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Color StyleWriter 4100 and 4500 Service Source

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The Color StyleWriter 4100 and 4500 volume of Apple's Service Source is Apple's 165-page field-service manual for the Color StyleWriter 4100 and Color StyleWriter 4500, which Apple calls the Color StyleWriter 4000 Series, "desktop color bubble-jet printers for personal use". The title page reads Color StyleWriter 4100 and 4500; the file is stored as color_stylewriter_4500.4100.pdf.[1]

Contents

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Page numbers are PDF pages.[1]

  • Basics (pp. 3–20): overview, 4500 and 4100 differences (p. 4), ink cartridge configurations, troubleshooting LEDs, ink-jet and photo printing technology, ink cartridge identification, recommended paper, printing a photograph and a banner, Special Servicing Considerations (pp. 19–20).
  • Specifications (pp. 22–34): characteristics, interfaces, graphics, print media, printable area, ink cartridges, environmental, electrical, physical.
  • Take Apart (pp. 36–94): output tray, access door, banner lever, length adjuster, input tray, I/O cover, top cover, pressure plate, base, logic board (p. 55), ground bracket, sensor board, flex support, capping assembly, purge unit, carriage motor, idler hub, tension bracket, paper motor, rear rail, front cover actuator, encoder strip, shaft clip, carriage rod, carriage belt, mechanical assembly, paper out actuator.
  • Troubleshooting (pp. 96–121): error messages and LEDs; diagnostic tests and sample pages (p. 99); symptom charts for operation, paper, print quality and LEDs.
  • Additional Procedures (pp. 123–163): printer tests (self test, continuous print self test, diagnostic test, print skew test, extended diagnostic test), print head cleaning, fibre track cleaning, replacing and aligning ink cartridges, banner calibration (p. 156), clearing paper jams, fixing carriage stalls.
  • Exploded view with Apple part numbers (p. 165).

Specifications

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Color StyleWriter 4100 and 4500 specifications as printed[1]
Item Value
Print method Serial bubble jet, ink on demand
Throughput (4500) Best up to 1 ppm black, 0.3 ppm colour; Normal up to 3 ppm, 0.8 ppm; Draft up to 5 ppm, 1.7 ppm
Throughput (4100) Up to 4 ppm black, up to 1.4 ppm colour
Interfaces High-speed RS-422 serial; can be connected to LocalTalk, but not as a shared printer
Environment Operating 5–40 °C; storage −40 to 60 °C; 10–80 % humidity, non-condensing; 48–52 dB
Electrical External AC adapter: 102–132 V AC 60 Hz ±3 % (US and Japan), 204–264 V AC 50 Hz (UK and Australia), 196–253 V AC 50 Hz (Europe). 2 W off but plugged in; 4.5 W on, not printing; 12 W printing.
Size and weight 199 mm high × 436 mm wide × 405 mm deep; 5.3 kg

Notes from the manual

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  • Apple lists three differences between the models: the 4500 can produce photo-quality prints, can print on banner (z-fold) paper, and prints slightly faster than the 4100 (p. 4).[1]
  • If a printer comes in for service and the customer has had it for a while, Apple says to replace the capping unit. Special Servicing Considerations gives the capping assembly as 922-3010 (4100) and 922-2855 (4500) (p. 19), but the exploded view lists the capping assembly as 922-3009 (4100) and 922-2854 (4500), and 922-2855 as the purge unit (p. 165). Check the number against current parts information before ordering.[1]
  • After replacing the logic board or the ink cartridges on a 4500, recalibrate banner printing with the Color StyleWriter 4500 Banner Calibration utility from the Diagnostic folder of the Service Source Companion CD.[1]
  • Do not touch or remove any mechanical assembly screw that the Take Apart chapter does not call out: Apple says doing so puts the printer out of alignment and requires a new mechanical assembly (p. 20).[1]
Tests from the front panel (hold Power, press Resume; p. 99)[1]
Printout Resume presses
Sample page Once
Diagnostic self test 5
Clean print heads 7
Continuous sample page 10
Extended diagnostic test 12
Selected parts in the exploded view (p. 165)[1]
Part 4100 4500
Logic board 661-1354 661-1431
Mechanical assembly 661-1355 661-1430
Capping assembly 922-3009 922-2854
Purge unit 922-2855
Carriage motor; paper feed motor 922-2846; 922-2852
Carriage belt; sensor board 922-2851; 922-2834
AC power adapter 922-2859

What this manual does not contain

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It is written at module level: there is no schematic, no component values, no capacitor list and no voltage figures for the adapter's output.[1]

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Download: color_stylewriter_4500.4100.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 Apple Computer, Color StyleWriter 4100 and 4500 (Service Source), 165 pp. Hosted as File:Color stylewriter 4500.4100.pdf. Page numbers below are PDF pages.
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