Printer systems 3
Printer systems
E-box
Description
The E-Box contains all the electronics except for the Ink Supply and the control of the firing of the Printheads
which take place outside the Ebox.
Components
Functionality
Formatter Main PCA
The formatter is the motherboard of the printer, referred to as the Main Board and is the same type as for
a standard PC.
PATA-SATA bridge
The Main Board does not support SATA hard disk drives and a converter board is used to convert from
serial data to parallel data.
Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
The HDD contains the firmware of the printer.
• The operating system is based on Montavista’s embedded Linux system.
• All calibration values, product number, serial number etc, are stored on the Hard Disc Drive. In order
to make sure that this information is not lost in the case of a failure of the HDD, a backup is made in
the ISS top board
Sausalito PCA
This board is the main controller of the printer, it is responsible for all the processes performed in real-time
and are the ultimate controllers of all electromechanical systems. Sausalito controls all substrate path
NOTE: In order to prevent any loss of calibration values do not replace the following at the same time
• Do not replace the Hard Disc and the ISS Top Board.
• Do not replace the Hard Disc and the Main Interconnect Board
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