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Color StyleWriter 2500 Service Source

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The Color StyleWriter 2500 volume of Apple's Service Source is Apple's 163-page field-service manual for the Color StyleWriter 2500, "a desktop color bubble-jet printer for personal use" printing up to 3 pages per minute.[1] It shares its chassis and most of its procedures with the Color StyleWriter 2400, but runs from an external AC adapter and has no internal power supply or fuse.

Contents

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Page numbers are PDF pages.[1]

  • Basics (pp. 3–16): overview; identifying the high-performance black, four-colour and Color PhotoGrade cartridges; printing the test page (p. 14); demo test page units (p. 16).
  • Specifications (pp. 18–26).
  • Troubleshooting (pp. 28–40): error messages and LEDs; symptom charts for operation, paper, print quality and error LEDs.
  • Take Apart (pp. 42–116): front covers, eject roller, rear covers, cut sheet feeder, paper support, pickup roller, logic board (p. 68), carriage unit, carriage ribbon cable, carriage belt and tensioner, printer frame, paper feed motor, carriage motor, purge unit, ink absorbers (p. 112), bottom case. There is no power supply or fuse procedure.
  • Upgrades: LocalTalk module (p. 118), EtherTalk adapter (p. 123).
  • Additional Procedures (pp. 126–161): printer cleaning, ink cartridge and tank replacement, nozzle check, print head cleaning, EEPROM reset (p. 151), small gear and small roller replacement.
  • Exploded view with Apple part numbers (p. 163).

Specifications

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Color StyleWriter 2500 specifications as printed[1]
Item Value
Print method Serial bubble jet, ink on demand
Throughput Up to 3 pages per minute with the high-performance black cartridge; up to 0.3 page per minute in colour
Print head Four-colour cartridge: 136 nozzles (1 × 64 black, 3 × 24 yellow, magenta and cyan). Black cartridge: 128 nozzles.
Resolution Best 720 × 360 dpi; Normal 360 × 360 dpi; Draft 180 × 180 dpi
Environment 15–30 °C; 10–80 % humidity, non-condensing; about 45 dB
Electrical External AC power adapter: 102–132 V AC 60 Hz (US and Japan), 204–264 V AC 50 Hz (UK and Australia), 196–253 V AC 50 Hz (Europe), 85–110 V AC 50/60 Hz (Japan); 20 W maximum
Size and weight 211 mm high × 365 mm wide × 234 mm deep; 3.2 kg

Notes from the manual

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  • No power: check the cable and power cord, then measure the adapter's output. Replace the adapter if there is no voltage, or the logic board if the voltage is within range.[1]
  • Test page: switch on and hold the online key for at least 6 seconds. The page shows the ROM revision and a nozzle pattern; there is one page for the black cartridge and one for the four-colour cartridge.[1]
  • Demo units: a limited number of 2500s were sold to Apple resellers with a demo page in the logic board ROM. They are serviced as normal 2500s, but a replacement logic board loses the demo page.[1]
  • The Color PhotoGrade cartridge holds four ink tanks and the print head in one unit. Apple's PhotoGrade Print Kit (M5577**/A) combined it with PhotoGrade paper and updater software, which Apple says must be used together.[1]
  • Two versions of the LocalTalk module look alike. The later one is labelled as working with both the 2400 and 2500; the earlier one works only with the 2400. The EtherTalk adapter connects to the printer's serial cable and has its own power adapter.[1]
  • Waste ink is handled as on the 2400: replace the ink absorbers for a waste ink full error, and reset the EEPROM after replacing the absorbers or the logic board. On the 2500 the reset works with either the black-only or the four-colour cartridge.[1]
Parts in the exploded view (p. 163)[1]
Part Apple part number
Front cover; top case; rear cover 922-1908; 922-1909; 922-1910
Cut sheet feeder; paper support; pickup roller 922-1903; 922-2065; 922-1914
Output tray; extension 922-1139; 922-1138
Logic board; logic board cover 661-1038; 922-1915
Power adapter 922-2194
Carriage unit; carriage belt; carriage cable 922-1912; 922-1146; 922-1904
Carriage motor; paper feed motor 922-1907; 922-1906
Purge unit 922-1143
Eject roller; roller and spring kit 922-1913; 076-0471

What this manual does not contain

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It is written at module level: there is no schematic, no component values and no capacitor list, and the only electrical figures are the adapter's input ranges.[1]

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Download: color_stylewriter_2500.pdf

References

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  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Apple Computer, Color StyleWriter 2500 (Service Source), 163 pp. Hosted as File:Color stylewriter 2500.pdf. Page numbers below are PDF pages.
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