Procedures

Adjustment/alignment | Disassembly | Upgrades

These procedures are to adjust, align, replace, or upgrade existing assemblies.

For installation procedures, see the Installation Page.
For maintenance procedures, see the Maintenance Page.

Adjustment/alignment

Air Supply

Installing the Rx Air Pressure Sensor
On-Site Compressed Air Qualification for Creo Output Devices 73-3624

Boards/firmware

Firmware Upgrades: Backing up and restoring MCE, MPE, PDB, LIONEL, and GENINE boards
Checking GENINE board installation
Ensuring that the Carriage Driver Board Fan Is Mounted Correctly
Interpreting MCE Sensor I/O Bit States
Replacing a GMCE board

Carriage

Adjusting and replacing the carriage drive belt
Cleaning the drum and carriage drive pulley
Corrective procedure for loose carriage flex-tube setscrew
Ensuring that the Carriage Driver Board Fan Is Mounted Correctly
Lubricating the Carriage Tracks and Leadscrew

Cooling

Carriage driver board cooling fan

Ensuring that the Carriage Driver Board Fan Is Mounted Correctly

Chiller

Neslab CFT33D Chiller Installation and Operation
PolyScience Model 6305P Chiller Installation and Operation
     Chiller Page
Lytron heat exchanger (for CRS TS3 and TS3/8 devices)

Heat Exchanger

Water pump and motor replacement procedure
Cooling system maintenance

Dehumidifier Unit

Dehumidifier Unit (DHU) Installation Procedure
Upgrade Kit #05-0244

Door interlocks

Adjusting the panel reed switches
Isolating the faulty door sensor
Adjusting the door switches
Isolating a faulty door sensor (TS4,TS8)

Encoder

Optical Encoder Alignment Procedure
Checking the optical encoder
Optical encoder cleaning procedure
Checking the PLL lights on the MPE
Optical encoder troubleshooting checklist

Checking the Shaft Encoder(TS4,TS8)
Shaft encoder alignment procedure (TS4/TS8)
Checking the PLL Lights on the MPE(TS4,TS8)

Engine

Carriage
Drum
Encoder
Flyoff sensor
Leading edge clamps (LECs)
Roller
Trailing edge clamps (TECs)

Measuring engine, picker, and table actuator times and adjusting actuators

Drum

Adjusting the drum drive motor belt tension
Adjusting the drum drive motor belt tension (MCE, toothed belt)
Aligning and tensioning the drum drive V-belt
Replacing the drum drive motor belt
Static balancing of the drum in the field
Cleaning the drum and carriage drive pulley
Cleaning the drum
Main drum drive amplifier
Calibrating the 15-3330 drum amp

Flyoff sensor

Adjusting an infrared Plate Flyoff Sensor

Leading edge clamps (LECs)

Adjusting the LEC Gap/Actuator Timing on the 3244 Engine
Adjusting the 3244 backbone actuation timings
Reed switch sensor adjustment procedure
Balancing the Trendsetter 3230(TS4),3244(TS8) backbones
Installing Low Profile LEC Clamps
Measuring engine, picker, and table actuator times and adjusting actuators

Roller

Adjusting the 3244 drum roller
Adjusting the 3244 backbone actuation timings
Checking the pressure regulators on the 3244/3230 engine
Reed switch sensor adjustment procedure
Balancing the Trendsetter 3230(TS4),3244(TS8) backbones
Measuring engine, picker, and table actuator times and adjusting actuators

Trailing edge clamps (TECs)

Adjusting the 3244 TEC backbone cylinder rod ends
Checking the pressure regulators on the 3244/3230 engine
Reed switch sensor adjustment procedure

Adjusting the 3230(TS4),3244(TS8)TEC backbone cylinder rod ends
Adjusting the 3230(TS4),3244(TS8)TEC park position (ppos)
Balancing the Trendsetter 3230(TS4),3244(TS8) backbones

Measuring engine, picker, and table actuator times and adjusting actuators

Fan box

Accessing the Trendsetter 3244 fan box

Film Upgrade

Enabling film imaging on Trendsetter 400/800 II (MCE)

For S65 and earlier (contains static upgrades):

Trendsetter 32XX Film and Static Upgrade Instructions
Trendsetter 3244 Film Upgrade Kit BOM 02-4220B

Trendsetter 3244 Film Uprade Drawings/Photographs:

• Plate Alignment TS3 Film and Static Upgrade Assembly drawing 1/11
• Shutter Assembly Film and Static Upgrade Assembly drawing 2/11
• Film and static upgrade kit wire rack 3/11
• Film and static upgrade kit LEC backbone guide 4/11
• Film and static upgrade kit photo documentation 5/11
• Film and static upgrade kit photo documentation 6/11
• Film and static upgrade kit photo documentation 7/11
• Film and static upgrade kit photo documentation 8/11
• Film and static upgrade kit load/unload board 9/11
• Film and static upgrade kit TIF board 10/11
• Film and static upgrade kit plate sensor 11/11

GC

• Geometric Correction: Aligning Devices in the Field Using GC Tool
• Geometric Correction: Aligning Multiple MPE Machines in the Field
• MCE Trendsetter Geometric Correction Parameters

Load ramp

Plate Loading Position Guide for Trendsetter 400/800 III
Placing Plate Alignment Labels on Trendsetter 400/800 (MCE)
Label placement - Technical bulletin for customers
Label placement - Procedure for field service

MCE connectivity

• Configuring Windows 2000 as a PPP Server for MCE TCP/IP Serial Connection With Print Console
• Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2003 as a PPP Server for MCE TCP/IP Serial Connection With Print Console
• Using the Service Shell Host Configuration Wizard to set up Microsoft Windows as a PPP Server for MCE Devices

Power box

Keyswitch upgrade procedure
Accessing the Trendsetter 3244 power box
Accessing the Trendsetter 3244 card cage
Accessing the Trendsetter 3244 backplane
Replacing the main transformer on Trendsetter 3244
Power pack (PS1) upgrade procedure for Trendsetter 3244/3230, Autoloader and Spectrum

Service Tools

Using Test Plot Applet

Speeds

(S/N TE174, TE195, TE198, TE227, TE235, 236, 238 and up, PX072 and up, all TN)
If the machine is V speed and set sys hpd is set to 1, use V2.0 settings from the media spreadsheet.

(S/N TE237, TE234 and lower, except TE174, TE195, TE198, TE227, PX071 and lower)
If the machine is V speed and set sys hpd is set to 0, use V1.0 settings from the media spreadsheet.

Disassembly

• Trendsetter Disassembly Procedure
• MPE Disassembly Kits
• MCE Disassembly Kits

Upgrades

• CTP Feature Licensing Upgrade Overview
• Trendsetter 800 II/NEWS MCE Thermal Head 1.7 to 2.x Upgrade Procedure
• Trendsetter 400/800 II ContinuousLoad Field Upgrade Procedure
• Dehumidifier Unit (DHU) Installation Procedure
  Upgrade Kit #05-0244
• Trendsetter 800/400 Upgrade procedure, particulate ablative media

For information on upgrade options, see Trendsetter Upgrade Paths and Trendsetter Upgrades.