Xerox 8830 User Manual

1.  Press the Menu key.  The MAIN MENU screen is displayed. 

2.  Press the Next key until DIAGNOSTICS is highlighted. 

3.  Press the Enter key to select DIAGNOSTICS.  The 

DIAGNOSTICS menu screen is displayed. 

4.  Press the Next key until SCANNER DIAGNOSTICS is displayed. 

5.  Press the Enter key to select SCANNER DIAGNOSTICS.  The 

SCANNER DIAGNOSTICS menu screen is displayed. 

6.  Press the Next key until COMPONENT TESTS is highlighted. 

7.  Press the Enter key to select COMPONENT TESTS.  The 

COMPONENTS TESTS menu screen is displayed. 

8.  Press the Enter key to select SENSORS.  Depending on the 

Document Feed-in Tray configuration, with or without a 
Productivity Tray one of the SENSORS screen shown below is 
displayed. The first screen below is without the Productivity Tray 
The status of each sensor displays as NO.  INPUT, EXIT, LEFT, 
RIGHT, HOME and REGISTER are the optical paper sensors.  
THICK is the Thick Document Sensor. The second screen below 
is with the Productivity Tray. When a sensor is activated the icon 
O is filled in. 

SENSORS

INPUT: NO

EXIT: NO

HOME: NO

LEFT: NO

RIGHT: NO

REGISTER: NO

THICK: NO

 

SENSORS

INPUT: 

EXIT: 

HOME: 

REGISTER: 

THICK: 

 

9.  To check the status of the optical paper sensors: 

a)  Raise the Thickness Lever to enable an 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper to 

be inserted into the Scanner. 

b)  Insert the sheet of paper centered on the Scanner and slowly push 

the paper into the Scanner to check the INPUT, REGISTER, and 
EXIT sensors. 

The sensors are located underneath the top cover.  The photo below 
shows the location of each of the sensors on the Document Feed Tray.