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SERVICE MANUAL

000861MIU

A230/A231/A232

RICOH GROUP COMPANIES

Summary of Contents for A230

Page 1: ...SERVICE MANUAL 000861MIU A230 A231 A232 RICOH GROUP COMPANIES ...

Page 2: ... 9 2 DESCRIPTIONS 1 19 2 DETAILED SECTION DESCRIPTIONS 2 1 2 1 SCANNING 2 1 2 1 1 OVERVIEW 2 1 2 1 2 SCANNER DRIVE 2 2 2 1 3 ORIGINAL SIZE DETECTION IN PLATEN MODE 2 3 2 2 IMAGE PROCESSING 2 5 2 2 1 OVERVIEW 2 5 2 2 2 SBU 2 6 2 2 3 AUTO IMAGE DENSITY ADS 2 7 2 2 4 IPU IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT 2 8 Overview 2 8 Image processing path 2 9 SP modes for each image process 2 10 Auto shading 2 12 Background ...

Page 3: ...s bypass tray only 2 37 2 6 5 TONER SUPPLY 2 38 Toner bottle replenishment mechanism 2 38 Toner supply mechanism 2 39 2 6 6 TONER DENSITY CONTROL 2 40 Overview 2 40 Toner density control flow chart 2 40 Sensor control mode 2 41 Image Pixel Count Control Mode 2 42 2 6 7 TONER NEAR END END DETECTION 2 43 Toner near end end detection flow chart 2 43 2 6 8 TONER END RECOVERY 2 45 Toner end recovery fl...

Page 4: ... SAVER MODE 2 71 Entering the energy saver mode 2 71 What happens in energy saver mode 2 71 Return to stand by mode 2 71 2 11 3 LOW POWER MODE 2 72 Entering the low power mode 2 72 What happens in low power mode 2 72 Return to stand by mode 2 72 2 11 4 AUTO OFF MODE 2 73 Entering auto off mode 2 73 What happens in auto off mode 2 73 Returning to stand by mode 2 73 2 11 5 NIGHT MODE 2 74 Entering n...

Page 5: ... 41 3 11 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 3 42 3 12 1 000 SHEET FINISHER INSTALLATION 3 44 3 12 1 ACCESSORY CHECK 3 44 3 12 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 3 45 3 13 3 000 SHEET FINISHER INSTALLATION 3 48 3 13 1 ACCESSORY CHECK 3 48 3 13 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 3 49 3 14 PUNCH UNIT INSTALLATION 3 52 3 14 1 ACCESSORY CHECK 3 52 3 14 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 3 53 3 15 PLATEN COVER INSTALLATION 3 56 3 16 IMAGE ENH...

Page 6: ...M PARAMETER AND DATA LISTS SMC LISTS 4 57 4 2 7 NIP BAND WIDTH ADJUSTMENT SP1 109 4 58 4 2 8 MEMORY ALL CLEAR SP5 801 4 59 4 2 9 SOFTWARE RESET 4 60 4 2 10 SYSTEM SETTING AND COPY SETTING UP MODE RESET 4 60 System Setting Reset 4 60 Copy Setting Reset 4 60 4 3 PROGRAM DOWNLOAD 4 61 Downloading to the BICU 4 61 Download from BICU to Flash Memory Card 4 63 4 4 USER PROGRAM MODE 4 65 4 4 1 HOW TO ENT...

Page 7: ...ANING BLADE 6 23 6 3 6 ID SENSOR 6 23 6 4 DEVELOPMENT 6 24 6 4 1 DEVELOPMENT UNIT 6 24 6 4 2 DEVELOPMENT FILTER 6 25 6 4 3 DEVELOPMENT ROLLER 6 25 6 4 4 DEVELOPER 6 26 6 4 5 TD SENSOR 6 27 6 5 TRANSFER UNIT 6 28 6 5 1 TRANSFER BELT UNIT 6 28 6 5 2 TRANSFER BELT 6 29 6 5 3 TRANSFER BELT CLEANING BLADE TONER OVERFLOW SENSOR 6 30 Transfer Belt Cleaning Blade 6 30 Toner Overflow Sensor 6 30 6 5 4 RIGH...

Page 8: ...G SCANNING 6 51 6 11 1 PRINTING 6 51 Registration Leading Edge Side to Side 6 51 Blank Margin 6 52 Main Scan Magnification 6 52 Parallelogram Image Adjustment 6 53 6 11 2 SCANNING 6 54 Registration Platen Mode 6 54 Magnification 6 54 Scanner Skew Image Adjustment 6 55 6 11 3 ADF IMAGE ADJUSTMENT 6 56 Registration 6 56 7 TROUBLESHOOTING 7 1 7 1 SERVICE CALL CONDITIONS 7 1 7 1 1 SUMMARY 7 1 7 1 2 SC...

Page 9: ... 11 3 4 FUSES 8 11 4 REPLACEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT 8 12 4 1 COVER REPLACEMENT 8 12 Right Cover 8 12 Rear Cover 8 12 4 2 ROLLER REPLACEMENT 8 13 4 2 1 PAPER FEED SEPARATION AND PICK UP ROLLERS 8 13 Pick up Roller 8 13 Paper Feed Roller 8 13 Separation Roller 8 13 4 3 TRAY MOTOR REPLACEMENT 8 14 4 4 PAPER FEED AND RELAY CLUTCH REPLACEMENT 8 15 4 5 PAPER FEED UNIT REPLACEMENT 8 16 Upper Paper Feed Unit ...

Page 10: ...Rear Cover 9 10 Right Lower Cover 9 10 Upper Cover 9 10 4 2 ROLLER REPLACEMENT 9 11 4 2 1 PAPER FEED SEPARATION AND PICK UP ROLLERS 9 11 Pick up Roller 9 11 Paper Feed Roller 9 11 Separation Roller 9 11 4 3 TRAY LIFT AND PAPER END SENSOR REPLACEMENT 9 12 Tray Lift Sensor 9 12 Paper End Sensor 9 12 4 4 RELAY SENSOR REPLACEMENT 9 13 4 5 SIDE FENCE POSITION CHANGE 9 14 BY PASS A689 1 OVERALL MACHINE ...

Page 11: ...LL MACHINE INFORMATION 11 1 1 1 SPECIFICATIONS 11 1 1 2 MECHANICAL COMPONENT AND DRIVE LAYOUT 11 2 1 3 ELECTRICAL COMPONENT LAYOUT 11 3 1 4 ELECTRICAL COMPONENT DESCRIPTION 11 3 2 DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS 11 4 2 1 BASIC OPERATION 11 4 3 REPLACEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT 11 5 3 1 COVER REMOVAL 11 5 Front Cover 11 5 Upper Cover 11 5 Rear Cover 11 5 3 2 PAPER SENSOR REPLACEMENT 11 6 3 3 ENTRANCE AND PAPER LIMI...

Page 12: ...E SIDED ORIGINAL MODE 12 16 2 8 4 ORIGINAL EXIT MECHANISM DOUBLE SIDED ORIGINAL MODE 12 17 2 9 STAMP 12 18 2 10 JAM CONDITIONS 12 19 2 11 TIMING CHARTS 12 20 2 11 1 A4 SIDEWAYS ONE SIDED ORIGINAL 3 ORIGINALS 12 20 2 11 2 A4 SIDEWAYS TWO SIDED ORIGINAL 2 ORIGINALS 12 21 3 SERVICE TABLES 12 22 3 1 DIP SWITCHES 12 22 3 2 TEST POINTS 12 22 3 3 VARIABLE RESISTORS 12 22 3 4 FUSES 12 22 4 REPLACEMENT AND...

Page 13: ...2 1 JUNCTION GATE MECHANISM 13 4 To the Exit Tray or Bridge Unit for the Upper Tray Left Tray or Finisher 13 4 To the 1 bin Tray 13 4 To the Duplex Unit 13 4 3 REPLACEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT 13 5 3 1 EXIT SENSOR COPIER REPLACEMENT 13 5 DUPLEX A687 1 OVERALL MACHINE INFORMATION 14 1 1 1 SPECIFICATIONS 14 1 1 2 MECHANICAL COMPONENT LAYOUT 14 2 1 3 ELECTRICAL COMPONENT LAYOUT 14 3 1 4 ELECTRICAL COMPONEN...

Page 14: ...16 1 1 1 SPECIFICATIONS 16 1 1 2 MECHANICAL COMPONENT LAYOUT 16 2 1 3 ELECTRICAL COMPONENT LAYOUT 16 3 1 4 ELECTRICAL COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS 16 4 1 5 DRIVE LAYOUT 16 6 2 DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS 16 7 2 1 JUNCTION GATE MECHANISM 16 7 Staple mode 16 7 No staple mode 16 7 2 2 JOGGER UNIT PAPER POSITIONING MECHANISM 16 8 2 3 EXIT GUIDE PLATE OPEN CLOSE MECHANISM 16 9 2 4 STAPLER 16 10 2 5 FEED OUT MECHAN...

Page 15: ... COMPONENT LAYOUT 17 3 1 3 ELECTRICAL COMPONENT LAYOUT 17 4 1 4 ELECTRICAL COMPONENT DESCRIPTION 17 5 1 5 DRIVE LAYOUT 17 7 2 DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS 17 8 2 1 TRAY AND STAPLER JUNCTION GATE MECHANISM 17 8 Normal mode 17 8 Sort stack mode 17 8 Staple mode 17 8 2 2 JOGGER UNIT PAPER POSITIONING MECHANISM 17 9 Vertical Paper Alignment 17 9 Horizontal Paper Alignment 17 9 2 3 STAPLER UNIT MOVEMENT MECHA...

Page 16: ...t Shift Tray Cover 17 23 Rear Shift Tray Cover 17 23 4 2 POSITIONING ROLLER REPLACEMENT 17 24 4 3 ALIGNMENT BRUSH ROLLER REPLACEMENT 17 25 4 4 SENSOR REPLACEMNT 17 26 4 4 1 STACK HEIGHT SENSOR 1 AND 2 17 26 4 4 2 UPPER TRAY PAPER LIMIT AND EXIT SENSOR 17 27 Upper Tray Paper Limit Sensor 17 27 Upper Tray Exit Sensor 17 27 4 4 3 SHIFT TRAY EXIT SENSOR 17 28 4 4 4 ENTRANCE AND STAPLER TRAY ENTRANCE S...

Page 17: ...4 1 SWAPBOX RESOURCE CONFLICT 18 7 4 11 IRQ AND I O ADDRESS 18 7 4 1 2 MEMORY ADDRESS 18 7 4 2 FAILED TO OPEN PCCARD ERRORS 18 8 4 2 1 TIMELAG TO LOADING DRIVER 18 8 4 2 3 RESOURCE CONFLICT 18 8 4 3 INVALID DYNAMIC LINK CALL FROM SWAPENUM ERROR 18 9 4 4 SWAPFTL PROBLEM WITH NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS 18 9 4 4 1 WINDOWS AND PC CARD DRIVER VERSION 18 9 4 4 2 SYSTEM SUMMERY 18 9 4 5 COMPLETE UNINSTALL 18 10 ...

Page 18: ... 20 4 2 DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS 20 6 2 1 BASIC OPERATION 20 6 Proof Tray 20 6 Bridge Unit 20 6 Trays 20 6 2 2 PROOF TRAY SENSORS 20 7 2 2 1 PAPER SENSOR 20 7 2 2 2 PAPER OVERFLOW SENSOR 20 7 2 3 TRAY SENSORS 20 8 2 3 1 PAPER SENSOR 20 8 2 3 2 PAPER OVERFLOW SENSOR 20 8 2 3 3 TRAY EXIT SENSOR 20 8 2 4 TIMING CHART AND MISFEED DETECTION 20 9 3 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 20 11 3 1 MAILBOX G909 20 11 3 1 1 ...

Page 19: ...1 SPECIFICATIONS 21 1 1 2 SOFTWARE 21 1 1 2 1 SCANNER DRIVE 21 1 2 DETAILED SECTION DESCRIPTIONS 21 2 2 1 HARDWARE OVERVIEW 21 2 2 2 IMAGE SCANNING 21 3 2 3 SCANNER FUNCTIONS 21 4 2 3 1 SELF DIAGNOSTICS 21 4 2 3 2 ENTERING THE SCANNER MODE 21 4 2 3 3 EXITING THE SCANNER MODE 21 4 2 3 4 SCSI ID 21 4 3 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 21 5 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 21 10 4 1 SELF DIAGNOSTICS 21 10 4 1 1 ERROR INDICAT...

Page 20: ...E TERM OF SERVICE CALLS 2 4 2 2 SCANNING FEATURES 2 5 2 2 1 SUB SCAN LENGTH CORRECTION USING ADF 2 5 2 2 2 PAGE SPLIT TRANSMISSION BOOK TRANSMISSION 2 7 2 2 3 IMAGE ROTATION BEFORE TRANSMISSION 2 8 2 3 PRINTING FEATURES 2 10 2 3 1 PAPER SIZE SELECTION 2 10 WIDTH PRIORITY AND LENGTH PRIORITY 2 10 IMAGE ROTATION BEFORE PRINTING 2 10 SUB SCAN REDUCTION AND PAGE SEPARATION 2 11 PAGE REDUCTION 2 14 TWO...

Page 21: ...SERVICE MONITOR REPORT FUNCTION 04 4 5 4 1 8 G3 PROTOCOL DUMP LIST FUNCTION 05 4 6 4 1 9 G4 PROTOCOL DUMP LIST FUNCTION 05 4 6 4 1 10 RAM DISPLAY AND REWRITE FUNCTION 06 4 7 4 1 11 NCU PARAMETERS FUNCTION 06 4 7 4 1 12 RAM DUMP FUNCTION 06 4 8 4 1 13 RAM CLEAR FUNCTION 07 4 8 4 1 14 HARD DISK FUNCTION 08 4 9 4 1 15 SERVICE STATION FAX NUMBER FUNCTION 09 4 9 4 1 16 SERIAL NUMBER FUNCTION 10 4 9 4 1...

Page 22: ...ASH CARD BACKUP 5 4 5 4 ROM UPDATE 5 6 5 4 1 FCU ROM DOWNLOAD 5 6 5 4 2 FCU ROM UPLOAD 5 8 5 4 3 MODEM ROM DOWNLOAD 5 9 5 5 SRAM DATA BACKUP AND RESTORE 5 11 5 5 1 SRAM BACKUP TO A FLASH MEMORY CARD 5 11 5 5 2 SRAM RESTORE FROM A FLASH MEMORY CARD 5 12 5 6 DATA ADDRESS RANGES ON THE CARD 5 13 5 6 1 FCU AND BICU ROM DATA 5 13 5 6 2 MODEM ROM AND SRAM DATA 5 13 6 TROUBLESHOOTING 6 1 6 1 ERROR CODES ...

Page 23: ... 6 Primary Channel 6 16 Control Channel Post Message Sh 6 16 Control Channel Post Message PPh 6 17 Control Channel Recovery AC 6 17 V 34 End 6 17 6 3 FAX SC CODES 6 18 6 3 1 SC1201 6 18 6 3 2 SC1202 6 18 6 3 3 SC1207 6 19 6 3 4 SC1802 1811 1815 6 19 6 3 5 FAX SC CODE TABLE 6 20 6 4 FIRMWARE HISTORY 6 21 6 4 1 A693 FIRMWARE MODIFICATION HISTORY 6 21 Rev 05 2000 ...

Page 24: ...YER MANAGEMENT 3 2 3 1 2 D CHANNEL LAYER 1 3 2 3 1 3 D CHANNEL LINK LAYER 3 2 3 1 4 D CHANNEL NETWORK LAYER 3 3 3 1 5 B CHANNEL LINK LAYER 3 3 3 1 6 B CHANNEL NETWORK LAYER 3 4 3 1 7 TRANSPORT LAYER 3 4 3 1 8 SESSION LAYER 3 5 3 1 9 DOCUMENT LAYER 3 6 3 1 10 PRESENTATION LAYER 3 6 3 2 G4CCU STATUS CODES 3 7 3 2 1 LAYER 1 PHYSICAL LAYER 3 7 3 2 2 LAYER 2 LINK LAYER 3 7 3 2 3 NETWORK LAYER LAYER 3 3...

Page 25: ...Reading the Sample Dump List A 4 Layer 1 Status A 7 APPENDIX B B G4 PARAMETER LOCATIONS B 1 1 1 INITIAL PROGRAMMING ITEMS COMPARISON LIST B 1 1 2 SWITCH LOCATIONS COMPARISON LIST B 2 APPENDIX C C CONDITIONS FOR RECEIVING A CALL C 1 Rev 08 98 ...

Page 26: ...NS BY PASS A689 DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS A693 SwapBox and SwapFTL A230 INSTALLATION 1 BIN TRAY A684 INSTALLATION A693 NINE TRAY MAILBOX AND BRIDGE UNIT G909 G912 A230 SERVICE TABLES AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER A680 SERVICE TABLES A693 SCANNER KIT A695 A230 PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE INTERCHANGE UNIT A690 REPLACEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT A693 A230 REPLACEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT DUPLEX A687 TROUBLESHOOTING A693 A230 TROUBL...

Page 27: ...PARTS CATALOG PN RCPCA232 A230 A231 A232 RICOH GROUP COMPANIES ...

Page 28: ... 1 A230 A231 A232 40 18 TRANSFER UNIT 2 A230 A231 A232 42 19 DEVELOPMENT UNIT A230 A231 A232 44 20 FUSING UNIT A230 A231 A232 46 21 PAPER SEPARATION UNIT A230 A231 A232 48 22 DUPLEX UNIT 1 A687 50 23 DUPLEX UNIT 2 A687 52 24 DUPLEX UNIT 3 A687 54 25 DRIVE SECTION 1 A230 A231 A232 56 26 DRIVE SECTION 2 A230 A231 A232 58 27 ELECTRICAL SECTION 1 A230 A231 A232 60 28 ELECTRICAL SECTION 2 A230 A231 A23...

Page 29: ...DEX PARTS INDEX 2 AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER A680 PARTS LOCATION AND LIST LOCATION OF UNIT 2 1 EXTERIOR A680 4 2 ORIGINAL FEED 1 A680 6 3 ORIGINAL FEED 2 A680 8 4 ORIGINAL TRANSFER A680 10 5 ORIGINAL EXIT A680 12 6 DRIVE SECTION 1 A680 14 7 DRIVE SECTION 2 A680 16 8 DRIVE SECTION 3 A680 18 9 DF MAIN CONTROL BOARD A680 20 10 DECAL AND DOCUMENT A680 22 AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDER A680 PARTS INDEX PARTS INDEX 2 B...

Page 30: ... 13 DRIVE SECTION A697 30 14 ELECTRICAL SECTION A697 32 15 DECAL AND DOCUMENT A697 34 FINISHER A697 PARTS INDEX PARTS INDEX 2 FAX OPTION 1 A693 A818 A816 A646 PARTS LOCATION AND LIST 1 FAX OPTION 1 A693 A818 A816 A646 2 2 FAX OPTION 2 A693 A818 A816 A646 4 FAX OPTION 1 A693 A818 A816 A646 PARTS INDEX PARTS INDEX 2 MAILBOX BRIDGE UNIT G909 G912 PARTS LOCATION AND LIST 1 MAILBOX 1 2 2 MAILBOX 2 4 3 ...

Page 31: ...age 9 2 EXTERIOR 2 A230 A231 A232 See Page 11 3 EXTERIOR 3 A230 A231 A232 See Page 13 4 PLATEN COVER A381 See Page 15 5 OPERATION PANEL ASS Y A230 A231 A232 See Page 17 6 OPTICS UNIT 1 A230 A231 A232 See Page 19 A230 A231 A232 2 Parts Location and List ...

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