Oki PAGE 6ex User Manual

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OKIPAGE 6e/6ex LED Page Printer

Maintenance Manual

ODA/OEL/INT

Approval

All specifications are subject to change without notice.

PREFACE

This Maintenance Manual describes the field maintenance methods for OKIPAGE 6e and OKIPAGE 6ex LED Page Printers.

This manual is written for use by service persons. Please note that you should refer to the Printer Handbook for the handling and operating methods of the equipment.

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

 

1.

CONFIGURATION .....................................................................................

1 - 1

 

1.1

System Configuration ........................................................................

1 - 1

 

1.2

Printer Configuration ..........................................................................

1 - 2

 

1.3

Optional Configuration .......................................................................

1 - 3

 

1.4

Specification ......................................................................................

1 - 5

 

1.5

Safety Standards ...............................................................................

1 - 7

 

 

1.5.1

Certification Label ....................................................................................

1

- 7

 

 

1.5.2

Warning Label .........................................................................................

1

- 8

 

 

1.5.3

Warning/Caution Marking ........................................................................

1

- 9

2.

OPERATION DESCRIPTION ....................................................................

2 - 1

 

2.1

Control Board.....................................................................................

2 - 4

 

2.2

PS Board ...........................................................................................

2 - 6

 

2.3

RAM Board ........................................................................................

2 - 7

 

2.4

Power Supply Board ..........................................................................

2 - 8

 

2.5

Electrophotographic Process .............................................................

2 - 10

 

 

2.5.1

Electrophotographic Process Mechanism ...............................................

2

- 10

 

 

2.5.2

Electrophotographic Process ..................................................................

2

- 13

 

 

2.5.3

Process Operation Descriptions ..............................................................

2

- 16

 

2.6

Paper Jam Detection .........................................................................

2 - 27

 

2.7

Cover Open .......................................................................................

2 - 30

 

2.8

Toner Low Detection..........................................................................

2 - 31

3.

PARTS REPLACEMENT ...........................................................................

3 - 1

 

3.1

Precautions for Parts Replacement ...................................................

3 - 1

 

3.2

Parts Layout.......................................................................................

3 - 3

 

3.3

How to Change Parts.........................................................................

3 - 6

 

 

3.3.1

Upper Cover ............................................................................................

3

- 7

 

 

3.3.2

Stacker ....................................................................................................

3

- 8

 

 

3.3.3

LED Head ................................................................................................

3

- 9

 

 

3.3.4

Eject Roller Assy .....................................................................................

3

- 10

 

 

3.3.5

Pulse Motor (Main) ..................................................................................

3

- 11

 

 

3.3.6

Pulse Motor (Registration) .......................................................................

3

- 12

 

 

3.3.7

Lower Base Unit ......................................................................................

3

- 13

 

 

3.3.8

Motor Assy ..............................................................................................

3

- 14

 

 

3.3.9

Hopping Roller Assy ................................................................................

3

- 15

 

 

3.3.10

Stacker Cover Assy .................................................................................

3

- 16

 

 

3.3.11

Registration Roller ...................................................................................

3

- 17

 

 

3.3.12

Transfer Roller .........................................................................................

3

- 18

 

 

3.3.13

Fusing Unit Assy .....................................................................................

3

- 19

 

 

3.3.14

Back-up Roller .........................................................................................

3

- 20

 

 

3.3.15

Sensor Plate (Inlet) ..................................................................................

3

- 21

 

 

3.3.16

Toner Sensor (Adhesion) ........................................................................

3

- 22

 

 

3.3.17

Sensor Plate (Outlet) ...............................................................................

3

- 23

 

 

3.3.18

Manual Feed Guide Assy ........................................................................

3

- 24

 

 

3.3.19

Sensor Plate (Paper Supply) ...................................................................

3

- 25

 

 

3.3.20

Main Control PCB ....................................................................................

3

- 26

 

 

3.3.21

Power Supply Board and Contact Assy ..................................................

3

- 27

>>>>>

 

 

3.3.22

Transformer .............................................................................................

3

- 28

 

 

3.3.23

Cassette Guide L .....................................................................................

3

- 29

 

 

3.3.24

Cassette Guide R ....................................................................................

3

- 30

4.

ADJUSTMENT ...........................................................................................

4

- 1

 

4.1

Adjustment .........................................................................................

4

- 1

 

 

4.1.1

Maintenance Functions ...........................................................................

4

- 1

 

4.2

Adjustment .........................................................................................

4

- 10

 

 

4.2.1

Maintenance Modes and Functions ........................................................

4

- 10

 

4.3

Adjustment When Replacing a Part ...................................................

4

- 12

 

 

4.3.1

Adjustment at the Time of Part Replacement

 

 

 

 

 

 

(OKIPAGE6e 300dpi LED head) .............................................................

4

- 12

 

 

4.3.2

Adjustment When Replacing a Part (OKIPAGE6ex 600dpi LED head) ..

4

- 14

 

 

4.3.3

Uploading / Downloading EEPROM data ................................................

4

- 17

5.

PERIODICAL MAINTENANCE .................................................................

5

- 1

 

5.1

Periodical Replacement Parts ...........................................................

5

- 1

 

5.2

Cleaning.............................................................................................

5

- 1

 

 

5.2.1

Cleaning of LED Lens Array ....................................................................

5

- 1

6.

TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES ....................................................

6

- 1

 

6.1

Troubleshooting Tips .........................................................................

6

- 1

 

6.2

Check Points before Correcting Image Problems ..............................

6

- 1

 

6.3

Tips for Correcting Image Problems ..................................................

6

- 1

 

6.4

Preparation for Troubleshooting ........................................................

6

- 2

 

6.5

Troubleshooting Flow ........................................................................

6

- 3

 

 

6.5.1

Status Message/Trouble List ...................................................................

6

- 3

 

 

6.5.2

Status Message Troubleshooting ............................................................

6

- 24

 

 

6.5.3

Image Troubleshooting ............................................................................

6

- 36

7.

WIRING DIAGRAM ....................................................................................

7

- 1

 

7.1

Interconnect Signal Diagram .............................................................

7

- 1

 

7.2

PCB Layout and Connector Signal List .............................................

7

- 3

 

7.3

Resistance Check ..............................................................................

7

- 15

 

7.4

Short Plug Setting ..............................................................................

7

- 17

8.

PARTS LIST ..............................................................................................

8

- 1

Appendix A

Centronics Parallel Interface .................................................

A - 1

 

 

B LocalTalk (RS422) Serial Interface ........................................

B - 1

 

 

C

Diagnostics Test.....................................................................

C - 1

 

 

D

Maintenance Utility Overview................................................

D - 1

 

 

E

Multi-Purpose Feeder Maintenance ......................................

E - 1

 

 

F High Capacity Second Paper Feeder Maintenance .............

F - 1

1. CONFIGURATION

1.CONFIGURATION

1.1System Configuration

OKIPAGE 6e and OKIPAGE 6ex consist of control and engine blocks in the standard configuration, as shown in Figure 1-1.

In addition, the options marked with asterisk(*) are available.

 

Operator Panel

 

 

(OKIPAGE 6ex Only)

 

 

 

Engine Unit

Paper

 

 

Cassette

 

 

* Legal/Universal

Paper Feed Mechanism

 

Paper Tray

(First Tray Unit)

Face

 

 

Down

 

Electrophotographic

Stacker

 

Processing Unit

 

 

 

Power Supply

 

 

and Sensor PCB

* Hight Capacity

Main Control PCB

 

Second Paper Feeder

 

* Multi-Purpose

 

 

Feeder

 

 

*OKIPAGE 6ex

: PS Board with RAM

* : Optional

 

*OKIPAGE 6e/6ex

: RAM Board

 

 

 

 

Figure 1-1

1 - 1

1.2Printer Configuration

The printer unit consists of the following hardware components:

Electrophotographic Processor

Paper Feeder

Main Control PCB

Operator Panel (OKIPAGE 6ex Only)

Power Supply Unit

PS Board (OKIPAGE 6ex Only)

The printer unit configuration is shown in Figure 1-2.

Upper cover

Operator panel assy

Toner cartridge (consumables)

Stacker cover assy

Fusing unit

Image drum unit (consumable)

PS Board

Main Control PCB

• L5C or L5D:

OKIPAGE6e

• L6A

:

OKIPAGE 6ex

Power supply board

Figure 1-2

1 - 2

1.3Optional Configuration

The options shown below are available for use with OKIPAGE 6e and OKIPAGE 6ex. These are available separately from the printer unit.

(1) 1MB Memory Expansion Board (OKIPAGE 6e/6ex)

(2)SIMM Memory

OKIPAGE 6e :1/2/4/8/16 Mbyte OKIPAGE 6ex :1/2/4/8/16/32 Mbyte

(3) Legal/Universal Paper Cassette/

Legal/Universal cassette

Cassette cover

1 - 3

(4) High Capacity Second Paper Feeder

(5) Multi-Purpose Feeder

1 - 4

1.4Specification

(1)

Type

Desktop

 

(2)

External dimensions

Height 6.3”

(160 mm)

 

(excludes protruding

Width 12.6”

(320 mm)

 

portion)

Depth 14.17”

(360 mm)

(3)

Weight

8 kg

 

(4)

Developing method

Dry electrophotography

 

Exposing method

LED stationary head

(5)

Paper used

<Type>

 

Standard paper

Xerox 4200 (20 lbs)

Application paper (manual face-up feed)

Label

Envelope

OHP paper (Transparency)

<Size>

 

 

Standard sizes

 

 

 

 

– Letter (ODA)

 

 

 

 

– Legal (option)

 

 

 

 

– Executive

 

 

 

 

– Envelope

 

 

 

 

– A4

 

 

 

 

– A5

 

 

 

 

– B5

 

 

 

 

– A6

 

 

 

Applicable sizes

 

 

 

 

– Width:

3.94” to 8.5” (100 to 216 mm)

 

 

 

– Length:

5.83” to 14” (148 to 355.6 mm)

 

 

<Thickness>

 

 

 

 

– Automatic feed:

16 to 24 lbs (60 to 90 g/m2)

 

 

 

– Manual feed:

Label, OHP paper (transparency)

 

 

 

 

Envelope

(6)

Printing speed

First print:

17 sec.

 

 

Continuous print:

6 sheets/min. for letter size paper

 

 

Warm-up time:

60 sec. [at room temperature 77˚F

 

 

 

 

(25˚C) and rated voltage (120 VAC)]

(7)

Paper feeding method

Automatic feed or manual feed

(8)

Paper delivery method

Face down/face up

 

(9)

Resolution

300 x 300 dots/inch (OKIPAGE 6e)

 

 

600 x 600 dots/inch (OKIPAGE 6ex)

 

 

600 x 1200 dots/inch (OKIPAGE 6ex)

1 - 5

(10) Power input

120 VAC +5.5%, –15%

 

 

 

230 VAC +15 %, –15%

 

 

(11) Power consumption

Peak:

Approx. 420W

 

Typical operation:

Approx. 160W

 

Idle:

Approx. 55W

 

Power save mode:

Approx. 15W

(12) Temperature and humidity

During operation:

50 to 90°F (10 to 32°C)

 

In storage:

14 to 110°F (–10 to 43°C)

(13) Noise

During operation:

48 dB (A) or less

 

Standby:

38 dB (A) or less

(14) Consumables

Toner cartridge kit

2,000 (5% duty)

 

Image drum cartridge

20,000

(at continuous printing)

 

 

15,000

(3 pages/job)

 

 

10,000

(1 page/job)

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Oki PAGE 6ex User Manual

1.5Safety Standards

1.5.1Certification Label

The safety certification label is affixed to the printer at the location described below.

OKIPAGE 6e

OKIPAGE 6ex

230V

1 - 7

1.5.2Warning Label

The warning labels are affixed to the sections which may cause bodily injury. Follow the instructions on warning labels during maintenance.

1 - 8

1.5.3Warning/Caution Marking

The following warning and caution markings are made on the power supply board.

CAUTION

ENGLISH

Heatsink and transformer core present risk of electric shock. Test before touching. FRENCH

Le dissipateur thermique et le noyau du transformateur présentent des risques de choc électrique. Testez avant de, manipuler.

SPANISH

Las disipadores de color el núcel del transformador pueden producir un choque eléctrico. Compruebe antes de tocar.

PORTUGUESE

O dissipador de calor e o núcleo do fransiormador apresentam risco de choque elétrico. Teste antes de focar.

ENGLISH

Circuits maybe live after fuses open.

FRENCH

Il se peut que les circuits soient sous tension une fois que les fusibles ont éfé rerirés.

SPANISH

Las circuitos pueden estar activos una vez que se hayan abierio los fusibles.

PORTUGUESE

Os circuitos podem estar energizados após os fusiveis se queimarem.

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2.OPERATION DESCRIPTION

2.OPERATION DESCRIPTION

OKIPAGE 6e, OKIPAGE 6ex consists of a Main Control PCB, a power supply/sensor board, a PostScript board (OKIPAGE 6ex), an operator panel and an electrophotographic process mechanism.

The soft operator panel is used for operation and status display of OKIPAGE 6e and OKIPAGE 6ex.

The operator panel is used for operation and status display of OKIPAGE 6ex.

The OKIPAGE 6e and OKIPAGE 6ex receive data via the host I/F, these then decode, edit and store the data in memory. Bit map image data is successively transferred to the LED head in one dot line units.

OKIPAGE 6e block diagram is shown in Figure 2-1.

OKIPAGE 6ex block diagram is shown in Figure 2-2.

2 - 1

 

1MB Memory Board

 

 

 

 

 

(Option)

 

 

 

 

L5Cor L5D

 

For optional

L5D

 

 

 

 

 

RAM board

Resident RAM

 

 

 

 

 

 

1M x 16 DRAM(2M Bytes)

 

 

 

Program & Font

 

L5C

 

 

 

 

ROM

 

Resident RAM

 

 

 

4MB Mask ROM

16 bits

256k x 16 DRAM x 2

High Capacity

 

 

 

(1M Bytes)

Multi-Purpose

 

 

Second Paper

 

DATA

 

 

Feeder (Option)

 

 

 

Feeder (Option)

 

BUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EEPROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centronics

 

 

 

M

Drum Motor

 

parallel I/F

 

 

Drum motor &

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration motor

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive circuit

M

Registration Motor

 

7407

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Chip CPU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAN Driver

FAN

 

 

 

 

 

FAN ALM

 

 

 

 

 

CH TR DB

LED Head

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEAT ON

 

 

 

+8V -8V 0V +5V +30V

 

 

 

 

Reset

 

 

 

 

 

 

circuit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LSI

Thermistor

 

Power Supply

 

 

 

 

 

Board

 

Cover

+5V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inlet sensor 1

 

open

 

Charge roller

 

 

switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inlet sensor 2

Low voltage

 

 

Transfer roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

generation circuit

 

High voltage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

generation

Developing

 

 

 

 

circuit

 

Paper sensor

 

 

roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner supply

 

 

 

 

 

roller

 

Outlet sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

roller

 

Paper out sensor

 

 

Heater drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater

 

 

 

 

circuit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner low sensor

AC

 

 

 

 

 

transformer

 

Filter circuit

AC IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2-1 OKIPAGE 6e Block Diagram

2 - 2

 

 

or

LocalTalk I/F (RS422 I/F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS Board with RAM

 

 

 

 

1MB Memory Board

 

 

 

 

L6A-

 

For optional

 

 

 

 

RAM board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 bit

 

 

 

 

Program & Font

32 bit

 

Resident RAM

 

 

 

ROM

 

 

 

 

 

4MB Mask ROM

DATA

 

1M x 16 DRAM

High Capacity

 

 

16 bit

(2MB)

Multi-Purpose

 

Second Paper

 

BUS

 

 

Feeder (Option)

Feeder (Option)

 

 

 

 

 

EEPROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centronics

 

 

 

M

Drum Motor

 

parallel I/F

 

 

Drum motor &

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registration motor

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive circuit

M

Registration Motor

 

7407

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Chip CPU

FAN Driver

FAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAN ALM

 

 

 

 

 

CH TR DB

LED Head

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HEAT ON

 

 

 

+8V -8V 0V +5V +30V

 

 

 

 

Reset

 

 

 

 

 

 

circuit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thermistor

 

Power Supply

 

 

 

LSI

 

 

Board

 

Cover

 

+5V

 

 

Inlet sensor 1

 

open

 

Charge roller

 

 

switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inlet sensor 2

Low voltage

 

 

Transfer roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

generation circuit

High voltage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

generation

Developping

 

 

 

 

circuit

 

Paper sensor

 

 

roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner supply

 

 

 

 

 

roller

 

Outlet sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

roller

 

Paper out sensor

 

 

Heater drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater

 

 

 

 

circuit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner low sensor

AC

 

 

 

 

 

transformer

Filter circuit

AC IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2-2 OKIPAGE 6ex Block Diagram

2 - 3

2.1Control Board

The control board consists of a single chip CPU, Program & Font ROM's, one or two DRAMs, an EEPROM, a host interface circuit, and a mechanism driving circuit.

(1)Single chip CPU

The single chip CPU is a custom CPU (32-bit internal bus, 16-bit or 32-bit external bus, 25.54 MHz clock with input frequency from a 12.27 MHz clock) which incorporates the RISC CPU and its peripheral devices, and has the following functions:

Built-in device

Function

 

 

Chip select controller

Control of ROM, DRAM and I/O device

Bus controller

 

DRAM controller

 

 

 

DMA controller

Transfer of image data from DRAM to video output port

 

 

Parallel interface controller

Control of Centronics parallel interface

 

 

Video output port

Control of LED head

LED STB output port

 

 

 

Timer

Generation of various control timing

 

Monitoring of paper running and paper size

 

 

Serial I/O port

Control of operator panel, EEPROM, and options

 

 

I/O port

Input and output of sensor and motor signals

 

 

(2)Program & Font ROM OKIPAGE 6e/6ex

The Program & Font ROM store the PCL5e emulation program and various types of fonts. Mask ROM is used for a Program & Font ROM. The mounting location of this Program & Font ROM varies depending on the type of ROM (for the mounting location see 7.2).

PS Board

The Program & Font ROM store the PostScript program and various types of fonts. Mask ROM is used for a Program & Font ROM (for the mounting location see 7.3).

2 - 4

(3)DRAM OKIPAGE 6e/6ex

The DRAM is a resident memory (OKIPAGE 6e: 1MB(L5C) or 2MB(L5D)/OKIPAGE 6ex: 2MB) used as a buffer, and it stores edited data, image data, DLL data and macro data.

OKIPAGE 6ex with PS Board

The DRAM is a resident memory (2MB on the OKIPAGE 6ex main board plus 0.5MB on the PS board) used as a buffer, and it stores edited data, image data, DLL data and macro data. In the Post Script emulation, it is used as VM and font cache also.

(4)EEPROM

1,024 bit-Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), is loaded with the following kinds of data:

Menu data

Various counter data (Page counter, Drum counter)

Adjusting parameters (LED head drive time, print start position, paper feed length)

(5)Parallel Interface

Parallel data is received from the host system via parallel interface which conforms to the Centronics specification. IEEE 1284 Bi-directional parallel is supported.

2 - 5

2.2PS Board (OKIPAGE 6ex option)

The PS board consists of two Program & Font ROM's, DRAM's, an EEPROM, and a host interface circuit.

(1)Program & Font ROM's

The Program & Font ROMs store the PostScript Level II program and its fonts. Mask ROM is used for the Program & Font ROMs.

(2)DRAM

0.5MB of DRAM's reside on the PS board.

(3)EEPROM

4.096 bit-Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM) is mounted on the PS board for storing the PostScript's menu settings.

(4)Local Talk I/F

Apple Talk protocol data is received from the host system via LocalTalk interface. The block diagram is shown in Figure 2-3.

(5)SIMM Socket

One SIMM Socket is mounted on the PS board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program & Font

 

 

Resident RAM

 

 

 

ROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.5MB)

 

 

 

4MB Mask ROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LocalTalk I/F

(RS422 I/F)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCC

 

SIMM

 

EEPROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Socket

 

(4K)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

85C30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2-3 PS Board Block Diagram

2 - 6

2.3RAM Board (OKIPAGE 6e/6ex option)

The RAM board consists of DRAM's and a SIMM socket.

(1)DRAM

1MB of DRAM's reside on the RAM board.

(2)SIMM Socket

One SIMM socket is mounted on the RAM board.

 

SIMM Socket

 

Resident RAM

 

 

 

 

 

(1MB)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2-4 RAM Board Block Diagram

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2.4Power Supply Board

The power supply board consists of an AC filter circuit, a low voltage power supply circuit, a high voltage power supply circuit, heater drive circuit, and photosensors.

(1)Low Voltage Power Supply Circuit

This circuit generates the following voltages.

Output voltage

Use

 

 

+5 V

Logic circuit supply voltage

 

 

+30 V

Motor and fan drive voltage and source voltage for high-voltage supply

 

 

+8 V

Analog supply voltage

 

 

–8 V

PS board and analog circuit supply voltage

 

 

(2)High Voltage Power Supply Circuit

This circuit generates following voltages required for electrophotographic process from +5 V, according to the control sequence from the control board. When cover open state is detected, +5 V supply is interrupted automatically to stop the supply of all high-voltage outputs.

Output

 

Voltage

Use

Remarks

 

 

 

 

CH

-1.35 KV

Voltage applied to charging roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

DB

-300

V/+300 V

Voltage applied to developing roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

SB

-450

V/ 0 V

Voltage applied to toner supply roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

TR

+500

V to +4 KV/-750 V

Voltage applied to transfer roller

Variable

 

 

 

 

 

CB

+400

V

Voltage applied to clearing roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)Photosensor

The photosensor mounted on this power supply board monitors the paper running state during printing.

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The sensor layout diagram is shown in Figure 2-3.

Paper running direction

Exit roller

Outlet sensor

Heat roller

 

 

Transfer roller

 

 

 

Paper sensor

 

 

 

Inlet sensor 1

 

Toner

Inlet

Paper

 

end sensor

Registration roller

sensor

sensor 2

Hopping

 

 

 

 

 

 

roller

 

Figure 2-5

Sensor

Function

 

Sensing state

 

 

 

 

Inlet sensor 1

Detects the leading edge of the paper and gives

ON:

Paper exists.

 

the supervision timing for switching from

OFF:

No paper exists.

 

hopping operation to feeding operation.

 

 

 

Monitors paper feeding situation and paper size

 

 

 

based on the paper arrival time and running

 

 

 

time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inlet sensor 2

Detects the form width.

ON:

A4 or larger

 

 

OFF:

Smaller than A4

 

 

 

 

Paper sensor

Detects the leading portion of the paper.

ON:

Paper exists.

 

Monitors the paper feeding situation.

OFF:

No paper exists.

 

 

 

 

Outlet sensor

Monitors the paper feeding and size according

ON:

Paper exists.

 

to the time of arrival to and leaving past the

OFF:

No paper exists.

 

sensor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper end sensor

Detects the end of the paper.

ON:

Paper exists.

 

 

OFF:

No paper exists.

 

 

 

Toner low sensor

Detects the lack of toner.

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2.5Electrophotographic Process

2.5.1Electrophotographic Process Mechanism

This mechanism actuates the printing of image data supplied by the control board on the paper by electrophotographic process.

The layout of the electrophotographic process mechanism is shown in Figure 2-6.

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Heat roller

LED head

Developing roller

Toner cartridge

Eject roller assy

 

Charge roller

 

 

 

 

Image drum unit

 

 

 

 

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2 Figure

 

6-

Outlet sensor lever

Back-up roller

 

Hopping roller

 

 

Registration

 

Cleaning roller

 

Paper cassette

roller

 

 

 

 

Transfer roller

Inlet sensor lever

 

 

Paper sensor lever

 

 

 

 

(1)Image Drum Unit

The image drum unit consists of a sensitive drum, a charger, and a developer. The unit forms a toner image on the sensitive drum, using a electrostatic latent image formed by the LED head.

(2)Registration Motor

The registration motor is a pulse motor of 48 steps/rotation, that is two-phase excited by the signal from the Main Control PCB. It drives the hopping and registration rollers via two oneway clutches according to the direction of rotation.

(3)Drum Motor

The drum motor is a pulse motor of 48 steps/rotation that is two-phase excited by the signal from the Main Control PCB and is the main motor of this mechanism.

(4)LED Head

Image data for each dot line from the control board is received by the shift register and latch register. The 2496 LED's (OKIPAGE 6e)/4992 LED's (OKIPAGE 6ex) are driven to radiate the image data on the image drum.

(5)Fuser

The fuser consists of a heater, a heat roller, a thermistor and a thermostat.

The AC voltage from the power supply board is applied to the heater controlled by the HEATON signal from the control board. This AC voltage heats the heater. The Main Control

PCB monitors the heat roller temperature via the thermistor, and regulates the heater roller to a predetermined temperature (165°C) by connecting or disconnecting the AC voltage supply to the heater.

When an abnormal rise of the heater roller temperature takes place, the thermostat of the heater voltage supply circuit becomes active and forcibly cuts the AC voltage supply.

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2.5.2Electrophotographic Process

The electrophotographic processing is outlined below. The electrophotographic printing process is shown in Figure 2-7.

1 Charging

The surface of the image drum is charged uniformly with a negative charge by applying the negative voltage to the charge roller.

2Exposure

Light emitted from the LED head irradiates the negatively charged surface of the image drum. The surface potential of the irradiated portion of the image drum surface becomes lower, forming the electrostatic latent image associated with the print image.

3Developing and toner recovery

When the negatively charged toner is brought into contact with the image drum, it is attracted to the electrostatic latent image by static electricity, making the image visible.

At the same time, the residual toner on the image drum is attracted to the developing roller by static electricity.

4 Transfer

When paper is placed over the image drum surface, the positive charge which is opposite in polarity to that of the toner, is applied to the reverse side by the transfer roller. The toner is attracted by the positive charge and is transferred onto the paper. This results in the transfer of the toner image formed on the image drum onto the paper.

5Temporary cleaning

Residual toner which remains on the image drum without being transferred is evened out by the cleaning roller and is temporarily attracted to the cleaning roller by static electricity.

6Fusing

The toner image transferred onto the paper is fused to the paper by heat and pressure.

An electrophotographic process timing chart is shown in Figure 2-8.

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2 Figure

 

7-

Paper eject roller

 

 

Paper

 

Image data

 

 

 

 

 

eject

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Face down)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

 

LED head

 

 

 

 

 

supply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

roller

 

 

 

 

 

Paper

 

 

 

 

 

Power

 

eject

 

Power

 

Exposure

Doctor

supply

Toner

roller

 

 

blade

(Bias voltage)

cartridge

 

supply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper

 

Charging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper

path

Cleaning

 

 

Developing

Toner

 

selector

roller

Cleaning

Developing

roller

supply

 

eject

 

roller

 

(Face up)

Outlet sensor

Fusing

 

 

 

Paper sensor

Inlet sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper

 

 

 

 

Transfer

 

Paper

 

Paper

 

 

 

 

 

registration

 

supply

tray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Heater roller

Back-up roller

Power

Transfer

 

Registration roller

Hopping

 

supply

roller

 

roller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paper eject

Fusing

Cleaning

 

Transfer

Image

Paper feed

 

Paper hopping

 

 

production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

developing

 

 

 

 

Path of paper feeding

Direction of rotation of the image drum

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2 Figure

 

8-

PRINT-N

PRDY-N DM-ON-N

RM-ON

INSNS

OUTSNS-N

Feed start

Inlet Sensor OFF

Outlet Sensor OFF

Feed stop

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