionary notations throughout the text are categorized relative to 1)Personal injury and 2)

damage to equipment.

DANGER

Signals a precaution which, if ignored, could result in serious or fatal personal injury.

Great caution should be exercised in performing procedures preceded by DANGER

Headings.

WARNING

Signals a precaution which, if ignored, could result in damage to equipment.

The precautionary measures itemized below should always be observed when performing

repair/maintenance procedures.

DANGER

1. ALWAYS DISCONNECT THE PRODUCT FROM THE POWER SOURCE AND PERIPHERAL

DEVICES PERFORMING ANY MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR PROCEDURES.

2. NOWORK SHOULD BE PERFORMED ON THE UNIT BY PERSONS UNFAMILIER WITH

BASIC SAFETY MEASURES AS DICTATED FOR ALL ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS IN

THEIR LINE OF WORK.

3. WHEN PERFORMING TESTING AS DICTATED WITHIN THIS MANUAL, DO NOT

CONNECT THE UNIT TO A POWER SOURCE UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. WHEN

THE POWER SUPPLY CABLE MUST BE CONNECTED, USE EXTREME CAUTION IN

WORKING ON POWER SUPPLY AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.

WARNING

1. REPAIRS ON EPSON PRODUCT SHOULD BE PERFORMED ONLY BY AN EPSON

CERTIFIED REPAIR TECHNICIAN.

2. MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE SOURCE VOLTAGES IS THE SAME AS THE RATED

VOLTAGE, LISTED ON THE SERIAL NUMBER/RATING PLATE. IF THE EPSON PRODUCT

HAS A PRIMARY AC RATING DIFFERENT FROM AVAILABLE POWER SOURCE, DO NOT

CONNECT IT TO THE POWER SOURCE.

3. ALWAYS VERIFY THAT THE EPSON PRODUCT HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM THE

POWER SOURCE BEFORE REMOVING OR REPLACING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS

AND/OR INDIVIDUAL CHIPS.

4. IN ORDER TO PROTECT SENSITIVE MICROPROCESSORS AND CIRCUITRY, USE

STATIC DISCHARGE EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS ANTI-STATIC WRIST STRAPS, WHEN

ACCESSING INTERNAL COMPONENTS.

5. REPLACE MALFUNCTIONING COMPONENTS ONLY WITH THOSE COMPONENTS BY

THE MANUFACTURE; INTRODUCTION OF SECOND-SOURCE ICs OR OTHER

NONAPPROVED COMPONENTS MAY DAMAGE THE PRODUCT AND VOID ANY

APPLICABLE EPSON WARRANTY.

PREFACE

This manual describes basic functions, theory of electrical and mechanical operations,

maintenance and repair procedures of EPSON Stylus Photo 700 and EPSON Stylus Photo EX.

The instructions and procedures included herein are intended for the experienced repair

technicians, and attention should be given to the precautions on the preceding page. The chapters

are organized as follows:

CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

Provides a general overview and specifications of the product.

CHAPTER 2. OPERATING PRINCIPLES

Describes the theory of electrical and mechanical operations of the product.

CHAPTER 3. TROUBLESHOOTING

Provides the step-by-step procedures for troubleshooting.

CHAPTER 4. DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY

Describes the step-by-step procedures for disassembling and assembling the product.

CHAPTER 5. ADJUSTMENTS

Provides Epson-approved methods for adjustment.

CHAPTER 6. MAINTENANCE

Provides preventive maintenance procedures and the lists of Epson-approved lubricants and

adhesives required for servicing the product.

APPENDIX

Provides the following additional information for reference:

• Connector pin assignments

• Electric circuit boards components layout

• Exploded diagram

• Electrical circuit boards schematics

REVISION STATUS

Rev. Date Page(s) Contents

A 1998/01/14 All First release

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

1.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 1-1

1.1.1 Features......................................................................................................... 1-1

OPERATING PRINCIPLES

2.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 2-1

2.1.1 Printer Mechanism ....................................................................................... 2-1

2.1.1.1 Printhead Unit ..................................................................................... 2-1

2.1.2 Electrical Circuit........................................................................................... 2-3

DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY

3.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 3-1

3.1.1 C233MAIN board removal for EPSON Stylus Photo 700 ........................... 3-1

3.1.2 Caution for removing Printhead on EPSON Stylus Photo 700 ................. 3-2

ADJUSTMENT

4.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 4-1

4.1.1 Printhead ID Input......................................................................................... 4-1

TROUBLESHOOTINGS

MAINTENANCE

6.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 6-1

6.1.1 Lubrication.................................................................................................... 6-1

APPENDIX

7.1 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 7-1

7.1.1 Connector Pin Assignment.......................................................................... 7-1

7.2 CIRCUIT DIAGRAM .............................................................................7-3

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS

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Chapter 1 Product Descriptions

Rev. A 1-1

1.1 OVERVIEW

EPSON Stylus Photo 700 and EPSON Stylus Photo EX are photo-quality color printers developed

based on EPSON Stylus Photo. Since most of functionality and operations of these printers are

the same with EPSON Stylus Photo, this manual only describes the difference, and any other

information not described in this manual should be referred to EPSON Stylus Photo service

manual.

1.1.1 Features

The main feature and the specification of EPSON Stylus Photo 700 and EPSON Stylus Photo EX

are as follows:

Table 1-1. Feature Comparison

Features EPSON

Stylus Photo 700 EPSON

Stylus Photo EX EPSON

Stylus Photo

Acceptable Paper Size Up to A4/LTR/LGL Up to A3/B4

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A3(297x420mm)

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B4(257x364mm)

Up to A4/LTR/LGL

Print Resolution (Max.) 1440 x 720 dpi Õ720 x 720 dpi

Ink Droplet size

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Normal dot

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Super-micro dot

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Normal dot

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Micro dot

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Super-micro dot

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Normal dot

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Micro dot

Printhead

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One-Chip Head

(Black+Color)

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32 nozzle / color

(90dpi)

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One-Chip Head

(Black+Color)

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32 nozzle / color

(90dpi)

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One-Chip Head

(Black+Color)

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32 nozzle / color

(90dpi)

Ink cartridge Black: S020093

Color: S020110 Õ Õ

Serial I/F Baud rate

(Mac Serial / RS-423) Up to 1.8Mbps

*1 Up to 900Kbps Õ

Electrical Circuit Boards

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Main

C233MAIN

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Power supply

C206PSB/PSE

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Control panel

C209PNL

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Main

C231MAIN

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Power supply

C206PSB/PSE

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Control panel

C206PNL

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Main

C209MAIN

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Power supply

C206PSB/PSE

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Control panel

C209PNL

Note) *1: Applicable cable is Apple Mini-DIN 8-pin system peripheral-8 cable (#M0197LL/B).

OPERATING PRINCIPLES

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Chapter 2 Operating Principles

Rev. A 2-1

2.1 OVERVIEW

This section describes the difference in printer mechanism design and the electrical circuitry for

EPSON Stylus Photo 700 / EX and EPSON Stylus Photo.

2.1.1 Printer Mechanism

The major difference between EPSON Stylus Photo 700 / EX and EPSON Stylus Photo are as

follows:

Table 2-1. Printer Mechanism

Item EPSON

Stylus Photo EX EPSON

Stylus Photo 700 EPSON

Stylus Photo

Printer Mechanism Wide-carriage unit

(Up to A3/B4) Narrow-carriage unit

(Up to A4/LTR/LGL) Same as

Stylus Photo 700

Printhead Unit Type:R-S62P

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Normal dot

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Micro dot

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Super-Micro dot

Type:R4C163Q

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Normal dot

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Super-Micro dot

Same as

Stylus Photo EX

Print Resolution

(Max.) 1440 x 720dpi 1440 x 720dpi 720 x 720dpi

2.1.1.1 Printhead Unit

The printhead unit used on these products are basically the same, except the following:

Table 2-2. Printhead Unit

Item EPSON

Stylus Photo EX EPSON

Stylus Photo 700 EPSON

Stylus Photo

Printhead Type R-S62P R4C163Q Same as

Stylus Photo EX

Nozzle

configuration

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6 colors

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32 nozzle per color

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90dpi nozzle pitch

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Head ID 6 digit ID code (123456)

1: Normal dot

drive voltage ID

2: Pause time ID

3: Super-micro dot

drive voltage ID

4: Ink weight ratio ID

(A/B nozzles)

5: Ink weight ratio ID

(C/D nozzles)

6: Check ID

Example:

S2OLIX

Õ5 digit ID code (12345)

1/2: Normal dot

drive voltage ID

3: Pause time ID

4/5: Micro dot

drive voltage ID

Example:

03204

Number of

Connector 1 2 Same as

Stylus Photo EX

Ink Cartridge

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Black: S020093

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Color: S020110 Õ Õ

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