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BJC-5000 printer Service Manual

CONTENT

Part 1: Safety and Precautions
1. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1.1 Moving Parts
1.2 Ink Stains
1.2.1 Ink path
1.2.2 Ink mist
1.3 BJ Cartridge Heat-Up
2. MACHINE PRECAUTIONS
2.1 Handling BJ Cartridges
2.1.1 Unpacking the BJ cartridge
2.1.2 Preventing clogged nozzles
2.1.3 Power on/off
2.1.4 When not using the printer
2.1.5 Ink electroconductivity
2.2 Handling Ink Cartridges (Color BJ Cartridge)
2.2.1 Unpacking the ink cartridge
2.2.2 Protecting the ink cartridge
2.3 Printer Precautions
2.3.1 Preventing deformation of the spur tip
2.3.2 Static electricity damage prevention
2.3.3 Ink leakage prevention
3. MAINTENANCE SERVICE PRECAUTIONS
3.1 EEPROM Data Precautions
3.2 Static Electricity Precautions
3.3 Disassembly and Assembly Precautions
3.4 Built-In Self-Diagnosis

Part 2: Product Specifications
1. PRODUCT OUTLINE
1.1 Product Outline
1.2 Features
1.3 BJ Cartridge
1.3.1 Color BJ cartridge (BC-21e)
1.3.2 Black BJ cartridge (BC-23)
1.3.3 Black BJ cartridge (BC-20) (reference)
1.3.4 Photo BJ cartridge (BC-22e Photo)
1.4 Dual Cartridge System
1.5 BJ Cartridge Container
1.6 Consumables
1.6.1 BJ cartridge (Black, Color, Photo)
1.6.2 Ink cartridge (BC-21e Color BJ Cartridge only)
2. SPECIFICATIONS
2.1 Printer Specifications
2.2 Paper Specifications
2.2.1 Paper size
2.2.2 Paper type
2.2.3 Cut sheet feeder sheet loading capacity
2.2.4 Printing area
2.3 Interface Specifications

Part 3: Operating Instructions
1. PRINTER SETUP
1.1 Unpacking and Inspection
1.2 Site Selection
1.3 Setup Procedure
1.3.1 Connecting the interface cable
1.3.2 Connecting the AC power cord
1.3.3 Turning on the printer
1.3.4 Installing the BJ cartridge
1.3.5 Replacing the ink cartridge
1.3.6 BJ cartridge container
1.4 Turning the Printer On/Off
1.4.1 Turning the printer on
1.4.2 Turning the printer off
1.5 Paper Settings
1.6 Banner Print
1.7 Names of Parts and Their Functions
2. TRANSPORTING THE PRINTER
2.1 Carrying the Printer
2.2 Transporting the Printer
3. PRINTER SERVICING FUNCTION
3.1 Error Indications
3.2 Cleaning the BJ Cartridge
3.3 Self-Test Printout
3.4 Service Mode
3.5 Service Mode Print Sample
3.5.1 Ripple pattern
3.5.2 Service information printing

Part 4: Technical Reference
1. OVERVIEW
1.1 Printer Block Diagram
1.2 Initialization Sequence Flowchart
1.3 Print Signal Flow
1.3.1 Data between host computer and printer
1.3.2 Print signal flow in the printer
1.4 Print Drive
1.4.1 Print drive control
1.5 Power-Off Sequence Flowchart
2. FIRMWARE
2.1 Interface
2.1.1 Compatible mode
2.1.2 Nibble mode
2.1.3 ECP mode
2.2 Printing System
2.3 Printing Modes
2.3.1 Printing mode
2.3.2 Photo print mode
2.3.3 Multi-drop print mode
2.4 Cartridge Automatic Adjustment Function
2.4.1 Automatic correction of head nozzle alignment
2.4.2 Automatic density correction of left/right cartridge
2.5 Data Separation Function
2.6 Ink Smear Control
2.7 Head Overheating Protection Control
2.8 Auto Power-Off
3. PRINTER MECHANICAL SYSTEM
3.1 Overview
3.1.1 Mechanical components
3.2 BJ Cartridge
3.2.1 Black BJ cartridge structure
3.2.2 Color BJ cartridge structure
3.2.3 Photo BJ cartridge structure
3.2.4 Bubble head unit structure
3.3 Purge Unit
3.3.1 Purge unit functions
3.3.2 Purge unit structure
3.4 Carriage
3.4.1 Carriage function
3.4.2 Carriage structure
3.5 Paper Feed/Cut Sheet Feeder
3.5.1 Paper feed/cut sheet feeder function
3.5.2 Sheet feeder structure
4. PRINTER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
4.1 Overview of Printer Electrical System
4.2 Logic Section
4.2.1 Logic section block diagram
4.2.2 Logic section components
5. SENSOR FUNCTIONS
5.1 Pick-Up Roller Sensor
5.2 Paper End Sensor
5.3 Home Position Sensor
5.4 Purge Sensor
5.5 Cover Open Sensor
5.6 Printer Temperature Sensor
5.7 Head Temperature Sensor
5.8 Auto-Alignment Sensor
5.9 Waste Ink Amount Detection

Part 5: Maintenance
1. Maintenance
1.1 Parts for Regular Replacement
1.2 Consumables
1.3 Periodic Maintenance
2. SERVICE TOOLS
2.1 List of Tools
3. GREASE APPLICATION
4. DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY
4.1 Disassembly and Reassembly
4.2 Disassembly and Reassembly Cautions
4.2.1 Fastening screws of idler pulley assembly
4.2.2 Carriage guide frame installation
4.2.3 Unlocking the carriage lock
4.3 Logic Board and Waste Ink Absorber Replacement Cautions
4.3.1 Logic board replacement cautions
4.3.2 Cautions after replacing the waste ink absorber
5. ADJUSTMENTS
5.1 Adjustment Point
5.2 When Adjustment is Required
5.2.1 Tools required for adjustment
5.3 Adjustment Procedure
5.3.1 Preparation
5.3.2 Adjustment
6. TROUBLESHOOTING
6.1 Troubleshooting
6.1.1 Overview
6.1.2 Troubleshooting cautions
6.2 Error Condition Diagnostics
6.2.1 Diagnostic flowcharts
6.2.2 Error recovery
7. LOCATION AND SIGNAL ASSIGNMENT
7.1 Logic Board
8. CIRCUIT DIAGRAMS
8.1 Parts Layout
8.1.1 Logic board
8.2 Circuit Diagrams

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Glenna Quindao	2025-08-26 18:57:51
Bought a reset key and it did work well. You just gotta watch and follow carefully their tutorial in YT.

Peter Kings	2025-09-21 19:39:45
great all works very well many thanks Nowhere as complicated as I thought it might be

Francesc Vilches	2025-10-11 11:25:40
I just bought five keys and used the first one. It magically worked. Epson XP-422 is back to life. I also took advantage to clean the waste box. This is also important :-)

Laurent Haverlandt	2025-11-08 00:15:55
Malgré une méconnaissance en informatique, j'ai facilement débloqué mon problème de compteur ! Merci beaucoup

MIZIKE G.

2025-11-14 16:23:29

11-14-2025 - I JUST USED THE DOWNLOADED UTLITY PROGRAM AND BOUGHT THEIR $9.99 CODE FOR PURPOSE OF RESETTING THE INK WASTE COUNTER BULLSHIT ( EPSON ET-4550 SEVERAL YEARS OLD ) WHICH I NEVER HEARD OF UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN THE PRINTER WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT TELL ME TO CONTACT EPSON. LOL- NOPE - CHAT GTP GAVE ME THE INFO FROM HERE, USED IT AND WORKED - TOOK ABOUT 5 MINUTES - ( I HOWEVER - DIDNT ACTUALLY CLEAN OR EMPTY THE INK WASTE OR WHATEVER - IM HOPING FOR THE BEST, ASSUMING ITS OLD ENOUGH THAT IT HAS DRYED ON ITS OWN. - THIS PART ISNT RECCOMENDED TO MY UNDERSTANDING - BUT ILL FIND OUT I SUPPOSE) BUT LONG STORY SHORT - EAST TO USE DOWNLOADED UTILITY, AND RESET KEY FOR 10 BUCKS WORKED - ABOUT 5 MINUTES OR LESS PROCESS. REAL SHIT - MIZIKE

Timothy Tschanz	2025-11-18 18:20:32
This guide helped me get the program running on MacOS https://forum.2manuals.com/index.php?/topic/81227-mac-osx-developer-cannot-be-verified-solution/

MUSTAPHA YASSINE	2025-11-26 16:53:58
the printer l 382 is very best quality and i need to reset it