What is Agfa CT error code HC11235?

Drum entry sensor S23 continuously activated at startup or empty-check. It is reported by the Film Transport & Alignment on DryStar 5500 (Type 5364/100) and DryStar 5503 (Type 5364/300) CT systems. Severity: Warning; subsystem: Print Section — Film Jam & Transport Sensors.

WarningPrint Section — Film Jam & Transport Sensors

HC11235 — Drum entry sensor S23 continuously activated at startup or empty-check

Agfa CT error code, reported by the Film Transport & Alignment.

What HC11235 means

On DryStar 5500 (Type 5364/100) and DryStar 5503 (Type 5364/300) CT systems, status code HC11235 indicates: Drum entry sensor S23 continuously activated at startup or empty-check. The code originates in the Print Section — Film Jam & Transport Sensors section of the Film Transport & Alignment. Severity level warning (Warning).

Reported action: Check the print section and resolve the film jam at sensor S23. If it keeps recurring, look for mechanical blockage of sheet transport and broken or misfit sensors..

Raised on the Drystar 5500/5503 when the drum module entry sensor S23 is activated continuously during printer startup/initialization or during the empty-check procedure. Classed as Accidental; the source records no Warning Message for this entry. Documented in the appendix's alignment/drum-entry jam block alongside HC11207, HC11212, HC11215-HC11217, HC11236, and HC11237.

Full troubleshooting for HC11235

The complete diagnosis, cause tree, and step-by-step remedy for the Print Section — Film Jam & Transport Sensors subsystem are documented in the FSELIB Activion16 (TSX-031A) service manual — re-authored, web-first, with real figures.

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Related Print Section — Film Jam & Transport Sensors codes

HC11207No sheet detected at drum entry sensor S23 after alignment — jam in print section HC11212Drum entry sensor S23 prematurely activated HC11215Sheet fails to clear drum entry sensor S23 within time-out — internal jam HC11216No sheet detected at drum passed sensor S24 during printing — internal jam HC11217Sheet not caught by drum-TPH closure at drum entry sensor S23 HC11236Drum entry sensor S23 triggered during startup or empty-check HC11237Drum exit sensor S24 continuously activated at startup or empty-check HC10053Themis board CPU too hot

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Source: AGFA DryStar service manual — HC error catalogue (FSELIB authored corpus). Reference information re-authored by FSELIB — not a copy of the OEM manual.