tektronix phaser

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Wed Dec 12 15:28:02 2001

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Wright [mailto:dtwright_at_uiuc.edu]

> I have a tektronix phaser 340 (which I think is rather less
> then 10 years
> old, but I'm not certain...) that has started saying "Fault
> 05,000.42:8178".
> I was wondering if anyone here is familiar with these
> printers and/or knows
> where I can get a fault code reference for them, because I
> really don't want
> to pay xerox to fix my printer. I have a feeling this is
> something pretty
> simple -- the printer was off for a while (like about 3
> months) and then just
> started doing this last night. any help would be much appreciated.

Well, I had some exposure to a Phaser III, but it's been a while, and I
don't think I've ever seen anything like the above message.

I suppose you've gone through the whole "check the cables, make sure
nothing's stuck, check for grilled cheese in the ink-wells" thing? (The one
I used, at least, was a thermal transfer printer. Very nice.)

I might also suggest removing the cables, and if there's a NIC, pulling it
to see if that's the fault location.

Otherwise, it's unfortunate that most people/institutions don't have the
good taste to purchase such printers ;) I'd have liked to have more
exposure to them.

Regards,

Chris


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