Atari SLM605 Series User manual

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
DHHS Certification: This Atari SLM605 Laser Printer has been certified as a Class 1 laser
product under the
U.S . Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Radiation
Performance Standard established in the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 .
This means that the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation.
Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely confined within the protective housing
and external covers, the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user
operation.
FCC Notice and Warning: The Atari SLM605 Laser Printer uses and produces radio-frequency
energy. If not installed and operated according to the instructions in this manual, the
equipment may cause interference with radio communications. This equipment is certified
to
comply with the limits for a Class A computing device, pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of the
FCC rules. These rules are designed to provide reasonable protection from interference when
the equipment is used in a commercial setting. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause such interference, and the user, at his or her own expense,
will
be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference.
In satisfaction of Federal Communications regulations, this laser printer includes an Atari
shielded cable to minimize interference with older electronic devices. Use of this device without
an Atari shielded cable or its equivalent is prohibited. Replacement cables are available
through your Atari dealer.
Please Note: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the product documentation
in this manual.
However, because Atari Corporation is constantly improving and updating its
computer hardware and software, it
is unable to guarantee the accuracy of printed material
after the date of publication and disclaims liability for changes, errors, or omissions.
Reproduction of all or any portions of this manual is not allowed without the specific written
consent of Atari Corporation.
Atari, the Atari logo, ST, STE, TT, and SLM605 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Atari
Corporation. GEM and GEM Desktop are trademarks or registered trademarks of Digital
Research,
Inc.
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Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1302
All rights reserved.

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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: THE SLM605 LASER PRINTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Getting Started 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Choosing the Right Work Environment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Identifying the Components 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
External View 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Assembling the Printer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Cleaning Pad Installation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Installing the Toner Cartridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Installing the Drum Unit and Developing Unit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Connecting the Power Cord 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
Inserting the Paper Cassette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Connecting the Controller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
CHAPTER 2: WORKING WITH THE PRINTER 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Paper Handling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Automatic Paper Feed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Manual Feed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
Paper Eject Mode 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19
Printing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
Both Sides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
Thick Paper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
Envelopes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Print Density Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
The Control Panel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Operation Keys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Manual 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Thick Paper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23
Print 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Paper Select 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ready LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Thick LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Manual LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Error LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Check Paper
Path LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Add Paper LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replace Toner LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Drum Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ready
to Print: Running the Test Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CHAPTER 3: REGULAR MAINTENANCE . .. .. . . .. .. . .. . .. . 27
Replacing the Drum Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Drum Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Drum Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cleaning the Drum and Paper Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Drum Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning the Transfer Charger/Discharger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31
Cleaning the Paper Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cleaning the Laser Beam Slit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacing the Toner Cartridge & Cleaning
Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Toner .. .... ... .. .. ...... . .... ... ... ..... . . . . .... ... ... ... 33
Cleaning
Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Other Precautionary & Preventive Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Maintenance Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 39
It Just Won't Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Paper Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Paper Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Paper Eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
A Final Note .. ... ... . ....... . . .. .... . . .. .. .. ..... .. ..... .... 44

APPENDIX 8: ADDRESSING MORE
THAN ONE DMA DEVICE . .. . .. .. .. . . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. . . 45
Setting the Dip Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
APPENDIX C: SLM CONTROLLER
COMMAND
SUMMARY ..... . . . . . .. . ........ . . . .. . . . . ...... 49
Command Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Command Descriptor Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Ox03 Request Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
OxOa Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Ox12 Inquiry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ox15 Mode Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ox1a Mode Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ox1b Stop Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Status Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Status Summary Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
APPENDIX D: SPECIFICATIONS .. .. .. .. ... . .. .. .. . .. . .. . . ~7
Atari SLM605 Laser Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Atari SLM Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
APPENDIX E: POWER CONNECTION
IN THE UNITED KINGDOM . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. 61
CUSTOMER SUPPORT . ... . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. ... .... . . .. . 63

CHAPTER 1:
THE SLM605 LASER PRINTER
Your SLM605 Laser Printer has been designed to work with Atari ST"', STETM
and TT"' computers. The SLM605's small footprint, low noise level and 300
DPI resolution make it ideal for the office, the home, or the studio. We
suggest that you read this manual completely before using your new printer.
With proper use and maintenance, your SLM605 will provide you with years
of worry-free operation.
GETTING STARTED
This chapter explains how to set up your new ATARI SLM605 Laser Printer.
Read and follow the instructions carefully. The printer does not come to you
fully assembled; you must install many of its working parts.
If you haven't done so already, unpack the printer following the unpacking
instructions found in the carton.
Choosing the Right Work Environment
Your new ATARI SLM605 Laser Printer is composed of sophisticated and
sensitive electronic, electrophotographic, and mechanical devices. Therefore,
it is imperative that you choose the right working environment for your printer.
Avoid places that would expose the printer to dust, grease, extreme tempera-
tures, direct sunlight, or high humidity. Make sure that the site you choose is
well ventilated. An environment considered suitable for a stereo system or
television should also work well for your laser printer. Always place the printer
on a firm, level surface.
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Note: For an exact specification of ambient environmental conditions,
see Appendix
D: Specifications. For a listing of additional important
environmental conditions, see Other Precautionary and Preventive
Measures in Chapter 3.
Now that you've positioned the printer, it's time to install its parts and
accessories.
Identifying the Components
Now that you've carefully unpacked your new printer, take a moment to look
at the following diagrams and identify each part of the system. Refer to these
pages
as you assemble the SLM605 Laser Printer.
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