DESIGNJET T120/T520 ePrinter Series

Service Manual
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Using this manual
This service manual contains information necessary to test, maintain, and service the following:

HP Designjet T120 Basic Printer 24 inch CQ891A

HP Designjet T520 Pro Printer 24 inch CQ890A

HP Designjet T520 Pro Printer 36 inch CQ893A

For information about using these printers, see the user's guide.

Readership

The procedures described in this service manual are to be performed by HP Certified service personnel only.

Part numbers

Part numbers for printer service parts are located in Parts and diagrams on page 119.

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Table of contents

1 Printer fundamentals .................................................................................................................................... 1

Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Using the front panel ............................................................................................................................................. 1
Start-up sequence ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Subsystems ............................................................................................................................................................ 5

2 Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................................... 33
Printer troubleshooting flowchart ...................................................................................................................... 34
Basic printer troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................. 35
System error codes .............................................................................................................................................. 38
Paper troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................................ 57
Communication troubleshooting ........................................................................................................................ 62
Ink-supplies troubleshooting .............................................................................................................................. 66
Print-quality troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................. 78
Update the firmware ........................................................................................................................................... 91

3 Support menus ............................................................................................................................................ 95

Entering the support menus ............................................................................................................................... 96
Support menu ...................................................................................................................................................... 98
Extended Support menu ................................................................................................................................... 117

4 Parts and diagrams .................................................................................................................................... 119

Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 119
Printer support .................................................................................................................................................. 120
Covers ................................................................................................................................................................ 121
Roll covers ......................................................................................................................................................... 122
Right-hand assemblies ..................................................................................................................................... 123
Left-hand assemblies ........................................................................................................................................ 125
Carriage assembly ............................................................................................................................................. 127
Paper path (front) .............................................................................................................................................. 129
Paper path (rear) ............................................................................................................................................... 130
Roll supports ..................................................................................................................................................... 131
Sensor Kit ........................................................................................................................................................... 132
Miscellaneous parts ........................................................................................................................................... 133

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 5 Removal and installation ........................................................................................................................... 135
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 137
Customer Self Repair parts ............................................................................................................................... 139
Videos available ................................................................................................................................................. 140
Recommended checks after replacing parts .................................................................................................... 140
Top Cover ........................................................................................................................................................... 141
Front Cover ........................................................................................................................................................ 144
Right Cover ........................................................................................................................................................ 147
Ink Cartridge Cover ............................................................................................................................................ 150
Left Cover .......................................................................................................................................................... 152
Roll Cover ........................................................................................................................................................... 154
Back Cover ......................................................................................................................................................... 157
Front Panel ........................................................................................................................................................ 159
Front Panel Cable .............................................................................................................................................. 165
Central Cover ..................................................................................................................................................... 166
Upper-Roll Paper Guide ..................................................................................................................................... 171
Left Roll Support ............................................................................................................................................... 174
Right Roll Support ............................................................................................................................................. 179
Top Cover Sensor ............................................................................................................................................... 182
Top Cover Sensor Cable ..................................................................................................................................... 185
Encoder Strip ..................................................................................................................................................... 187
Ink Cartridge Cover PCA Assembly .................................................................................................................... 192
Power Supply ..................................................................................................................................................... 196
Main PCA ............................................................................................................................................................ 198
Paper Motor ....................................................................................................................................................... 204
Encoder PCA and Index ...................................................................................................................................... 206
Encoder Disk ...................................................................................................................................................... 210
Trailing Cable ..................................................................................................................................................... 213
Service Station ................................................................................................................................................... 220
Prime Pump ....................................................................................................................................................... 226
Carriage and Belt ............................................................................................................................................... 229
Carriage Belt ...................................................................................................................................................... 235
Right Gear Train Module .................................................................................................................................... 237
Starwheel Assembly .......................................................................................................................................... 239
Output Shaft ...................................................................................................................................................... 241
Output Tray ........................................................................................................................................................ 249
Multi-Sheet Tray Assembly ............................................................................................................................... 252
Multi-Sheet Tray Assembly Extensions ............................................................................................................ 253
Output Platen .................................................................................................................................................... 255
Carriage Motor ................................................................................................................................................... 260
Cutter Assembly ................................................................................................................................................ 264
Cutter Guide ....................................................................................................................................................... 271
Out-Of-Paper Sensor ......................................................................................................................................... 273
Out-Of-Paper Sensor Cable ............................................................................................................................... 276

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 Output Tray Sensor Assembly ........................................................................................................................... 278
Output Tray Extender Sensor Cable .................................................................................................................. 281
Carriage Line Sensor .......................................................................................................................................... 284
Bundle Board ..................................................................................................................................................... 288
Bundle Board FFC cable ..................................................................................................................................... 290
Pinchwheels ....................................................................................................................................................... 295
Left Spittoon ...................................................................................................................................................... 301

6 Preventive maintenance ............................................................................................................................ 305

Preventive maintenance ................................................................................................................................... 306
Preventive maintenance kits ............................................................................................................................ 312

7 Appendices ................................................................................................................................................ 315

Important links .................................................................................................................................................. 316
Front-panel home screen and menu map ........................................................................................................ 317
Support menu tree ............................................................................................................................................ 327
Extended Support menu tree ............................................................................................................................ 328
How to check whether your computer is connected to your network ............................................................. 329
Wireless troubleshooting report error cases .................................................................................................... 332
CSR fliers ............................................................................................................................................................ 341

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1 Printer fundamentals

● Overview

● Using the front panel

● Start-up sequence

● Subsystems

Overview
Feature HP Designjet T120 HP Designjet T520 More information

Paper source Roll and multi-sheet tray See the user's guide

Hardware differences Stand as an accessory, no roll Stand in box, roll cover

cover

Connectivity Wi-Fi, Fast Ethernet LAN, USB Important! LAN and Wi-Fi are
not compatible

Web Services Automatic firmware upgrade The printer needs to be

Internet-connected: Web
HP Designjet ePrint & Share Services do not work with a
USB connection. For some
Printing by email configurations, the latest
firmware release is needed.
Manual firmware upgrade is
available in both printers via
HP Designjet Utility (Windows)
or HP Utility (Mac OS). The
same firmware file is used for
T120 and T520.

Speed 70 s per page on A1/D 35 s per page on A1/D

Resolution Up to 1200 × 1200 dpi Up to 1200 × 2400 dpi

Memory and languages 256 MB, HP-PCL3 (processing 1 GB, HP-GL/2 (processing in
in printer) computer)

Supplies HP 711 29 ml Cyan, Magenta, Yellow Ink cartridges and printhead

can be replaced by the
HP 711 38 ml and 80 ml Black customer.

One on-axis printhead for all colors

Using the front panel

The front panel is a touch-sensitive screen with a graphical user interface; it is located on the front left of the
printer. It gives you complete control of your printer: from the front panel, you can print, view information

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 about the printer, change printer settings, perform calibrations and tests, and so on. The front panel also
displays alerts (warning and error messages) when needed.

The front panel has a large central area to display dynamic information and icons. On the left and right sides
you can see up to six fixed icons at different times. Normally they are not all displayed at the same time.

To the right of the front panel is the Power key, with which you can turn the printer on or off. The key is
illuminated when the printer is on. It flashes when the printer is in transition between on and off.

Left and right fixed icons

● shows the status of the wireless connection: if the blue light is shining, the wireless connection is active.

● Press to return to the home screen.

● Press to view help about the current screen.

● Press to go to the previous item.

● Press to go to the next item.

● Press to go back to the previous screen.

● Press to cancel the current process.

Home screen dynamic icons

The following items are displayed only on the home screen.

● At the top left of the home screen is a message telling you which paper source is active.

● Press to view Web Services status and display your printer’s email address.

● Press to view connectivity status information and to perform network configuration. If a network cable
is connected, is displayed instead.

NOTE: It is not possible to use wireless and wired network connections simultaneously.

● Press to view ink information.

● Press to change printer settings.

● Press to load, unload, and change options for roll paper.

● Press to change options for the multi-sheet tray, or to activate it.

● Press to load, unload, and change options for single sheets.

● Press to access HP Designjet ePrint & Share.

NOTE: The active paper source is indicated by a slightly larger icon, with a white tick in a green circle: .

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 If the printer is left idle for some time, it goes into sleep mode and switches off the front-panel display. To
change the time that elapses before sleep mode, press , then Printer preferences > Sleep. You can set a time
between 5 and 240 minutes.

The printer wakes from sleep mode and switches on the front-panel display whenever there is some external
interaction with it.

The following table shows an overview of the two types of support menu available, for more details see
Entering the support menus on page 96.

NOTE: The icons mentioned in this table will not be visible in the front panel: you must press the front panel
in the places where they normally appear, as shown in the front panel illustration at the start of this section.

Label Description

Support menu: This can be used by customers under the From the Home screen, press the following icons one after the
guidance of phone call agents assisting remotely. Using this other: , ,, .
menu, customers can perform troubleshooting tasks and access
printer information. If there is a system error, you may not be able to reach the home
screen. In this case, press the Power button and hold it down for
15 seconds.

Extended Support menu: Service engineers only From the Home screen, press the following icons one after the
other: , , , .

Start-up sequence
There are three states between power-on and the Home screen:

1. Electronics initialization

2. Firmware initialization

3. Mechanical initialization

State 1: Electronics initialization

1. The front panel moves from flashing white light to turning dark.

2. The printer reads the firmware.

NOTE: At this stage, if something is broken, it will not be possible to enter the Support menu. To diagnose
what is happening, go to the front panel blank troubleshooting. (and add here the link). Subsequently, you
can enter the Support menu to troubleshoot if necessary.

State 2: Firmware initialization

1. The HP logo appears with a static bar.

2. Bundle board and ASICs are initialized.

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 3. The HP logo changes.

State 3: Mechanical initialization

1. A basic check of servos

2. A check that the Scan Axis and Paper Axis are unobstructed by scraps of paper or other items

3. Paper and print system initialization

Initialization flow summary

Time (sec) Printer state Visual and acoustic information

0 Power on Using the Power button

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27 Mechanical initialization

1. Basic check of servos Sound of the printer's motors

2. Scan Axis, Paper Axis check Carriage movement

3. Paper and print system initialization Paper movement

45 Ready state

NOTE: Initialization lasts around 45 s if there was a clean power-off (using the front panel Power button). If
there was a dirty power-off, the printer will require more time to inititialize (to ensure that the printhead is in
a good state).

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Subsystems
Covers
Functionality
These parts cover the printing mechanism and act as protection from potential knocks or dust. They also
prevent the customer from coming into contact with unsafe parts during the operation of the printer. Finally,
the covers complement the style and aesthetics of the printer.

The T120 and T520 printers have covers of different colors, and a different configuration of the roll cover, as
seen in the following table:

HP Designjet T120 HP Designjet T520

Roll Cover Not Present Transparent

Top Cover Opaque Black Transparent

Output Platen Black-Blackberry Black-Olive

Output Tray Black-Olive Black-Olive

Components
Other than the cosmetic aspects of the covers, there are several sensors related to the subsystem covers.
The sensors are designed to detect the status of the cover, open or closed.

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 ● The Ink Cartridge Cover Sensor senses whether the Ink Cartridge Cover is open or closed. Opening the
Ink Cartridge Cover starts ink cartridge replacement automatically. The sensor is hosted in the printer
chassis.

● The Central Cover hosts the Top Cover Sensor to sense whether the Top Cover is open or closed.

IMPORTANT: Be careful to avoid damaging the sensor while removing the Central Cover. See Central
Cover on page 166.

● The Output Tray Sensor senses whether the Output Tray is open or closed. To avoid paper jams while
printing on roll paper, the tray should be closed.

IMPORTANT: Damage to the covers can cause the sensors to malfunction.

Removal and installation

In order to proceed with the removal and installation of the covers its important to bear in mind their
cosmetic aspects, some surfaces of the covers have a glossy finish, which requires maximum attention as
they are very delicate and susceptible to scratches and finger marks. It is recommended that you use gloves
for any service operation involving the covers.

Due to the layout of the covers, it is important to bear in mind that some parts require removal before you
can remove a specific cover.

● Right Cover requires Front Cover removal.

● Left Cover requires Front and Ink Cartridge Cover removal.

● Roll Cover requires Right and Left Cover removal.

● Top Cover requires Front Panel assembly removal.

● Central Cover requires Right Cover and Left Cover removal.

Related tests
Sensor tests for the Top Cover, Ink Cartridge Cover, and Output Tray operation. See Diagnostics menu
on page 100.

Electronics
Other than the sensor boards, there are no electronics related to this subsystem.

Printhead health systems: Service Station, Primer system, and Left Spittoon
Functionality
The service station is responsible for printhead maintenance. It takes action to clean ink residues and service
ink nozzles, and prevents ink from drying in critical zones by capping the printhead once printing has
finished.

The Primer system provides the necessary air pressure to the printhead to perform initialization. This system
also provides pressure to the necessary printhead service operations (by boosting air which pushes ink out
through the printhead nozzles, cleaning residues of dried ink and other particles).

The Left spittoon is a small container located to the left of the print-zone area, this is the area used by the
printhead to “spit” a small amount of ink at the end/beginning of the printing swath in order to ensure
correct nozzle heath for left-to-right printing.

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Components

Item Function

Off-axis coupling assembly This is a rubber spring link located on the side plate of the scan
axis (area where the Carriage moves). It links the primer system
with the Carriage when the Carriage is located in its maximum left
position. This system ensures the pressure from the primer
reaches the printhead for nozzle servicing.

Prime Pump This is an air pump which provides the necessary pressure for
printhead servicing and nozzle repair. The Prime Pump is
suspended on a rubber holder to minimize the noise that the
Prime Pump makes while in operation.

Primer Tubes The tubes take the air from the Prime Pump to the off-axis
coupling. There is a T link feature connected to a tube that goes
inside the service station; the purpose of this tube is to release
the air pressure from the system. The tube is pinched by the
shuttle of the service station when reaching a certain position;
this action closes the circuit and allows the system to be
pressurized. With the movement of the service station the tube is
released, allowing the pressure from the system to escape.

Notes and considerations

Any leakage in the primer system will generate poor or no priming, this will affect nozzle heath (or even
cause the printhead startup to fail). Bear in mind that the system is not just for the Prime Pump and tubes,
the prime pressure is transmitted via the off-axis coupling to the Carriage and from there to the printhead
assembly and from there to the cartridges.

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 NOTE: There is no pressure sensor in the system. The Prime Pump operates at a certain time to reach a
specific pressure level, the system is depressurized by releasing the pinching of the release tube in the
Service Station (by moving the service station).

NOTE: It is important to ensure the Carriage reaches the maximum left position; if not, the off-axis coupling
will not connect the Prime Pump with the Carriage. Also, the coupling is made of a rubbery material,
degradation of the material will affect Primer performance due to air leaks.

Electronics
The control driver of the Prime Pump is located on the remote controller board located on the right-hand side
of the printer. There is no encoder for the Prime Pump. This pump is managed only by a DC motor activated
for a certain period of time to create the required priming pressure.

Service Station system

Functionality

Item Function

Printhead Wipers These are rubber paddles that are passed through the nozzle
plate of the printhead with the Service Station movement. They
clean the excess ink from the nozzle plate with a rubbing action.

Printhead Cap This caps and protects the nozzles from drying when they are not
printing.

Service Station Motor system This moves the shuttle with the wiper and the cap so that these
two items can perform their functions. The system is composed
of a DC motor and an encoder disk with an encoder sensor to read
the motor position.

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 Item Function

Bottom Spittoon This part acts as an ink reservoir when spitting and nozzle health
operations are performed. It contains diapers that prevent the ink
becoming liquid.

Top Spittoon This seals the reservoir and completes the main body of the
service station.

Absorber Base This is made of foam and is located under the service station on
top of the printer structure. It works as an additional diaper in
case ink spills out of the Service Station.

Wiper Shuttle This mobile part is propelled by the motor that contains the Wiper
and Cap. Depending on the position, spitting, wiping, capping, or
priming can take place:

Spitting: The printhead “spits” a little ink into the spittoon to get
the nozzles conditioned and ready for the next swath of printing.

Wiping: A physical action to pass the rubber wipers through the

printhead nozzles.

Capping: Parking the printhead to maintain nozzle heath during

printer inactivity, with a surrounding seal.

Priming: Squirts ink through the nozzles to clean and unblock

them.

Notes and considerations

The service station is offered as a complete service part for full replacement. The failures from this
subsystem are usually related to the mobile parts: motor or encoder failures that prevent the shuttle from
reaching the positions for capping or uncapping.

With the life primer system, tube pinching can present an issue (although it is designed to function for the life
of the printer).

When the Service Station is replaced, it is mandatory to reset the Preventive Maintenance Kit for the Service
Station, this will trigger a simple calibration that is done with the Service Station on the next printer startup.
The calibration measures the length of the Service Station (shuttle front bump to shuttle rear bump), which
ensures a correct capping position.

Electronics
All the controlled movements for the Service Station are done from the remote-controlled board located on
the right-hand side of the printer. Issues with the Service Station can also be related to this control board.

Paper path and Cutter

Functionality
The paper path

This comprises all the elements of the printer in contact with the paper, designed to hold, move, and manage
it in a controlled manner in order to print.

Paper can be loaded using a roll, which is mounted on the rear spindle, or single sheets loaded from the
Multi-Sheet Tray, or single sheets loaded singly.

The paper passes from its source (Roll, Single Tray, or Multi-Sheet Tray) until it touches the Out-Of-Paper
Sensor, when the printer detects the presence of the paper and proceeds to load it.

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 To perform the paper feed, the printer catches the paper in between the Drive Roller and the Pinch Rollers
(Pinch Rollers are spring-loaded pushing the paper down on top of the Drive Roller), then the paper is pushed
forwards on top of the Print Platen in the print zone, which is where the printing operation is performed. The
paper advance is provided by a motor that moves the Drive Roller. The exact position of the Drive Roller and
hence the paper is controlled by an Encoder Disk located on the roller axis.

The printed paper then passes between the Output Shaft and the Starwheels (which keep the paper tension
as flat as possible for printing) to exit on the Output Platen, where it is held in case of cut sheet or is cut to
fall on the output basket in the case of roll paper.

The Output Shaft is designed to over-advance the Drive Roller movement slightly, and hence create the
necessary paper tension to keep the paper as flat as possible. The Starwheels are spring-loaded and are
designed to create force on top of the paper, this is done so as to leave the paper unmarked and at the same
time allow the Output Shaft force to be appropriately transmitted.

In the Roll configuration, the rewinder module generates back force while printing to facilitate paper control.

A key electrical element of the paper path is the Paper Sensor (also known as the Out-Of-Paper Sensor or
OOPS). This sensor is located at the beginning of the Print Platen; it detects paper insertion for roll load and
single-sheet load.

Electronics
In the paper-path driving system, the only electrically active element is the Drive Roller. The Drive Roller is
impelled by the drive roller motor and it contains an Encoder Disk on the axis to determine its position. The
Encoder Disk is read by two sensors. One, the “encoder sensor”, designed to read the encoder, counts the
Encoder Disk (the Encoder Disk outer marks) and another one, the “encoder index sensor”, determines the
start position (the 0 position) of the Drive Roller by reading the inner thicker lines of the Encoder Disk.

NOTE: Every time the printer starts up, it searches for the 0 position of the Drive Roller. If this search fails
(which means that the index sensor is faulty), the printer will give a system error and will be unable to
initialize.

The roll paper input system

Functionality
This system keeps the roll in place and ensures controlled rotation.

It contains the rewinder, which rewinds the paper for paper ejection, and provides an opposite tension to the
paper advance for better paper control.

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 ● The Left Support encloses the Rewinder Motor and Encoder, containing a set of gears that transmit the
Rewinder motion to the spindle. There is a V-shaped spring to load and fix the spindle in position.

● The Right Support holds the spindle in position to rotate over passive rollers.

In the T520, the right support also contains the dampers for the roll cover opening movement control
(the internal dampers perform a braking action preventing sudden movement during the opening
operation).

NOTE: The right support for the T120 models does not contain dampers. The T120 and T520 have two
different assemblies from the factory, nevertheless both can be replaced by the damper option of T520
(identical from the external point of view), and there is only one service part available.

● The spindle is designed to hold the paper rolls, and receive the motion from the rewinder gear in the
Left Support. It consists of a central bar and two hubs; the right hub is fixed to determine the right-side
loading position of the paper, and the moveable left hub adjusts to the width of the paper.

● The Roll Cover (T520 only) shields the roll from dust.

NOTE: The Roll Cover is a passive part, with no sensor: the printer does not know its status.

Electronics
The Rewinder Motor and Encoder system are directly controlled by the Main PCA.

The paper output system

Functionality
The system ensures that the printed paper follows a controlled path and acquires a certain shape in order to
be delivered properly to the user. It also has a cosmetic function.

The system includes a set of three telescopic trays, which are extended to collect the cut-sheet paper printed
from the Multi-Sheet Tray.

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 There are two roll-paper control tabs that are deployed automatically when the telescopic trays of the
Output Tray are in the closed position. This is a purely mechanical action as the tabs are pushed up by the
output trays when closed. The purpose of those tabs is to control the shape of the roll paper when coming
out of the paper path.

The Front Cover is located underneath the Output Platen.

Electronics
The only electronic component related to the Output Platen is the Output Tray Sensor located underneath
the output trays. The sensor is activated when the three output trays are fully closed. The sensor cable is
routed via the front of the machine and is directly connected to the main PCA.

The Cutter system

The Cutter cuts the paper after the print has completed.

It comprises 1) a cutter module that cuts the paper with two rotary blades, 2) a Cutter Bridge attached to the
Carriage that catches and releases the Cutter to perform the cutting operation and then to leave it in capping
position, 3) a Cutter Guide that holds the movement of the Cutter along the printer width.

In order to operate the Cutter, it needs to be in the parked position. If not, the Cutter will not be engaged by
the Cutter Bridge and the printer will not perform the cutting action.

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 Whenever the printer initializes, it performs a parking movement with the Carriage to ensure that the Cutter
is left in the appropriate position.

The printer does not have any feedback about the cutter engagement action. Hence, if for any reason the
engagement is not performed correctly, the printer will continue operating as if the engagement has
occurred.

How activation works

1. Pre-activation phase: The Cutter Engagement Feature of the Bridge gets into the funnel of the Cutter
Module grooving the Cutter to ensure the correct position for activation.

2. Hook catching: The cutter bridge continues moving to the left pushing down the cutter hook (in orange),
after the left side of the cutter bridge passes the Carriage stops and the cutter hook returns to its
position due to its spring motion.

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