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ROM HISTORY
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A230/A231/A232 SM
4.8 ROM HISTORY
A697 Firmware Modification History (3000 Sheet Finisher)
Description of Modification Level Prod. Date Ver.
Corrects the following:
•
The stack height sensor mis-detects the height, which
causes the exit motor to stop and a paper jam occurs.
A6975656 H
Not Available H
Corrects the following:
•
Jam codes were not defined for paper jams at or before
the entrance sensor.
A6975656 G Not Available G
Corrects the following:
•
When the G909 was connected, the main engine was
unable to recognize the A697.
A6975656 F Not Available F
Corrects the following:
•
While receiving a fax in Energy Saver Mode, the A697
power comes on and initializes.
•
When stacking with curled paper, the tray will move up
and down slightly while the stapler is waiting for the
remaining page(s) of a staple set. This slight up and
down movement from the tray will tend to align any paper
that slides out from the stack.
A6975656 E Not Available E
Corrects the following:
•
Occurrences of SC990.
•
Defective paper exit for LG, DLT, A3 and B4 paper sizes.
•
Two staples missing when B5 size paper is selected.
•
Stacking problems occur when paper curls during manual
staple mode.
•
During Shift mode, the exit roller rolls up the paper if the
paper curl is large. Modification of the shift tray height in
shift mode, exit roller rotation speed and shift tray
lowering timing.
A6975656 D Nov. 1998
Production
D
Corrects the following:
•
When a jam occurs in the finisher, if the jam is not
removed, the staple movement motor will not shut off.
•
When the power save mode command from the main unit
is received, the machine initializes.
A6975656 C Sept. 1998
Production
C
Corrects the following:
•
To improve the stacking in the shift tray during stapling,
the following modifications were implemented.
1. The initial lowering timing of the shift tray is now faster
and the stack start time has been modified to allow the
shift tray to return to the top position first.
2. The line velocity for the exit roller has been changed from
600 mm/sec to 700 mm/sec. The paper exit pawl speed
has also been changed.
3. The timing for lowering the shift tray has been changed to
50 mm/sec after the exit sensor has detected the leading
edge of the paper.
A6975656 B July 1998
Production
B
Corrects the following:
•
Modification to allow Chinese paper sizes.
•
Modification of the start of the shift tray in staple mode.
•
Corrected the problem of an SC not being displayed even
though there was a problem with the paper exit pawl
home position sensor during initialization.
•
If the diagonal staple mode was selected when there was
a problem with the stapler rotation motor home position
sensor an SC occurred.
A6975656 A July 1998
Production
A
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Rev. 07/2001