Service manual
Table Of Contents
- Revision Table
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Features and General Specifications
- Chapter 2
- Mechanism Configuration and Operating Principles
- Printer Mechanism Operating Principles
- Print mechanism unit
- Print head unit movement
- Wire movement when a single dot is printed
- Printing a character (9x9 font)
- Paper Feed Mechanism Unit
- Paper loading (semi-automatic loading)
- Paper feeding
- Ribbon Feed Mechanism Unit
- Ribbon feeding
- Detection Mechanism Unit
- Home position detection mechanism
- Paper detection mechanism
- Paper roll near-end detection mechanism (optional)
- Auto-cutter mechanism
- Ribbon Switch Mechanism Unit
- Electrical Circuitry Operating Principles
- Principles of Operation
- Printer Mechanism Driver Circuits
- Printer Mechanism Operating Principles
- Chapter 3
- Handling and Maintenance
- Chapter 4
- Troubleshooting
- Chapter 5
- Disassembly, Assembly, and Adjustment
- Small Part Specifications
- Disassembly
- Sub-assembly A
- Main Assembly 1
- Main Assembly 2
- Main Assembly 3
- Main Assembly 4
- Main Assembly 5
- Main Assembly 6
- Main Assembly 7
- Main Assembly 8
- Main Assembly 9
- Main Assembly 10
- Main Assembly 11
- Main Assembly 12
- Main Assembly 13
- Main assembly 14
- Main Assembly 15
- Main Assembly 16
- Main Assembly 17
- Main Assembly 1 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 2 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 3 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 4 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 5 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 6 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 7 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 8 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 9 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 10 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 11 (Case Unit)
- Main Assembly 12 (Case Unit)
- Adjustment
- Appendix
- Appendix
- Addendum 1
- Main Circuit Board Types and Maintenance
- Addendum 2
- Lower Plate Change and ROM Spacer Abolition
- Addendum 3
- Auto-Cutter Release Tab Change

Rev. B Troubleshooting 4-15
TM-U200 Series (Type B) Service Manual
Confidential
Error Types and Countermeasures
Follow the flowcharts on the next page based on the
ERROR
LED blinking patterns in the table
below and repair the printer. The printer does the following when an error occurs:
❏
All operations stop
❏
The printer goes off-line (when DIP SW 1-8 is off).
❏
The
ERROR
LED blinks.
ERROR LED blinking patterns
Error ERROR LED Blinking PatternError Description Action
(1) Head high-temper-
ature error ( 1)
Print head temperature is too high.
*
(2) Auto cutter error
There is an abnormality in the
auto cutter.
(3) Memory or gate
array read/write
error
Read/write check has failed.
(4) High-voltage error
Power supply voltage is too high.
(5) Low-voltage error
Power supply voltage is too low.
(6) CPU execution
error
CPU is trying to execute an invalid
address.
(7) Thermistor error
There is an abnormality in detecting
the print head temperature or the print
head rank can not be read correctly.
Action 1
Action 2
Action 3
Action 4
Action 5
Action 6
Action 7
( 1) This error can occur for a short time during normal printing, when the print head reaches a high temperature. No repair
is necessary in this case.
*
160 ms
4
4
4
3
Home position
detection error
Home position cannot be detected
due to a paper jam or other problem.
Auto-cutter error
Print head temperature is out of
normal operating range.
(3) High-voltage error
(4) Low-voltage error
(5) CPU execution
error
(6) Print head
temperature
detection error.
Abnormality occurs in the auto-cutter.
CPU is trying to execute an invalid
address.
Power supply voltage is too low.
Power supply voltage is too high.
(*1) This error can occur for a short time during normal printing, when the print head reaches a high temperature. No
repair is necessary in this case.
Approx. 2.56 sec
** See troubleshooting flowchart.
**