How I print a configuration page for the Xerox 510 and 8830 wide format printer systems

On occasion I or one of my customers who own a Xerox 510 and 8830/25 wide format copier and printer may want to print out the configuration print. The configuration print will provide a wealth of information about the machine that is just not easily visible on the display. I have provided photos below that demonstrate how I print the config page using the display and key pad on the Xerox 510 and 8830 systems. The procedure for the 8830 is the same only the buttons on the 8830 have symbols rather than names.   I always remember that if I get lost during the procedure I can return to the beginning by pressing the online button which will bring the machine back to the online ready state when the ONLINE LED is lit.   If am not sure where I am in the menu I push the online button and start over.  As I never want to accidentally change settings on mine or my customers Xerox  510 or 8830  I try to remember that if I become confused during the process I simply push the ONLINE button on the display and return to the beginning at Step 1 which is were we will start.

Step 1 

I always try to make sure my 510 or 8830  looks  like the photo below when I start this procedure.  The green online LED next to the ON LINE button should be lit and the 510 should show XEROX  510 WIDE FMT...IDLE in the display window.  Now I can go to the next step. 

Step 2

I Press the ONLINE button at which time I should see the green LED go out.  No I can go to the next step.

Step 3
My display should now read   XEROX  510 WIDE FMT....PAUSED.  Now I push the ENTER button once and I can go to the next step.

Step 4
My display should now read  XEROX  510 WIDE FMT SETUP MENU....(UTILITIES).  Now I press the ENTER button once and go to the next step.

Step 5
My display should now read UTILITIES... (TEST PRINT).  I press the enter button once and go to the next step.

Step 6
My display should now read TEST PRINT...(ALL).  I Press the NEXT button once and go to the next step.

Step 7
My display should now read TEST PRINT....(PRINTER CONFIGURATION)  I press the enter button once and go to the next step.

Step 7
My display should now read UTILITIES.....(TEST PRINT).  I Press the ONLINE button once.  At this point I should see the green LED light up and I should hear the printer begin to print the configuration print.

Step 8
My display should now indicate that it is printing an INTERNAL  HPGL while it is printing the configuration page.

Step 9
Once the configuration print has completed printing my display should return to XEROX 510 WIDE FMT....IDLE with the ONLINE LED lit.  The printer has now returned to it's normal ready state.

Step 10
I should now have printed a configuration print that looks similar to the one below.  I will cover what all the information on the configuration print means in a future blog.

We have just scratched the surface today regarding what you as the operator can do with your Xerox 510. In a future blog we will also cover how to do this same operation on the other Xerox printers as well as the KIP and HP wide format printers. Leave a comment if you like. If you have a problem with this operation and would like some help you can say that in the comments or you can email me from my profile. Thanks for coming by.