Airbus post flight paper spewing

[Luke SkyToddler]

Hi all

On one of our company A330s, the printer spews out an absolutely massive ream of paper after every flight - engine reports and cruise reports and all kinds of mad things - a good 3 or 4 meters of paper every time. It always just gets screwed up and put in the waste bin after every sector. It's been that way since it arrived from the factory and none of the engineers seem bothered or know how to turn the function off.

Anyone know where to go in MCDU to disable the post flight auto-print-every-single-possible-report function?

[jimmyg]

Password out of the factory is SFIM (most never change the password) Go in turn off the report for after flight link.
Data, enter password, reports etc....... I would have to look at the box to recall the exact function keys.

For you folks on the Asia pilot punishment program; You can also kill the uplink to report FDM/FOQA data. Should you have a mind to just after landing delete the flight plan on the data page before the system has time to uplink the flight info.

[vinayak]

what is it printing thou?

If it's a divergence report then it won't get stopped. There's a reason why the EEC wants the engineering to know that.

[Oceanic815Pilot]

For you folks on the Asia pilot punishment program; You can also kill the uplink to report FDM/FOQA data. Should you have a mind to just after landing delete the flight plan on the data page before the system has time to uplink the flight info.

If that works it should be posted on every Asian pilot forum known to mankind.

[18-Wheeler]

How about don't refill the printer paper roll?

[grounded27]

Sounds like what should be uploaded to ACARS is being dumped to the printer, may have some databus wires crossed.

[spannersatcx]

none of the engineers seem bothered or know how to turn the function off.

That's because we are not supposed to. The ACMS/FDIMU is programmed to print certain reports, this is normally set by the company, it is normally for tech services/support to deem what is printed out.

Why not report it through the company channels, they will either change it or say they want it.

[T.R Haychemu]

The paper spewing was caused by an FDIMU software update, without the subsequent reprogramming of the ACMS reports. As mentioned Tech Services decide what is printed, what is sent to ACARS etc, so the engineers are most likely waiting for the work pack to come through with how they want it programmed. The area where this is changed requires a password, which is not the one mentioned on here for your fleet. (apparently).

I am sure the engineers are keen to get this job done ASAP as its will surely be pissing them off changing printer rolls all the time ;)