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Chapter 7 – Printronix P7000 H-Series Cartridge Ribbon Printer User Manual

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Chapter

7

Diagnosing Problems

ERROR: DRAM AT
ADDRESS XXXXXXXX

Yes

The printer cannot find the
engine controller program or
the validation checksum is
corrupt.

Download the program again. If
the message appears, contact
your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: EC
PROGRAM NOT
VALID

The printer cannot find the
engine controller program or
the validation checksum is
corrupt.

Download the program again. If
the message occurs again,
contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: EC
STOPPED AT STATE
XXXX

No

XXXX is a number from
0000 to 0010. The Engine
Controller has stopped and
is in the state identified by
the number displayed.

Contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: FLASH DID
NOT PROGRAM

Yes

The printer encountered an
error trying to program flash
memory.

Download the program again. If
the message displays again,
contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: FLASH NOT
DETECTED

No

The printer could not find
flash memory.

Contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: LOCKED
SN=nnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
nnnnnn

No

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn is
the serial number of the
printer’s security key. The
SPX serial number does not
match the printer’s serial
number and cannot be used
with the printer.

Contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: NO DRAM
DETECTED

No

The printer could not find
any DRAM.

Contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: NVRAM
FAILURE

No

The non-volatile SRAM on
the controller board has
failed.

Contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR OCCURRED

FLUSHING QUEUES*

No

An interim message that
displays while the printer
discards host data it cannot
use because a fault
condition exists.

Wait. When the asterisk (*) stops
rotating, a different fault
message will appear:
troubleshoot the final message.

ERROR: PROGRAM
NEEDS MORE DRAM

No

The printer requires more
DRAM to run the
downloaded program.

Contact your authorized service

representative.

1

ERROR: PROGRAM
NEEDS MORE FLASH

No

The printer requires more
flash memory to run the
downloaded program

Contact your authorized service

representative.

1

Table 10. LCD Message Troubleshooting Table

Displayed Message

Can User

Correct?

Explanation

Solution