Apple Scribe Printer Documentation
The Apple Scribe Printer Technical Procedures is Apple Computer's service procedure for the Apple Scribe Printer, 72 pages, copyright 1984, with pages revised up to February 1986. This copy was extracted from Apple's Apple II/Apple III Archived Products, Volume Two binder, part number 072-0231, dated May 1991.[1]
Contents
[edit | edit source]Section page numbers as printed, with the PDF page where each section starts.[1]
- Section 1, Basics (PDF p. 3): configuration requirements, DIP switch settings (1.3), paper requirements and main logic board connector functions (1.5), printer self-test and loopback test (1.6), disabling the cover interlock switch (1.7)
- Section 2, Take-Apart (PDF p. 9): removing the printer assembly from the case (original control panel version, 2.3), separating the mechanism from the logic board assembly, removing and replacing the logic board (2.9), reconnecting the assemblies, replacing the power switch, removing and replacing the print head (2.17), control panel upgrade; Appendix A, optional procedures: replacing the ribbon drive wire and the drive belt
- Section 3, Adjustments (PDF p. 36): drive belt tension (3.3), print head gap (3.7)
- Section 4, Troubleshooting (PDF p. 40): initial checks (4.3), self-test and instructions for the symptom tables (4.5), SELECT lamp error patterns (4.6), symptom tables for error conditions (4.7-4.8), print quality (4.9) and abnormal operation (4.14-4.15)
- Section 5, Preventive Maintenance (PDF p. 49): the manufacturer's recommended maintenance schedule and materials (5.3), routine cleaning and lubrication (5.5-5.10), yearly maintenance (5.11)
- Section 6, Illustrated Parts List (PDF p. 58): frame and motor assembly, base, tractor and platen, carriage, covers, power supply and main logic board, cables
What it settles
[edit | edit source]- The Scribe's maintenance intervals, which come from the manufacturer: yearly for the user, and yearly or every 500,000 lines of print for the dealer, with Tellus oil #46 (970-0006) as the lubricant (p. 5.3).[1]
- The adjustment figures: drive belt 1/4 to 1/2 lb (175 g ±25 g) at 10 mm deflection, print head gap 3.5 mm ±0.5 mm (pp. 3.3-3.7).[1]
- The SELECT lamp error codes and their causes (pp. 4.6-4.8).[1]
- The service part numbers of the logic board (661-75217), mechanism (661-75218), print head (076-0090), transformers, fuses and cables (section 6).[1]
What it does not contain
[edit | edit source]- Pages 5.4 and 5.5 are missing from this scan. They hold the first seven steps of the routine cleaning and lubrication (removing the printer assembly, tractor and platen, cleaning the platen, cleaning and oiling the carriage shaft, cleaning the paper-out sensor). The same pages survive in Apple's 1987 Apple Service Technical Procedures, Volume Two binder on archive.org (item apple-service-technical-procedures-volume-two).[1][2]
- There is no schematic, no voltage or test-point table and no component values. The full DIP switch table is in the Scribe User's Manual, Appendix B, which is not part of this file.[1]
- The main logic board connector diagram on p. 1.5 is printed upside down in the scan, and its OCR text is unreadable.
Pages that cite this document
[edit | edit source]- Apple Scribe Printer
- Apple Scribe Printer General Maintenance
- Apple Scribe Printer Troubleshooting Guide
Download: Apple Scribe Technical Procedures.pdf
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Apple Computer, Inc., Apple Scribe Printer Technical Procedures, table of contents and copyright page (PDF pp. 1-2), hosted as File:Apple Scribe Technical Procedures.pdf; extracted from archive.org item Apple_Service_Technical_Procedures_Archived_Products_Volume_Two_1991-03_Apple_PN_072-0231, PDF pp. 244-315.
- ↑ Apple Computer, Inc., Apple Service Technical Procedures, Volume Two (1987), Scribe Printer, Preventive Maintenance, p. 5.5, archive.org item apple-service-technical-procedures-volume-two.