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SERVICE MANUAL
Color Inkjet Printer
EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830
®
SEIJ01006
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Notice All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. All effort have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual. However, should any errors be detected, SEIKO EPSON would greatly appreciate being info
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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/maintena
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About This Manual This manual describes basic functions, theory of electrical and mechanical operations, maintenance and repair procedures of the printer. 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. Manual Configuration Symbols Used in this Manual This manual consists of six chapters and Appendix. Various symbols are used throughout
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Revision Status Revision Issued Date Description A 2001/8/23 First Release Addition of Stylus Photo 830 Page 10, 11: The description in the “1.2.4.3 Exclusive Paper” was added. Page 16 : The description in the “1.2.9 Reliability/1.2.10 Safety Approvals/1.2.11 Acoustic Noise/1.2.12 CE Marking” was added. Page 21 : The description in the “1.3.2 Parallel Interface Device ID” was added. Page 24 : The description in the “1.4 Panel Control” was added. * Section 2 Pag
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CONTENTS PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Operating Principles FEATURES .................................................................................................... 7 Overview ...................................................................................................... 28 Printer Mechanism .................................................................................. 28 SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................... 8 Printhead...
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Upper housing removal ........................................................................... 94 Printhead removal ................................................................................... 96 CR unit removal....................................................................................... 98 CR motor removal ................................................................................. 101 ASF unit removal.....................................................................
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CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B 1.1 FEATURES The major features of EPSON color inkjet dot matrix printer EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 are: High Color Print Quality 2880 (H) X 720 (V) dpi printing Six Color Printing (YMCKmc) Traditional and New Microweave Built-in Auto Sheet Feeder 2 Holds 100 cut-sheets (65g/m ) Holds 10 envelopes Holds 10 transparency films Two built-in Interfaces Bi-directional parallel I/F (IEEE-1284 level 1 device) USB Windows/Macintosh exclusive
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B Print Direction 1.2 SPECIFICATIONS Bi-direction with logic seeking This section covers specifications of the printer. Print Speed & Printable Columns 1.2.1 Physical Specification Table 1-1. Character mode (Black only) Weight : 3.42 kg (without the ink cartridges) (Common to all models) Character pitch Character quality Printable columns CR speed Dimension 10 CPI LQ 80 238 CPS* [Stylus Photo 810/820] Printing : 479.6 mm (W) x 509 mm (D) x 27
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B Control Code 1.2.4 Paper Specification ESC/P Raster command 1.2.4.1 Plain Paper EPSON Remote command Table 1-5. Plain paper Character Tables Width Length Thickness Weight None Item Quality 2 (mm) (mm) (mm) (g/m ) - ASCII 96 Codes (Code Number 20H-7FH) A4 210 297 International character sets Letter 215.9 279.4 None Legal 215.9 355.6 Typeface Executive 184.2 266.7 Bit map LQ font : EPSON Courier 10 CPI 64-90 Plain paper Half Le
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B 1.2.4.2 Envelope 1.2.4.3 Exclusive paper Quality: EPSON Exclusive paper Table 1-6. Envelope Width Length Thickness Weight Transparency printing is only available at normal temperature Item Quality * 2 (mm) (mm) (mm) (g/m ) Table 1-7. Exclusive paper No.10 241.3 104.8 Width Length Thickness Weight DL 220 110 Item Size Bond paper 2 (mm) (mm) (mm) (g/m ) 45-75 N/A Air mail C6 162 114 (12-20(lb)) A4 210 297 102 (27lb) * PPC Envelope Letter 215.9
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B Table 1-7. Exclusive paper Poor quality paper may reduce print quality and cause paper
Width Length Thickness Weight jams or other problems. If you encounter problems, switch to a Item Size 2 (mm) (mm) (mm) (g/m ) higher grade of paper. A4 210 297 Do not load curled or folded paper. Use paper under normal conditions : Temperature 15 to 25°°°°C (59 Letter 215.9 279.4 to 77°°°°F) Humidity 40 to 60% RH Card 100 148 EPSON Photo Quality Glo
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B 1.2.5 Printing Area PW 1.2.5.1 Cut Sheet LM RM Refer to the following table. As for each margin area, refer to Figure 1-3. Table 1-8. Printing area TM Left margin Right margin Top margin Black bottom margin Paper size (min.) ** (min.) ** (min.) ** (min.) ** 14 mm (0.54”) / 3mm A4 3 mm (0.12”) 3 mm (0.12”) 3 mm (0.12”) (0.12”) * 14 mm (0.54”) / 3mm Letter 3 mm (0.12”) 3 mm (0.12”) 3 mm (0.12”) (0.12”) * 14 mm (0.54”) / 3mm B5 3 mm (0.12”) 3 mm (0.
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B 1.2.5.2 Envelopes 1.2.6 Ink Cartridge Specification Refer to the following table. As for each margin area, refer to Figure 1-4. 1.2.6.1 Black Ink Cartridge Type : Exclusive Cartridge Table 1-9. Envelope margin Color : Black Left margin Right margin Top margin Bottom margin Paper size (min.) (min.) (min.) (min.) Print Capacity : 540 pages/A4 #10 3 mm (0.12”) 28 mm (1.10”) 3 mm (0.12”) 14 mm (0.55”) (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern at 360 dpi)
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B 1.2.6.2 Color Ink Cartridge 1.2.7 Electric Specification Type : Exclusive Cartridge [120V Version] (Stylus Photo 810/820) Color : Magenta, Cyan, Yellow, Light Cyan, Light Magenta Rated Voltage : AC120V Print Capacity : 220 pages / A4 (360 dpi, 5% duty each color) Input Voltage Range : AC90∼132V Ink Life : 2 years from production date Rated Frequency Range : 50∼ 60Hz Storage Temperature: Input Frequency Range : 49.5∼ 60.5Hz o o
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B [UPS Version] (Stylus Photo 820/830) 1.2.8 Environmental Condition Rated voltage : AC100~240V Temperature Input voltage range : AC99∼264V Operating : 10 to 35°C (refer to Figure 1-7) Rated frequency range : 50∼ 60Hz Non-operating : -20 to 60°C (with shipment container) 1 month at 40°C and 120 hours at 60°C Input frequency range : 49.5∼ 60.5Hz Humidity Rated current : 0.4~0.2A Operating : 20 to 80% RH Power consumption: : Approx.
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B 1.2.9 Reliability 1.2.11 Acoustic Noise Total Print Volume : 16,000 pages (A4, Letter) Level (Stylus Photo 810/820) : Approx. 45dB(A) (According to ISO 7779) or 5 years although less than 16,000 pages printing Level (Stylus Photo 820/830) : Approx. 48dB(A) (According to ISO 7779) Print Head Life : 3 billion dots/nozzle (Stylus Photo 810/820) 1.2.12 CE Marking : 3 billion dots/nozzle or 5 years although less than 3 billion dots/nozzl
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B 1.3 INTERFACE data byte n data byte n+1 DATA The EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 provides USB and parallel interface as thold standard. -STROBE tnext tsetup tstb 1.3.1 Parallel Interface (Forward Channel) BUSY Transmission Mode : 8 bit parallel, IEEE-1284 compatibility mode ready t tbusy Synchronization : By STROBE pulse -ACKNLG Handshaking : BY BUSY and ACKNLG signal Signal Level : TTL compatible level treply tack tnbusy Adaptable Conn
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EPSON Stylus PHOTO 810/820/830 Revision B Table 1-11. Typical time of tack Table 1-13. Connector pin assignment and signals Parallel I/F mode Typical time of tack Return Pin No. Signal name In/Out Functional description GND pin High Speed 0.5us The strobe pulse. Read-in of data is Normal Speed 2us 1 -STROBE 19 In performed at the falling edge of this pulse. Table 1-12. Signal level: TTL compatible (IEEE-1284 level 1 device) 2 DATA0 20 In Parameter Minimum Maximum Condition 3 DATA1 21 In V
