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CX400 Technical Manual (Rev 1.00)

SATO /ARGOX Technical Documentation

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8. Maintenance and Trouble Shooting

8.1 Printer status indication

The printer has built -in monitors for the status. The status and error indications will be displayed on the front panel LED

indicators. Generally, when a malfunction or an abnormal condition being detected, the ERROR LED will blink.

Tab. 8.1 below shows the LED indications corresponding to various errors.

LED Indication Description

ERROR LED are synchronously blinking

with POWER LED ( on & off in the same time )

Indicate “ Fail to detect Media Index or Media out“.

ERROR LED is Blinking in the opposite way

with POWER LED

Ribbon Error

ERROR LED is ON and OFF alternatively

and the OFF period is longer than ON, when

POWER LED being ON.

Print Head Open..

“POWER LED ON and ERROR LED

blinking at 50 % duty cycle

RS232 error.

Table 8.1

CAUTION

The printer electronics are susceptible to static discharge . Wear

an anti-static wrist and attach it to the printer chassis