Apple COLOR STYLEWRITER 2400 Specifications

Service Source K Color StyleWriter 2400

Service Source K Specifications Color StyleWriter 2400

Take Apart Paper Feed Motor - 675 Remove the gear from the paper feed motor.GearPaperFeedMotor

Take Apart Carriage Motor - 68Carriage MotorBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers • Rear covers• Cut sheet feederCaution: Review the

Take Apart Carriage Motor - 691 Disconnect connector CNCR from the logic board.CNCR

Take Apart Carriage Motor - 702 Using a flat-blade screwdriver, press in the carriage belt tensioner and disconnect the carriage belt.CarriageBeltTen

Take Apart Carriage Motor - 713 Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the two mounting screws.4 Lift up and pull out the carriage motor.CarriageMotor

Take Apart Purge Unit - 72Purge UnitBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder• Power supply• Printer frame

Take Apart Purge Unit - 731 Move the carriage unit away from the purge unit.PurgeUnitCarriage Unit

Take Apart Purge Unit - 742 Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the black mounting screw.

Take Apart Purge Unit - 753 Pull back the locking lever and remove the purge unit from the printer.PurgeUnitLocking Lever

Take Apart Purge Unit - 76Replacement Note: Make sure the black lever interlocks with the platen assembly in the position shown.Lever

Specifications Characteristics - 1 Characteristics Print Methods Serial bubble jet ink-on-demand Throughput Up to three pages per minute with the hi

Take Apart Ink Absorbers - 77Ink AbsorbersBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder• Power supply• Printer

Take Apart Ink Absorbers - 78Caution: Do not get the printer’s ink on your hands or clothes. Although the ink is water soluble, it contains dyes that

Take Apart Ink Absorbers - 791 Remove the clear plastic cover and the two ink absorber plates.Ink AbsorberPlatesPlasticCover

Take Apart Bottom Case - 80Bottom CaseBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder• Logic board• Power supply

Take Apart Bottom Case - 81Note: A replacement bottom case includes feet.If necessary, replace damaged or missing feet.FeetFeet

Service Source K Upgrades Color StyleWriter 2400

Upgrades LocalTalk Module - 1 LocalTalk Module No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Note: This procedure covers the i

Upgrades LocalTalk Module - 2 1 Using a small flat-blade screwdriver, release the mounting tab and remove the interface cover from the rear case.Int

Upgrades LocalTalk Module - 3 2 Plug the LocalTalk connector into the serial port.LocalTalk Connector

Upgrades LocalTalk Module - 4 3 Insert the upper edge of the LocalTalk module into the rear case, and then snap the bottom into place.LocalTalk Modu

Specifications Graphics - 2 Graphics Resolution 360 x 360 dpi color (Rev A and Rev B)720 x 360 dpi black & white (Rev B)

Service Source K Additional Procedures Color StyleWriter 2400

Additional Procedures Printer Cleaning - 1 Printer Cleaning Before you begin, unplug the printer. Caution: Do not use ammonia-based or alcohol-base

Additional Procedures Printer Cleaning - 2 1 Caution: Do not get the printer’s ink on your hands or clothes. Although the ink is water soluble, it

Additional Procedures Printer Cleaning - 3 2 Caution: Do not use any liquid cleaners inside the printer.Open the front door of the printer.3 Using

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 4 Ink Cartridge Replacement No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Cau

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 5 Note: This procedure covers the ink cartridge replacement for either of the ink cartridges that

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 6 The Service part number for the black-only cartridge is for service use only. To order a replace

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 7 1 Turn on the printer.2 Open the front cover. The carriage unit will now move to the center posi

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 8 3 Raise the bright blue lever on the carriage unit and remove the cartridge.Blue Lever

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 9 4 Caution: To prevent the print heads from clogging, do not touch or wipe them. Remove the brig

Specifications Print Media - 3 Print Media Paper Plain paper, coated (recommended for color picture output) Envelopes Commercial n

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 10 5 Peel off the bright orange tape from the print heads.Bright Orange Tape

Additional Procedures Ink Cartridge Replacement - 11 6 Install the replacement ink cartridge into the printer.7 Close the printer cover.Ink Cartridg

Additional Procedures Ink Tank Replacement - 12 Ink Tank Replacement No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Caution: Do

Additional Procedures Ink Tank Replacement - 13 Note: This procedure covers ink tank replacement for the four-color ink cartridge. The cartridge co

Additional Procedures Ink Tank Replacement - 14 1 Turn on the printer.2 Open the front cover. The carriage unit will now move to the center position

Additional Procedures Ink Tank Replacement - 15 4 Caution: To prevent the print heads from clogging, do not touch or wipe them. Remove the plastic

Additional Procedures Ink Tank Replacement - 16 5 Caution: Make sure you install the color ink tank on the left and the black ink tank on the right

Additional Procedures Nozzle Check - 17 Nozzle Check No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Caution: Do not get the pri

Additional Procedures Nozzle Check - 18 Note: This procedure explains how to run the nozzle check test page, which indicates whether the print nozz

Additional Procedures Nozzle Check - 19 1 Important: Make sure the printer is off.Load paper into the cut sheet feeder.2 Hold down the power key un

Specifications Print Media - 4 Cut Sheets LTR, LGL, A4 U.S. Letter (LTR): 8.5 x 11 in. (215.9 mm x 279.4 mm)U.S. Legal (LGL): 8.5 x 14 in. (215.9

Additional Procedures Nozzle Check - 20 3 Examine the bottom of the test page to determine print head status.If the horizontal lines in the test pat

Additional Procedures Print Head Cleaning - 21 Print Head Cleaning No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Caution: Do n

Additional Procedures Print Head Cleaning - 22 Note: Use the Cleaning option to correct blurred characters, horizontal white streaks, and missing d

Additional Procedures Print Head Cleaning - 23 1 Make sure the Color StyleWriter 2400 printing software is installed. See the Diagnostics folder on

Additional Procedures Print Head Cleaning - 24 5 Open any document and select the print option or choose Print Window from the File menu. 6 Click th

Additional Procedures Print Head Cleaning - 25 7 Important: Do not use the Super Cleaning option except when absolutely necessary, since the proced

Additional Procedures EEPROM Reset - 26 EEPROM Reset No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Note: This procedure explai

Additional Procedures EEPROM Reset - 27 Note: This procedure requires that the black-only cartridge be installed. The procedure will not work with

Additional Procedures EEPROM Reset - 28 1 Disconnect the power cord from the printer.2 Make sure the high performance black ink cartridge is install

Additional Procedures EEPROM Reset - 29 4 Press and hold down the power button while connecting the power cord to the printer, and then release the

Specifications Ink Cartridges - 5 Ink Cartridges Type High-performance black ink cartridge with integrated ink tank and print headFour-color ink car

Additional Procedures EEPROM Reset - 30 6 Note: A pattern page now prints and the EEPROM data is reset. The last bar on the pattern will be white,

Additional Procedures Small Gear Replacement - 31 Small Gear Replacement Before you begin, remove the front door (see “Front Covers”) Replacement No

Additional Procedures Small Gear Replacement - 32 Replacement Note: The springs in the small gear fall out easily. Make sure the springs are not lo

Additional Procedures Small Gear Replacement - 33 1 Turn the front door so that the arm tabs face toward you. Arm TabArm TabFront Door

Additional Procedures Small Gear Replacement - 34 2 Place the gear and spring in the front cover and wrap one end of the spring around the tab on th

Additional Procedures Small Roller Replacement - 35 Small Roller Replacement No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Repl

Additional Procedures Small Roller Replacement - 36 1 Lift up the platen cover. 2 Note: There is a small mounting groove on the underside of the pl

Service Source K Exploded View Color StyleWriter 2400

Exploded View 1Bottom Casewith Feet922-1144Purge Unit922-1143Carriage Cable922-1147Paper Feed Motor922-1149Carriage Motor922-1148Top Case922-1141 F

Specifications Ink Cartridges - 6 Ink Tank Life High performance black cartridge with integrated ink tank 900 pages at 7.5% coverageColor ink ta

Specifications Environmental - 7 Environmental Acoustic Noise Level Approx. 45 dB (reference level) Temperature 59–86 ° F (15-30 ° C) Humidity 10–80

Specifications Electrical - 8 Electrical Electrical Requirements 120 V, 60 Hz, 1 A220–240 V, 50 Hz, 0.5 A Power Consumption 45 W maximum

Specifications Physical - 9 Physical Dimensions Height: 8.3 in. (211 mm)Width: 14.4 in. (365 mm)Depth: 8.4 in. (215 mm) Weight Approx. 7.9 lb. (3.6

Service Source K Basics Color StyleWriter 2400

Service Source K Troubleshooting Color StyleWriter 2400

Troubleshooting General/ - 1 General The Symptom Charts included in this chapter will help you diagnose specific symptoms related to your product. B

Troubleshooting Error Messages and LEDs/ - 2 Error Messages and LEDs The Color StyleWriter 2400 has two LEDs that can aid in troubleshooting the pri

Troubleshooting Error Messages and LEDs/ - 3 The printer software also gives error messages to pinpoint errors. Make sure the printer is hooked up t

Troubleshooting Error Messages and LEDs/ - 4 The LEDs indicate the state of the printer or whether an error has occurred (e.g., carriage control err

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Operation - 5 Symptom Charts Operation No power 1 Check power cable connections.2 Replace power cord.3 Replace fuse.4

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Operation - 6 Carriage unit does not move to center when front door is open, and printer is on1 Make sure black latch

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Paper - 7 Paper Paper sticks together 1 Remove excess sheets from paper tray.2 Use only specified paper, envelopes, t

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Paper - 8 Paper jams during loading, before printingCarefully remove paper by hand.Paper jams inside printerCarefully

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Print Quality - 9 Print Quality Missing dots and/or white streaks1 Perform “Nozzle Check” and “Print Head Cleaning.”

Basics Overview - 1 Overview The Color StyleWriter 2400 is a desktop color bubble-jet printer for personal use. It has various features such as high

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Print Quality - 10 Missing dots, followed by a blob of inkBefore printing, switch print quality to “Best” in printer

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Error LEDs - 11 Error LEDs Paper pickup error 1 Add paper.2 Use only specified paper, envelopes, transparencies, and

Troubleshooting Symptom Charts/Error LEDs - 12 Temperature sensor error1 Check cable connections.2 Replace logic board.Cartridge error 1 Make sure i

Service Source K Take Apart Color StyleWriter 2400

Take Apart Front Covers - 1 Front Covers No preliminary steps are required before you begin this procedure. Note: The “Front Covers” topic includes

Take Apart Front Covers - 2 Front Door Note: The front door is held in place by two arms that function as hinges. Plastic tabs at the end of the a

Take Apart Front Covers - 3 Replacement Note: The small gears and springs in the front door fall out of position if a paper jam is forcibly removed

Take Apart Front Covers - 4 Front Case 1 Lift the center of the case to release the center latch on the front case.2 Release the right side latch an

Take Apart Front Covers - 5 Replacement Note: Make sure the latches on the front case engage the buttons on the logic board.FrontCaseOn/OffButtonLa

Take Apart Front Covers - 6 Output Tray 1 Pull out the output tray until the two tabs rest against the stops on the bottom case. 2 Press down and r

Basics Overview - 2 The Color StyleWriter 2400 can be configured with either a four-color ink cartridge or a high-performance black ink cartridge. B

Take Apart Front Covers - 7 Output Tray Extension 1 Pull out the tray extension until the two tabs rest against the stops. 2 Press down and remove

Take Apart Eject Roller - 8 Eject Roller Before you begin, remove the covers (see “Front Door”).Eject Roller

Take Apart Eject Roller - 9 Grasp one end of the roller, press the bracket to the side, and remove the eject roller from the printer.Eject Roller

Take Apart Rear Covers - 10 Rear Covers Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• LocalTalk module (if present) Note: For inf

Take Apart Rear Covers - 11 Rear Case 1 Pull out the bottom of the rear case slightly to clear the plastic lip. 2 Using a flat-blade screwdriver, re

Take Apart Rear Covers - 12 4 Release the three latches on the top of the printer. Rear Covers

Take Apart Rear Covers - 13 5 Lift up and release the rear case from the two tabs on the back of the printer. 6 Remove the rear case.Rear CaseTabTab

Take Apart Rear Covers - 14 Interface Cover 1 Using a small flat-blade screwdriver, release the mounting tab and remove the interface cover from the

Take Apart Rear Covers - 15 Logic Board Cover 1 Press in the front latch and release the side latch. 2 Pull back and remove the logic board cover fr

Take Apart Cut Sheet Feeder - 16 Cut Sheet Feeder Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers • Rear covers Caution: Review the ESD preca

Basics Overview - 3 The Color StyleWriter 2400 has two LEDs that can aid in troubleshooting the printer. See the Troubleshooting chapter for more in

Take Apart Cut Sheet Feeder - 17 1 Disconnect connectors CNV and CNLF from the logic board.CNLFConnectorCNVConnector

Take Apart Cut Sheet Feeder - 18 2 Remove the connector wires from the slot on the cut sheet feeder.Cut Sheet FeederConnector WiresSlot

Take Apart Cut Sheet Feeder - 19 3 Note: Make sure the screws do not fall into the bottom cover.Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws

Take Apart Cut Sheet Feeder - 20 Replacement Note: Make sure the alignment pins on the cut sheet feeder are aligned with the printer frame.Alignmen

Take Apart Paper Support - 21 Paper Support Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers • Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder Caution: Review t

Take Apart Paper Support - 22 1 Pull out the paper support until it rests against the stops. 2 Push the support forward and disconnect the latches.

Take Apart Pickup Roller - 23 Pickup Roller Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers • Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder Caution: Review t

Take Apart Pickup Roller - 24 1 Caution: When the roller is removed, the feeder gear is loose. Remove the roller slowly so that the gear will not f

Take Apart Pickup Roller - 25 3 Lift up one end of the roller and remove the other end from the mounting hole. 4 Remove the pickup roller from the c

Take Apart Pickup Roller - 26 Replacement Note: Align the notch on the upper gear with the upper line on the cut sheet feeder. Align the notch on t

Basics Ink Cartridge Identification - 4 Ink Cartridge Identification Caution: Do not get the printer’s ink on your hands or clothes. Although the i

Take Apart Logic Board - 27 Logic Board Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder Caution: Review the ES

Take Apart Logic Board - 28 Note: Information on the amount of ink absorbed by the ink absorbers is stored on the logic board EEPROM. When replacin

Take Apart Logic Board - 29 If the ink absorbers have been used for two weeks or less, or if fewer than 50 pages have been printed, it is not necess

Take Apart Logic Board - 30 1 Disconnect the following connectors from the logic board:• CNCR• CNH• CNLF• CNVCNLFCNCRCNHCNV

Take Apart Logic Board - 31 2 Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the three mounting screws.3 Remove the logic board from the printer.Logic Board

Take Apart Power Supply - 32 Power Supply Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder Caution: Review the

Take Apart Power Supply - 33 1 Disconnect connector CNV from the logic board.CNV

Take Apart Power Supply - 34 2 Using a Phillips screwdriver, loosen the two mounting screws and remove the power supply from the printer.Power Suppl

Take Apart Power Supply - 35 Replacement Note: Make sure the mounting tabs on the bottom of the power supply are seated properly on the bottom case

Take Apart Fuse - 36 Fuse Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder Caution: Review the ESD precautions

Basics Ink Cartridge Identification - 5 Note: Two ink cartridges come with the printer. One cartridge is black ink only; the other is a four-color

Take Apart Fuse - 37 1 Remove the fuse cover and replace the fuse.Fuse Cover

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 38 Carriage Unit Before you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder Caution: Review th

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 39 Caution: Do not remove or loosen the two screws on top of the carriage guide. Loosening or removing these screws will

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 40 1 Turn the printer so that the power supply faces you.Power Supply

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 412 Disconnect connector CNH from the logic board.CNH

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 423 Turn the printer so that the carriage unit faces you.Carriage Unit

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 434 Remove the plastic ribbon cable and cable holder from the printer.Cable HolderRibbon Cable

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 44Replacement Note: Make sure the ribbon cable holes are mounted on the two tabs on the inside of the ribbon cable holder

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 455 Press in the two latches. 6 Push up and remove the carriage release clip from the printer.Carriage Release Clip

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 467 Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the mounting screw from the carriage shaft.MountingCarriageShaftScrew

Basics Ink Cartridge Identification - 6 High-Performance, Black-Only Ink Cartridge The black ink cartridge contains black ink only. The Service part

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 478 Carefully remove the shaft clip from the carriage shaft.CarriageShaftShaftClip

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 489 Using a flat-blade screwdriver, carefully press in the carriage belt tensioner and disconnect the carriage belt.Carria

Take Apart Carriage Unit - 4910 Hold the carriage unit and slide out the carriage shaft. 11 Remove the carriage unit from the printer.Replacement N

Take Apart Carriage Ribbon Cable - 50Carriage Ribbon CableBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder• Ink c

Take Apart Carriage Ribbon Cable - 511 Caution: Carefully remove the sensor to avoid damaging the carriage ribbon cable.Remove the sensor from the ca

Take Apart Carriage Ribbon Cable - 522 Press in the five latches and remove the ribbon cable guide.Ribbon CableGuide

Take Apart Carriage Ribbon Cable - 533 Remove the ribbon cable from the carriage unit.Replacement Note: Make sure the ribbon cable holes are mounted

Take Apart Carriage Belt - 54Carriage BeltBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder• Ink cartridge• Carria

Take Apart Carriage Belt - 55Carefully remove the carriage belt from the carriage unit.Carriage BeltCarriage Unit

Take Apart Carriage Belt Tensioner - 56Carriage Belt TensionerBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feederCau

Basics Ink Cartridge Identification - 7 Four-Color Ink Cartridge The four-color ink cartridge holds two ink tanks. One tank contains black ink only,

Take Apart Carriage Belt Tensioner - 571 Using a flat-blade screwdriver, carefully press in the carriage belt tensioner and disconnect the carriage b

Take Apart Carriage Belt Tensioner - 582 Slide out the carriage belt tensioner from the printer.CarriageBeltTensioner

Take Apart Printer Frame - 59Printer FrameBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers• Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder• Power supplyCaution:

Take Apart Printer Frame - 60Note: The printer frame is not a replaceable part. Remove the frame to access the purge unit, paper feed motor, ink abso

Take Apart Printer Frame - 612 Release the left latch and remove the printer frame from the bottom cover.PrinterLeftLatchFrame

Take Apart Printer Frame - 62Replacement Note: Make sure the bottom case circular tabs fit into the proper position in the printer frame.Printer Fram

Take Apart Paper Feed Motor - 63Paper Feed MotorBefore you begin, remove the following:• Front covers • Rear covers• Cut sheet feeder• Power supply•

Take Apart Paper Feed Motor - 641 Disconnect connector CNLF from the logic board.Paper Feed MotorCNLFLogic Board

Take Apart Paper Feed Motor - 652 Move the platen bracket away from the mounting screw.Platen Bracket

Take Apart Paper Feed Motor - 663 Note: Carefully remove the paper feed motor to avoid losing the gear.Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the two m