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EPSON COLOR INKJET PRINTER
Stylus Pro XL

SERVICE MANUAL




EPSON
4004677
Chapter 1 Product Description


Table of Contents
1.1 FEATURES 1-1

1.2 SPECIFICATIONS 1-3
1.2.1 Printing Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.2.2 Paper Handling Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.2.3 Paper Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
1.2.4 Ink Cartridge Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
1.2.5 Electrical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
1.2.6 Environmental Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
1.2.7 Reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
1.2.8 Safety Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
1.2.9 Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

1.3 INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS 1-10
1.3.1 Serial Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
1.3.2 Parallel Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

1.4 OPERATIONS 1-13
1.4.1 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
1.4.2 Panel Operation at Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
1.4.3 Default settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
1.4.3.1 Default Setting Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
1.4.3.2 Changing the Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
1.4.4 Error Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
1.4.5 Printer Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
1.4.5.1 Hardware Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
1.4.5.2 Software Initialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
1.4.5.3 Panel Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18

1.5 MAIN COMPONENTS 1-19
1.5.1 Main Control Board (C162 MAIN Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
1.5.2 Power Supply Board (C137 PSB/PSE Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
1.5.3 Control Panel (C137 PNL Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
1.5.4 Printer Mechanism (M-4A60) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
1.5.5 Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21




Rev.-A 1-i
List of Figures
Figure 1-1. Exterior View of the Stylus Pro XL
Figure 1-2. Nozzle Configuration
Figure 1-3. Printable Area for Cut Sheet
Figure 1-4. Printable Area for Envelope
Figure 1-5. Adjustment Lever Setting
Figure 1-6. Temperature/Humidity Range
Figure 1-7. Data Transmission Timing
Figure 1-8. Control Panel Appearance
Figure 1-9. C162 MAIN Board Component Layout
Figure 1-10. C137 PSB/PSE Board Component Layout
Figure 1-11. Printer Mechanism (M-4A60)


List of Tables
Table 1-1. Interface Cards
Table 1-2. Print Speed and Printable Columns
Table 1-3. Character Table
Table 1-4. Cut Sheet Paper Specifications
Table 1-5. Envelope Specifications
Table 1-6. Adjust Lever Setting
Table 1-7. Rated Electrical Ranges
Table 1-8. Acceptable Environmental Conditions
Table 1-9. Signal and Connector Pin Assignments for Parallel Interface
Table 1-10. DTR and X-ON/X-OFF Protocol
Table 1-11. Signal and Connector Pin Assignments for Serial Interface
Table 1-12. Printer Condition Panel Status
Table 1-13. Default Setting Items
Table 1-14. Characteristics of Print Direction Mode
Table 1-15. Printing Direction and ESC U Command
Table 1-16. Language Selection
Table 1-17. Feature Selection
Table 1-18. Character Table Selection
Table 1-19. Error Indications




1-ii Rev.-A
Stylus Pro XL Product Description

1.1 FEATURES
The Stylus Pro XL is a 64 + 48-nozzle (monochrome and CMY) color ink jet dot matrix printer.
The major features of this printer are:
t High-quality color print
-Micro Dot 720 dpi printing
-Plain paper 720 dpi printing
-Special coated paper 720 dpi printing
t High print speed
-LQ 200 cps
t Built-in auto sheet feeder
-Holds 100 cut sheets (64 g/m2)
-Holds 10 envelopes
-Holds 50 transparency films
-Hold 70 special paper
t Built-in 3 I/
-Mac serial I/F
-Parallel I/F
-Type B I/F (option)
t Easy setup.
-No dip-switches
-Multi-lingual setting messages (5 languages)
t 4 scalable fonts and 5 LQ fonts standard.
-Roman T, Sans Serif H, Roman, Sans Serif (scalable)
-Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, Prestige, Script (LQ)
t 21 character tables
Italic, PC437, PC850, PC860, PC863, PC865, PC437, Greek,
PC852, PC853, PC858, PC857, PC866, PC869, PC861,
BRASCII, Abicomp, MAZOWIA, Code MJK, ISO 8859-7, ISO Latin 1T, Bulgaria
t Low running cost
The figure below shows the Stylus Pro XL.
Front
Printer
C ov er
Cov er




Kn ob
Control
Paper Catch Pa n el
Paper Supply Tr ay
Interface Card
Tray
Serial Interface Cov e r
Connector




Parallel Interface
Connector
AC Inlet


Figure 1-1. Exterior View of the Stylus Pro XL

Rev.A 1-1
Product Description Stylus Pro XL

Table 1-1. Interface Cards

Interface Card Model Number

Serial interface card C823051/C823061
32KB serial interface card C823071/C823081
32KB parallel interface card C82310V
32KB IEEE-488 interface card C82313V
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