SUMMARY: SPARCprinter error code

David L. Markowitz (David.Markowitz@litronic.com)
Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:57:50 -0800

Thanks to the many respondents, including:

Benjamin Cline <benji@hnt.com>
John Ballard <johnb@ocean.washington.edu>
Sanjaya Srivastava <Sanjaya.Srivastava@Eng.Sun.COM>
Philip Hurvitz <phurvitz@u.washington.edu>
Jonathan.Loh@BankAmerica.com
"Norwegian.Surf.God" <trex@lava.net>
habicht@ims.uni-hannover.de (Detlev Habicht)
Anthony.Worrall@reading.ac.uk (Anthony Worrall)
bob@hobbes.dtcc.edu (Bob Rahe)
flowe@oncology.uthscsa.edu (W. Frank Lowe)
Jim McVey <jmcvey@nhgri.nih.gov>

Many of them included entire SPARCprinter error code lists.
One is appended below for reference.

Status Light Error Code Meaning Action
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Printer Ready on - - Ready to print -

flash - - Warming up -

off - - Not Ready -

Toner Low on J5 on Toner supply exhausted Replace toner
cartridge

on J5 flash Toner supply is low Replace toner
(~100 sheets left) cartridge

flash J3 on The toner cartridge is Push toner cart.
not correctly inserted all the way in

Drum Low on J4 on Drum cartridge life Replace the drum
has expired cartridge

on J4 flash Drum cartridge life Replace the drum
is about to expire cartridge
(~50 sheets left)

flash J2 on The drum cartridge is Push drum cart.
not correctly inserted all the way in

Paper out on C3 on Paper cassette not Push in the
correctly inserted or cassette and
magnets incorrectly set check magnets

on C5 on Paper cassette is empty Load paper

flash C5 on No paper in manual Feed paper
feed

fast C9 on Trying to print from Remove paper
flash cassette, but paper from manual feed
present in manual feed

Paper Jam on E1 on Paper is jammed at Remove jam
cassette or manual feed

on E4 on Paper is jammed at exit Remove jam

None P1 on The fuser has shut down -
to conserve electricity

None U1 on Main motor is slow or Power cycle. If
power supply is condition
defective persists, call
Sun.

U2 on The ROS has failed As for 'U1'

U4 on The fuser has failed As for 'U1'

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David L. Markowitz Director, UNIX Software
David.Markowitz@litronic.com Litronic Industries
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