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Summary of Contents for SLM804 Series

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Page 2: ...interfer ence will not occur in a particular installation Operation of this equipment in a residen tial area is likely to cause such interference and the user at his or her own expense will be require...

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Page 4: ...g Paper 17 Automatic Paper Feed 17 Manual Feed 21 Printing on Two Sides 22 Print Density Control 23 The Control Panel 23 The Controller s Front Panel 25 Ready to Print Running the Test Program 25 CHAP...

Page 5: ...es 40 Maintenance Checklist 40 APPENDIX A TROUBLESHOOTING 41 APPENDIX B ADDRESSING MORE THAN ONE DMA DEVICE 43 APPENDIX C SLMC804 CONTROLLER COMMAND SUMMARY 47 APPENDIX D SPECIFICATIONS 55 APPENDIX E...

Page 6: ...4 Laser Printer owners living in the United Kingdom should refer to Appendix E for additional instructions when connecting their system The manual s contents are outlined below Chapter 1 Setting Up ex...

Page 7: ...r owners living in the United Kingdom Index helps you locate terms or procedures used or explained in the manual Customer Support tells where to find further information about the Atari SLM804 Laser P...

Page 8: ...ose is well venti lated An environment considered suitable for your computer system will also work well for your laser printer Always place the printer on a firm level surface And always turn off the...

Page 9: ...you so that its cavity is right side up and its metal rods are farthest from you 4 Place the toner cartridge label side up into the hopper The clear plastic tab taped to the top of the cartridge shou...

Page 10: ...n applied to the drum and the drum applies the toner to the paper The drum and toner hopper attach to one another then both are placed in the printer as a single unit Warning The drum is photosensitiv...

Page 11: ...our left hand inside the opening at the front of the printer Then gently pull up on the inside latch while pressing lightly on the top cover with your right hand Remove the black plastic sheet from th...

Page 12: ...e two slots on either side of the printer Slot 5 Untape the clear plastic tab from the top of the toner cartridge 7 Pull the tab straight out and to the right while holding the toner cartridge top in...

Page 13: ...000 to 10 000 pages A good rule is to replace the drum every third time you replace the toner The drum page counter inside the printer will tell you when it s time to replace the drum For more inform...

Page 14: ...Chapter 3 Regular Maintenance Reset Button Drum Page Counter Accessing the Drum and Toner Hopper There are two ways to open the top cover One you already know using the front latch alone The other me...

Page 15: ...at the back of the printer The cleaning pad cleans the fuser roller You must replace the pad every time you change the toner For more information see Chapter 3 Regular Maintenance Warning The fuser a...

Page 16: ...should check the cleaning pad for exces sive toner residue Between the times you replace the cleaning pad you can reverse the white felt pad if it has accumulated a great deal of excess toner Installi...

Page 17: ...releasing the drum and toner hopper 3 Insert the manual feed paper guide at a slightly upward angle aligning it with the metal paper guide inside the printer Once positioned the top of the manual fee...

Page 18: ...these steps 1 Locate the controller packed inside the accessories assembly Remove its packing materials 2 Make sure all parts of your ST Computer system are switched off 3 Plug the cable permanently...

Page 19: ...rt Controller Printer Port e Interface Cable 5 If you have a hard disk drive plug the hard disk s interface cable into the hard disk DMA port on the controller Hard Disk Drive Controller Hard Disk DMA...

Page 20: ...ch is located on the left side of the printer Always switch on the other components including the printer before switching on your computer Power Switch 1111 Note The printer s main power fuse is loca...

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Page 22: ...hly before going on to the software manual Loading Paper The SLM804 Laser Printer accepts standard xerographic paper that is it accepts most plain paper You can even use your personal or business stat...

Page 23: ...the cassette does not come out easily do not force it Gently pull the cassette out as far as it will go and then slip your hand in and under the cassette opening Feel for the cassette feed roller abov...

Page 24: ...r A4 you ll be using Insert the paper partitioner s positioning tab in the appropriate slot making sure that the partitioner s ends slide between the guides at that position on the inside of the casse...

Page 25: ...and then allowing the stack to fall in place on top of the tray s spring loaded metal plate You may load up to approximately 250 sheets of paper a half ream at one time Never allow the stack to exceed...

Page 26: ...ter gently pushing it straight in Manual Feed You can also manually feed paper through the printer Envelopes and labels for instance MUST be manually fed Keep in mind that the printer s manual feed fe...

Page 27: ...o not use envelopes with metal or string clasps Printing on Two Sides As with a plain paper photocopier your Atari SLM804 Laser Printer is capable of printing on both sides of a sheet of paper When us...

Page 28: ...lighten the print The Control Panel Though most of the time you ll be using your computer to tell your printer what to do the printer itself is equipped with five indicators on its control panel that...

Page 29: ...the printer s top and back covers then find and remove the stuck sheet s of paper Note When you open the top cover of the printer the back cover opens slightly To open the back cover further pull it d...

Page 30: ...ter is securely connected and that there is paper in the paper cassette 2 Switch on all components of your computer system including the printer Always switch on the computer last Wait two minutes for...

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Page 32: ...Atari retailer carries the replacement toner kit which includes a new toner cartridge residual toner container and cleaning pad Toner Whenever you replace toner avoid getting the powder on your hands...

Page 33: ...artridge slide the two green latches on the sides of the cartridge away from you This will lock the cartridge in place 7 Untape the clear plastic tab from the top of the toner cartridge Pull the tab s...

Page 34: ...2 Remove the old residual toner container Seal it with the tape provided in the toner kit Immediately dispose of the container Never reuse the toner in the residual toner container Old Residual Toner...

Page 35: ...he cleaning pad from the plastic bag Make sure that the white felt pad fits snugly in its frame 2 Open the printer s top cover without releasing the drum and toner hopper 3 Remove the old cleaning pad...

Page 36: ...harger Slide the charger to the left using its tab and remove the charger from the printer Green Alignment Dot 3 Gently run the cotton swab you received with the toner kit afong the drum charger s wir...

Page 37: ...Open the top cover and release the drum and hopper The paper charger is located in the top cover s underside 2 Remove the paper charger by sliding the charger to the left using its tab 3 Gently run th...

Page 38: ...cover Cleaning the Paper Path You should clean the paper path every time you replace the toner or whenever you notice toner smudges or spills inside the printer To clean the paper path follow these s...

Page 39: ...d toner hopper 2 Gently run the cotton swab you received with the toner kit under and over the separator Be careful not to break the band while cleaning it Drum Paper Separator 3 Close the top cover C...

Page 40: ...top cover Cleaning the Press Roller You should clean the press roller every time you replace the toner The press roller advances the paper up and out of the printer To clean the press roller follow th...

Page 41: ...ace the drum every third time you replace the toner 3 000 pages x 3 The drum page counter inside the printer tells you when it s time to replace the drum Your Atari retailer carries the drum replaceme...

Page 42: ...c sheet from the drum Drape the sheet on top of the drum frame as you work 2 Open the printer s top cover so that the drum and hopper drop down 3 Grasp the old drum by its handle then remove the drum...

Page 43: ...um page counter after replacing the drum the counter s new page count will not accurately report when you should next replace the drum Drum Charger To avoid confusion with the paper charger the drum c...

Page 44: ...dot on the charger holder 4 Close the top cover Transporting the Printer Moving the printer from one side of the room to another requires no extraordinary measures You need only keep the printer leve...

Page 45: ...do switch off the printer wait at least ten seconds before you switch it on again Always switch off your system before cleaning it Clean the out side of the components with a soft slightly damp lint f...

Page 46: ...ervice Center 3 Switch on all other system components Always switch on the computer last 4 If the printer still won t come on it may be that the main power fuse is blown Make sure that the printer is...

Page 47: ...tenance and high reliability Like anything else electronic and mechanical however a laser printer can break down If you experience prob lems that you think may be serious take your printer to an autho...

Page 48: ...gned as Unit 7 Hard disks are set to Unit 0 at the factory SeHing the DIP Switches Use the following steps to set the DIP switches on an SLMC804 Controller Warning During the procedure it is essential...

Page 49: ...b to the ON position using the tip of a ballpoint pen 7 The numbers 4 2 1 are printed on the printed circuit board PCB along one side of the switch box Each number is assigned to a DIP switch These nu...

Page 50: ...ice laser printer hard disk assigned to that address 8 Replace the controller s top cover and reconnect the controller to the computer and printer Warning If you perform any operation or modification...

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Page 52: ...ansfers are asynchronous and follow a Data Request Acknowledge handshake protocol with one byte of data transferred during each handshake Note that the controller contains a two byte FIFO which is loa...

Page 53: ...Device Number Byte 4 o o o o o o o o Operation Length Byte 5 o o Operation Modifiers The Atari Page Printer Interface command set contains the follow ing printer operations 48 COMMAND SUMMARY TABLE Op...

Page 54: ...Oa Print REQUEST SENSE OpCode Ox03 Controller Number Device Number Upon receipt of this command the controller starts the printer and enters the DATA OUT PHASE to receive page images from the host Byt...

Page 55: ...o o Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4 Byte 5 INQUIRY OpCode Ox12 Controller Number Device Number The following is returned using the EXTENDED STATUS PHASE Note that a null Status Byte is returned before this opera...

Page 56: ...Byte 2 Byte 3 0 I Q 0 0 I 0 Q Byte 4 Byte 5 0 1 I 0 1 0 MODE SELECT OpCode Ox15 Controller Number Device Number Reset Default Refer to the MODE SENSE command for a detailed description of the Paramete...

Page 57: ...Margin LSB Byte 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I I I I I L Manual Feed Input Select Auto Select Prefeed Paper Thick Pixels Byte 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vertical Resolution MSB Byte 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vertical Resolution...

Page 58: ...ceipt of this command the controller terminates a multi page print operation at the end of the current page Byte 0 J 1 0 1 Byte 1 o o o Byte 2 Byte 3 Byte 4 Byte 5 STOP PRINT OpCode Ox1 b Controller N...

Page 59: ...high priority Status Summary Table Printer Controller Command 54 ErCode STATUS OxOO No Error Ox02 Ox03 Ox04 Ox05 Ox06 Ox07 Ox08 Ox09 OxOa OxOb OxOc OxOd OxOe Ox10 Ox12 Ox15 Ox1a Ornery Printer Toner...

Page 60: ...Automatic feed with paper cassette 250 sheets Mechanism maximum manual feed Paper Exit Face down collated sequence 50 sheets maximum Paper Size Letter Size 8 5 x 11 in 216 x 279 mm Print Area 2400 x...

Page 61: ...Automatic feed with paper cassette 250 sheets Mechanism maximum manual feed Paper Exit Face down collated sequence 50 sheets maximum Paper Size Letter Size 8 5 x 11 in 216 x 279 mm Print Area 2400 x...

Page 62: ...ons Width 20 4 in 517 mm Depth 12 2 in 310 mm Height 16 2 in 411 mm Weight 50 6 lb 23 kg Atari SLMC804 Controller Interface Type Parallel DMA to serial video DMA Cable Controller to Computer 1 Data 0...

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Page 65: ...kings identifying the termin als in your plug proceed as follows The wire colored GREEN YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug marked by the letter E or by the safety earth symbol or col...

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Page 67: ...accessing 9 10 installing 5 8 replacing 8 36 37 38 40 drum axle 7 drum charger 30 cleaning 30 31 40 replacing 36 38 39 40 drum control 8 38 drum kit 36 drum page counter 8 9 36 37 resetting 37 40 61...

Page 68: ...9 turning off 15 turning on 15 printing on two sides 22 R Ready indicator 23 release latch drum 10 releasing the drum and toner hopper 9 10 Replace Toner indicator 24 27 reset button drum page counter...

Page 69: ...rkshire SL2 5BZ Please write the subject of your letter on the outside of the envelope Atari user groups are outstanding sources of information on how to get the most from your Atari Computer To recei...

Page 70: ...JI ATARr Copyright 1987 Atari Corporation Sunnyvale CA 94086 All rights reserved Printed in Japan C033517 001 REV A...

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