Ricoh FAX880 SPECIFICATIONS

IFO

RICOH FAX880 MP

MV 74

SERVICE MANUAL

November 28th, 1995
Subject to change

Printed in Japan

Lithium Batteries (Memory Back-up )

CAUTION

I

The danger of explosion exists if a battery of this type is inc orr ectly
replaced. Replace only with the same or an equiv alent type
recommended by the manufacturer. Discard used batteries in
accordance with the manufactur er’s instructions.

Important:

Before servicing this machine, please read the following notes.

• Do not touch the nozzle sect ion in the in k cart ridge. This helps preven t

the nozzles from clogging.

• Do not touch the wiper blade on the purge unit. This also h elps prevent

the nozzles from clogging. (Ple ase refer to section 2.2 for details.)

• Do not touch the aluminum plat e on the ink cartridge. The aluminum

plate heats up during prin tin g. It becomes quite hot during continuous
high duty printing.

• After repairs or maintena nce , exce ssive ink may remain on the contact

section of the cartridge, covers, and TIJ unit. Remove this ink with a dry
cloth. The ink is electrically conductive and it may sh ort an ele ctrical
component.

• Always store an extra cartridge (if unpacked) in the cartridge box in-

cluded with the machine .

• Ensure that the TIJ u nit has comp leted its cleaning operation before un-

plugging the machine.

• Ensure that the carriage is at the head capping position (home position)

before leaving the machine unplugged for long pe riod s.

Table of Contents

1. OVERALL MACHINE INFORMATION

1.1. SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

1.2. FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

1.3. COMPONENT LAYOUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

1.3.1. Mechanical Comp onen ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

1.3.2. Electrical Compo nents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

1. PCBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

2. Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

3. Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

1.4. OVERALL MACHINE CONTROL . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

1.5. VIDEO DATA PATH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

1.5.1. Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

1.5.2. Recept ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

1.5.3. Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

1.5.4. Printing fro m t he Cent ronics Interface . . . . . . . . . 1-13

1.6. POWER DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

1.6.1. Distribution Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

1.6.2. Memory Back-up Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

2. DETAILED SECTION DESCRIPTIO N S

2.1. SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2.1.1. Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

1. Document Detection, Pick-up and Separation and

Drive Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2.1.2. Image Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

2.2. PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

2.2.1. Printer Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

2.2.2. Ink Cartridge (Black an d Colo r ) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

2.2.3. Printe r Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

1. Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

2. Drive Circuitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

3. Print Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

2.2.4. Purge Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

1. Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

2. Purge Unit Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

2.2.5. Paper Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

2. Drive Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

2.2.6. Ink End Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

2.2.7. Maximum Print Lengt hs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

2.2.8. Data Red uct ion and Page Separat ion . . . . . . . . . 2-15

2.3. PCBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

2.3.1. FCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

1. FCIP (Facsimile Contro ller an d Ima ge Proce ssor) . . . . . 2-16

2. ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

3. DRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

4. SRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

5. Video SRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

6. Oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

7. Jumpers, Switches, a nd Te st P oin ts . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

2.3.2. FDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

1. Printer Head Drive Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

2. Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

3. Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

4. DC/DC Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

5. Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

6. Jumpers, Switches, a nd Te st P oin ts . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

2.3.3. IJC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

1. CPU (MPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

2. Printer controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

3. ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

4. DRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

5. Oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

6. Raster Image Data Controlle r (RIDC2) . . . . . . . . . 2-21

7. SRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

8. HIC (Hybrid IC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

9. EEPROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

10. Centronics Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

11. Jumpers, Switches, and Test Points . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

2.3.4. PSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

2.3.5. NCU (USA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

1. Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

2.3.6. NCU (Europe/Asia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

1. Control Signals and Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

3. INSTALLATION

3.1. INSTALLING THE MACHINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

3.2. INITIAL PROGRAMMING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

4. SERVICE TABLES AND PROCEDURES

4.1. SERVICE LEV E L FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4.1.1. Bit Switch Prog ramming (Function 01) . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4.1.2. System Parame te r L ist (Fun ction 02) . . . . . . . . . 4-2

4.1.3. Error Code Display (Fun ction 03) . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

4.1.4. Service Monitor Report (Function 04) . . . . . . . . . 4-2

4.1.5. Protocol Dump (Fu nct ion 05) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

4.1.6. RAM Display/Rewrite (Function 06) . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

4.1.7. RAM Dump (Function 06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

4.1.8. Counter Displa y/Re write (Function 07) . . . . . . . . . 4-4

4.1.9. NCU Parameters (Function 08) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

4.1.10. Modem Test (Function 08) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

4.1.11. DTMF Tone Test (Function 08 ) . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

4.1.12. Modem Detection Test (Function 08) . . . . . . . . . 4-7

4.1.13. Operation Panel Test (Fu nction 09) . . . . . . . . . 4-7

4.1.14. LED Array Test (Function 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

4.1.15. ADF Test (Function 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

4.1.16. Printer Test Pa tterns (Function 11) . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

4.1.17. Printing the EEPROM Information Sheet and Initializing

the EEPROM (Function 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

4.1.18. Printer Mechanism Test - Free Run (Function 11) . . . . 4-11

4.1.19. Ink End Sensor Init ializa tion (Function 11) . . . . . . . 4-12

4.1.20. RAM Tests (Function 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

4.1.21. Software Download (Function 12) . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

4.1.22. Software Upload (Function 12) . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

4.1.23. SRAM Data Download (Function 12) . . . . . . . . . 4-15

4.1.24. Serial Numbe r (Fu nct ion 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

4.1.25. Service Station Fax Number (Function 13) . . . . . . . 4-16

4.2. BIT SWITCHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

4.2.1. System Switche s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

4.2.2. Scanner Switche s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25

4.2.3. Printer Switch es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

4.2.4. Communicatio n Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28

4.2.5. G3 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34

4.3. NCU PARAMETERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39

4.4. DEDICATED TRANSMISSION PARAMETERS . . . . . . . 4-65

4.4.1. Programming Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65

4.4.2. Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66

4.5. SERVICE RAM ADDRESSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68

4.6. SPECIAL TOOLS AND LUBRICANTS . . . . . . . . . . 4-79

5. REMOVAL AND ADJUSTMENT

5.1. COVERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5.1.1. Operation Panel Assembly [A and B] . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5.1.2. Upper Cover [A] and IC Ca rd Cove r [ B] . . . . . . . . 5-2

5.2. Paper Feed Uni t and Roller Assembl y . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

5.2.1. Paper Feed Unit [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

5.2.2. Paper Fe ed Roller Assembly [A ] . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5.3. PCBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5.3.1. PSU [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5.3.2. IJC [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

5.3.3. FDU [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

5.3.4. NCU [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

5.4. SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

5.4.1. Conta ct Ima ge Sensor [A] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

5.4.2. Scanner Rolle rs [A, B, C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

5.5. PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

5.5.1. Chassis [C] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

5.5.2. Thermal Ink Jet (TIJ) Unit [A] and Pa pe r Ou tp ut Gu ide [B] . 5-8

5.5.3. Purge Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

5.5.4. Ink Absorbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

6. TROUBLESHOOTING

6.1. COPY QUALITY TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

6.1.1. Blank Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

6.1.2. Black Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

6.1.3. Dirty Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

6.1.4. Uneven Image Den sity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

6.1.5. Vertical Black Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

6.1.6. Vertical White Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

6.1.7. Horizontal White Lin es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

6.1.8. Faint Cop ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7

6.1.9. Misaligned Output (Data shifted to the right or left) . . . . 6-8

6.1.10. Replace Cartridg e Still Displayed

After Cartridge Repla cement . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

6.2. MECHANICAL PROBLEMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

6.2.1. ADF/Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

1. Non-feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

2. Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

3. Skew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11

4. Multi-feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 1

6.2.2. Printe r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

1. Non-feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

2. Paper Jam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

3. Skew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

4. Multi-feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

6.3. SERVICE CALL CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

6.4. ERROR CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

6.5. ELECTRICAL COMPONE NT DEFECTS . . . . . . . . . 6-21

6.5.1. Defe ctive Sensor Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

6.5.2. Blown Fuse Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

November 28th, 1995 OVERALL MACHINE INFORMATION

SPECIFICATIONS

1. OVERALL MACHINE INFORMATION

1.1. SPECIFICATIONS

Type

Desktop type transceiver

Circuit

PSTN, PABX

Connection

Direct couple

Document Size
Length: 105 - 600 mm [4.1 - 23.6 ins]
Width: 148 - 220 mm [5.8 - 8.7 ins]
Thickness: 0.05 to 0.15 mm [2 to 6 mils]

(equivalent to 50 - 80 g/m

Document Feed

Automatic feed, face down

ADF Capacity

15 sheets (using 20 lb. or 80 g/m

Scanning Method

Contact image sensor

Maximum Scan Width

216 mm [8.5 ins]

Scan Resolutions
Main scan: 8 dots/mm [203 dpi]
Sub scan:

Standard - 3.85 lines/mm [98 lpi]
Detail - 7.7 lines/mm [196 lpi]
Fine - 15.4 lines/mm [391 lpi]

Memory Capacity
ECM: 64 kbytes (single buffer) for tx
SAF: 400 kbytes

(272 kbytes for tx)

Compression

MH, MR, EFC, MMR, SSC (MMR only with
ECM)

Protocol

Group 3 with ECM

2

)

2

paper)

Transmission Time

9 s at 9600 bps; Measured with G3 ECM us­ing memory for a ITU-T #1 test document
(Slerexe letter) at standard resolution

Printing System

Ink jet printing

Paper Size

Europe/Asia: A4
USA: Letter, Legal

Paper Capacity

150 sheets

Maximum Printing Width

203 mm [8.0 ins]

Maximum Printer Resolutions

Main scan: 360 dpi
(720 dpi in the printer mode)
Sub scan: 360 dpi

Power Supply
Europe/Asia: 220 - 240 Vac, 50 ± 3 Hz
USA: 115 ± 20 Vac, 60 ± 3 Hz

Power Consumption
Standby: 5 W Transmit: 12 W
Receive: 14 W Copying: 24 W
Printer: 19 W

Operating Environment
Temperature: 17 - 28 °C [63 - 82 °F]
Humidity: 40 - 70 %Rh

Dimensions (W x D x H)

370 x 280 x 235 mm [14.6 x 11.0 x 9.3 ins]
Excluding handset, trays, and tables

Weight

Approx. 7 kg [15 lbs]

Modulation

V.29 (QAM), V.27ter (PHM), V.21 (FM)

Data Rate (bps)

9600/7200/4800/2400, Automatic fallback

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OVERALL MACHINE INFORMATION November 28th, 1995
FEATURES

1.2. FEA TURES

KEY: O = Used, X = Not Used,
A = With optional memory only
B = With optional handset only
C = With color cartridge only

Equipment

ADF O
Book scan X
Built-in handset X
Bypass feed X
Optional cassette X
Cabinet X
Counter X
Cutter X
Handset (option) B
Hard disk X
Manual feed mechanism X
Marker (Stamp) X
Monitor speaker O
PC printer interface (IBM) O

Video Processing Features

Contrast X
Halftone (Basic & Error Diffusion) O
MTF O
Reduction X
Resolution O

Communication Features - Auto

Automatic fallback O
Automatic redialing O
Confidential reception A
Dual Access O
Substitute reception O

Communication Features -

User Selectable

Action as a transfer broadcaster X
AI Redial (last ten numbers) X
Answering machine interface O
Authorized Reception O
Auto-answer delay time X
Auto dialing (pulse or DTMF) O
Auto Document X

Communication Features -

User Selectable

Auto image density selection X
Auto paper size selection X
Automatic Voice Message X
Batch Transmission

(max 35 files)
Broadcasting O
Chain Dialing O
Communication Result Display X
Confidential ID Override O
Confidential Transmission O
Direct Fax Number Entry O
Economy Transmission X
Fax on demand X
Forwarding A
Free Polling O
Groups (3 groups) O
Group Transfer Station X
Hold X
ID Transmission O
Immediate Redialing O
Immediate transmission O
Keystroke Programs O
Memory transmission O
Multi-step Transfer X
Next Transfer Station X
OMR X
On Hook Dial O
Ordering Toner X
Page Count O
Personal Codes X
Personal Codes with Conf. ID X
Polling Reception O
Polling Transmission O
Polling tx file lifetime in the SAF O
Quick Dial (10 stations) O
Reception modes (Auto, Tel,

TAM)
Length Reduction (in Rx mode,

called Auto Reduction)
Remote control features X
Remote Transfer X
Restricted Access X
Secured Polling O

A

O

O

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FEATURES

Communication Features -

User Selectable

Secured Polling with Stored ID
Override

Secure Transmission X
Send Later O
Silent ringing detection X
Specified Image Area X
Speed Dial (50 stations) O
Super Fine Resolution

(16 x15.4 l/mm : 400 x 400 dpi)
Telephone Directory X
Tonal Signal Transmission O
Transfer Request X
Transmission Deadline (TRD) A
Turnaround Polling X
Two- step Transfer X
Two in one X
Voice Request (immed. tx only) X

Communication Features -

Service Selectable

AI Short Protocol O
Auto-reduction override option O
Busy tone detection O
Closed Network (tx and rx) O
Continuous Polling Reception X
Dedicated tx parameters O
ECM O
EFC O
Inch-mm conversion X
Page retransmission: no. of

times
Page separation mark O
Protection against wrong conn. O
Resol’n stepdown override option X
Short Preamble X
Well log X

Other User Features

Area code prefix X
Automatic service call X
Center mark X
Checkered mark X
Clearing a memory file O
Clearing a polling file O
Clock O

O

X

O

Other User Features

Confidential ID O
Copy editing (Erase Center/Mar-

gin)
Copy mode O
Copy Mode Restriction X
Counters O
Daylight Saving Time X
Destination Check X
Direct entry of names O
File Retention Time X
File Retransmission X
Function Programs X
ID Code O
Label Insertion ("From xxx") X
Language Selection O
LCD contrast control X
Memory Lock A
Memory Lock ID A
Modifying a memory file X
Multi Sort Document Reception A
Multicopy mode O
Own telephone number X
Power Saver X
Print density control X
Printing a memory file O
RDS on/off O
Reception Mode Switching Timer X
Reception time printing X
Reduction/Enlargement X
Remaining memory indicator O
Remote ID X
Reverse Order Printing A
RTI, TTI, CSI O
Secure ID X
Service Report Transmission X
Speaker volume control O
Specified Cassette Selection X
Substitute reception on/off O
Telephone line type O
Toner Saving Mode X
TTI on/off O
User Function Keys X
User Parameters O
Wild Cards O

X

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FEATURES

Reports - Automat ic

Charge Control Report X
Communication Failure Report O
Confidential File Report A
Error Report O
Memory Storage Report O
Mode Change Report X
Polling Clear Report X
Polling Reserve Report O
Polling Result Report O
Power Failure Report O
TCR (Journal) O
Toner Cassette Order Form X
Transfer Result Report X
Transmission Result Report O

Reports - User-initiated

Authorized Reception List O
Charge Control Report X
File List O
Forwarding List A
Group List O
Personal Code List X
Program List O
Quick Dial List O
Specified Cassette Selection List X
Speed Dial List O
TCR O
Transmission Status Report X
User Function List X
User Parameter List O

Service Mode Features

Auto Paper Select test X
Back-to-back test O
Bit switch programming O
Book mode test X
Buzzer test O
Cable equalizer O
Comm. parameter display O
Counter check O
Country code O
DTMF tone test O
Echo countermeasure O
Effective term of service calls X
Error code display O
Excessive jam alarm X

Service Mode Features

File Transfer O
LCD contrast adjustment X
Line error mark O
Memory file printout

(substitute reception only)
Modem test O
NCU parameters O
Operation panel test O
Periodic service call X
PM Call X
Printer mechanism test O
Printer test patterns O
Programmable attenuation X
Protocol dump list O
RAM display/rewrite O
RAM dump O
RAM test O
Ringer test X
Scanner lamp test O
Scanner mechanism test O
Sensor initialization X
Serial number O
Service monitor report O
Service station number O
Software upload/download

(Available only in machines with
the FLASH ROM.)

SRAM data download O
System parameter list O
Technical data on the TCR O
Thermal head parameters X
Transmission Status Report X
User data transfer O

Memory Files

Max. number of files: 100
Max. number of stations/ file : 10 0

O

O

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COMPONENT LAYOUT

1.3. COMPONENT LAYOUT

1.3.1. Mechanical Components

2

1

8

7

3

6

5

4

No. Name Descri ption

TIJ Thermal ink jet printer unit.

1

Document Feed Roller This roller feeds the document into the scanner.

2

Paper Feed Unit This unit can hold up to 150 sheets.

3

Paper Feed Roller This roller picks up the top sheet of paper, and feeds it

4

Registration Roller This roller carries out the registration process.

5

Carriage Unit / Ink

6

Cartridge
R2 Roller This roller feeds the document through the scanner.

7

R1 Roller This roller feeds the document through the scanner.

8

into the printer.

The carriage unit holds the ink cartridge. The cartridge
contains the ink jet printer head and the ink.

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COMPONENT LAYOUT

1.3.2. Electrical Components

19

18

1

17

4

5

3

2

6

7

8

9

10

11

16

15

14

13

12

1. PCBs
No. Name Descri ption

FDU (Facsimile Driver

1

Unit)
OPU (Operation Panel

2

Unit)
IJC (Ink Jet Controller) This board controls the ink jet printer.

6

FCE (Facsimile Control

7

Engine)
PSU (Power Supply Unit) This board supplies power to the machine.

9

NCU (Network Control

10

Unit)
Contact Image Sensor

Assembly

15

This board contains drivers for the motors, a dc-dc
converter, and the DRAM backup circuit.

This board controls the operation panel.

This board controls the machine. It contains the main
cpu, ROM, system RAM, and other control components.

This board contains a relay and switches to interface
the machine to the network.

This sensor reads and converts the light reflected from
the document into an analog video signal. It uses an
RLA (Rod Lens Arr ay) sens or unit.

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2. Motors
No. Name Description

Tx Motor This stepper motor drives the scanner rollers.

8

Carriage Motor This motor drives the printer’s carriage mechanism.

12

Paper Feed Motor This motor drives the paper feed roller and the

18

registration roller.

3. Sensors
No. Name Description

Scan Line Sensor This sensor detects when the document approaches

3

Document Sensor This sensor detects the presence of a document in the

4

Top Cover Sensor This sensor detects whether the top cover is opened or

5

Paper Release Lever
Sensor

11

Carriage Home Position

13

Sensor
Ink End Sensor This sensor detects when the ink in the cartridge has

14

Paper Feed Roller Sensor This sensor detects the initial rotation position of the

16

Paper End Sensor This sensor detects the presence of paper in the printer.

17

Front Cover Sensor This sensor detects whether the front cover is opened

19

the scanning position.

feeder.

closed.
This sensor detects when the paper release lever is

released. (The paper release lever is also known as the
paper feed lever.)

This sensor detects when the carriage is at the home
position.

run out.

paper feed roller.

or closed.

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OVERALL MACHINE CONTROL

1.4. OVERALL MACHINE CONTROL

Optional

RS232C I/F

Centronics

Interface

Optional

IC Card

IJC

I/F

Controller

Heater
Drivers

RIDC

Print

Controller

DRAM

FDU

FCE

MDM

FCIP

ROM

Paper Feed

Roller Sensor

Cartridge

Type/
Color

Detection

DRAM

ECM/

Working

CPU
RU8

SAF

RAM

Memory

DATA/ADDRESS BUS

DMAC DCR DIP LIF

SRAM

CPU

Paper End

Sensor

Drivers

System

ROM

Thermistor

EEPROM

Driver

System

RAM

(SRAM)

DRAM

Video
SRAM

PRIF

HIC

LED

Driver

DC-DC

Converter

NCU

Speaker

Contact Image

Sensor

Cover

Sensors

Ink End

Sensor

Operation

Panel

PSU

Carriage

Home Position

Sensor

Printer Head

Carriage

Motor

Paper

Feed

Motor

Tx Motor

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The FCE (Facsimile Control Engine) contains the FCIP (Facsimile Control
and Image Processor), DRAM, SRAM, System ROM, and video processing
memory. It controls the entire system through the IJC (Ink Jet Controller) and
the FDU (Facsimile Driver Unit).

There are two cpus in the mach ine: the main cpu (FCIP) on the FCE an d th e
ink jet control cpu on the IJC.

The FCIP consist s of th e following component blocks:

• MDM - Modem• RU8 CPU - Main CPU

• PRIF - Printer Interface• DMAC - DMA Controller

• DIP - Digital Imag e Pro cessor

• DCR - Data Compression and Recon-

struction

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OVERALL MACHINE CONTROL

The 512 KB DRAM contains the SAF memory, ECM buffer memory, and work
area. The SAF memory can be exte nded by 2 or 4 Mbytes with an IC card.

A 512 KB (4 Mbit) ROM is used for the system ROM.
For the USA and some Europe models, the software in this ROM can be re­written from the IC card slot or by RDS (because a Flash ROM is used ).

The IJC consists of the following compo ne nt s:

• CPU - 16-bit CPU with 16-MHz external clock input

• Printer Controller - Gate Array

• RIDC - Raster Image Data Controller, interface between FCE and IJC

• ROM - The inkjet printer control prog ram and t he bitmap font data

• DRAM - Receive buffer, download buffer, and working area for printing

• I/F Controller - Centronics Interf ace Controller

• SRAM - Working area

• HIC - Hybrid IC, Tx/Rx Amplifie r

• Thermistor - Detects the temperature in the print er

• LED Driver - LED on/off control

• EEPROM - Contains the following data:

• Total amount of waste ink

• Total number of pages tha t ha ve pa ssed through the printer

mechanism

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VIDEO DATA PATH

1.5. VIDEO DATA PATH

1.5.1. Transmission

Original

Contact Image Sensor Assembly

LED Array

Image Sensor

IJC

HIC

FCE

HIC

NCU

To the network

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SAF IC

Card

Video

Processing

Memory

DRAM

Line

Buffer/

FIFO

Memory

FCIP

DCR

DATA/ADDRESS BUS

ECM/SAF

Memory

DIP

MDM

Amplifier

Immediate Transmission:

Scanned data from the contact imag e sen sor pa sses to the DI P block in the
FCIP. Afte r an alo g/digital video processing, the DCR block compresse s t he
data for transmission. The compressed data then passe s either to the FIFO
memory or to the ECM memory, before it is sent to the telephone line through
the modem.

Memory Transmission:

First, the scanned data is sto red in the SAF memory after compression in the
DCR block. At the time f or t ransmission, the DCR block decompresses the
data from the SAF memory, then compresses it again after han dsh akin g with
the other terminal is done. The compressed data then passes either t o t he
FIFO memory or to the ECM memory, before it is sent to the telephone line
through th e mod e m.

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VIDEO DATA PATH

1.5.2. Reception

IJC

DCR

RIDC SRAM

Print

Controller

Print Head

CPU

Controller

FDU

Carriage

Printer Head

Copy Paper

DRAM ROM

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Data from the line p asse s to the modem throu gh th e NCU a nd hyb rid IC. Af­ter the modem demodula te s the dat a, the data (which is comp resse d) pa sses
to the SAF memory. After the data has been stored in the SAF memory, it
passes through either the FIFO or the ECM memory to the DCR block, where
the data is decompressed to rast er image data.

The image data is then passe d to the Print Controller for printing, through th e
RIDC.

After the data has been stored in the DRAM (which acts as a print buf f er), the
data is sent to the printer head through the printer head control block.

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VIDEO DATA PATH

1.5.3. Copying

Contact Image Sensor Assembly

LED Array

Single copy

Original

Carriage

Printer Head

Image Sensor

Copy Paper

FDU

HIC

DIP

DCR

IJC

RIDC SRAM

Print

Controller

Print Head

Controller

DRAM ROM

CPU

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The scanned data is processed in the DIP block. After the da ta has been
stored in the DRAM for printing through the RIDC, the dat a is sent to the
printer head through the Print Con troller.

Multi-page copy

The scanned data passe s to th e SAF memory after video processing (DIP)
and compression (DCR). After a pa ge of da ta ha s be en sto red in the SAF
memory, the data passes to the DCR block again for de comp ression, then it
passes to the print controller for printing throug h the RIDC.

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VIDEO DATA PATH

1.5.4. Printing from the Centronics Interface

Centronics

I/F

FDU

Carriage

Printer Head

I/F

Controller

Print Controller

Printer Head

Controller

DRAM

RIDC

CPU

Printer Control

Program

ROM

Bit Map Font

Data

Copy Paper

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The print data passes from the Centronics interface to the print controller
through the I/F controller and the RIDC.

The print data is stored in th e DRA M, wh ich a cts a s a p rint bu ffer. At the
same time, font data from the RO M is stored in the DRAM, which also acts as
a downloaded font buffer if necessary.

After the print data has been store d with the font da ta in the print buffer, the
print data passes through the print er he ad cont rol blo ck t o the print controller
for printing.

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POWER DISTRIBUTION

1.6. POWER DISTRIBUTION

1.6.1. Distribution Diagram

PSU

Carriage

HVH

HVDD

+24VH

FDU

+24VM

+24VM

+24VH

+5V

Tx Motor

+5V

Driver

+24VM

DRAM Backup

Circuit

BAT

DC-DC

Converter

(for Stepping Motors)

Carriage

Motor

Drivers

+5V

-5V

+24VM

Paper Feed

Motor

+24VM

+5V

-5V

+24VM

Contact Image

DC-DC

Comverter

+24VM

-5V

Sensor

+5V

+5VBAT

+12VP

+5V

+5VCIS

+5V

FCE

+5VBAT

IJC

+5V

+5V

+24VM

Ink End
Sensor

Operation

Panel

NCU

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The PSU supplies +24V dc power to the FDU. The FDU co nve rts t he +24 V
dc power supply to the following supplie s.

+5V

This is normally on when the main power is supplied.
This supplies the DRAM and the optional IC card on the FCE to back up the

+5VD

stored data for one hour. A rechargeable battery on the FDU is used to
generate +5VD.

+5VBAT

+24VM

-5V

+24VH/

This supplies the system RAM on the FCE to back up the programmed data. A
lithium battery is used to generate +5VBAT.

This is normally on when the power code is plugged in.
This is used for the image sensor.
This is supplied to the temperature control heater on the printer head.

HVH

HVDD

This is supplied to the drive circuit on the printer head.

The FDU supplies + 24V and ±5V dc power to the IJC. The IJC converts the
+24V and +5V dc power supplies to the following supplies.

+5VCIS

+12VP

This is a more stable power supply than +5V. It is used for the Contact Image
Sensor.

This is supplied to the Flash ROMs on the FCE and the optional IC card.

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POWER DISTRIBUTION

1.6.2. Memory Back-up Circuit

IJC

[A]

[B]

FDU

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The +5VBAT supply from the lithium bat tery [ A] backs up the system RAM
which contains system para met ers an d pro gra mmed telephone numbers,
and the real time clock in the main cpu. The 5R TCCS sig nal te lls th e main
cpu whether the back-up powe r (+5VBAT) is coming from the battery or from
the +5V power supply.

A rechargeable lithium batt ery [B] and the dc/dc converter on the FDU back
up the DRAM (SAF memory) for one hour. While the main power is on, the
+5V supply recharges th e ba tt ery. The battery recha rges in one or two days.

The battery [B] generates ab ou t 3 volt s (max. 3. 2 vo lts). The dc/dc converter
(IC12) lifts this voltage to 5 volt s so it can be used as the +5 VD sup ply fo r
SAF backup. The CPU monit ors th e voltage of the +5VD sup ply wit h t he
1VDET signal. Whe n th e ba tt ery ha s run do wn, and the volta ge is lower tha n

4.4 volts, the CPU stops the dc/dc converter by dropping 1SAFFG to low and

the machine stops backing up th e memory.
There is no battery switch for the battery [B].

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SCANNER

2. DETAILED SECTION DESCRIPTIONS

2.1. SCANNER

2.1.1. Mechanisms

1. Document Detection, Pick-up and Separation and Dri ve Mechanism

[A]

[C]

[E]

[B]

[G]

[F]

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A: Document Sensor
B: Scan Line Sensor
C: Separation Rubber Plate
E: Tx Motor

The document sensor [A] detects whe n a do cument is placed in th e ADF. The
tx motor [E] then sta rts to prefeed the document unt il t he sca n line sensor [B]
detects it. The separation rubb er pla te [C] pre ven ts th e f ee d roller [D] from
feeding more than one sheet at a time.

To feed the docu ment throu ght th e scan ner, the Tx motor [E] dr ives t he fe ed
roller, the R1 roller [F], and the R2 roller [G].

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2.1.2. Image Scanning

[F]

[C]

[B]

[D]

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The scanner consists of a sha din g plate [A] and a contact ima ge senso r
(CIS) assembly [B]. Insid e the CIS are an exposure glass [C], a rod lens ar­ray [D], an image sensor [E], and an LED array [F] .

The image sensor consists of a row of 1728 photo sen sitive elements. Light
from the LED array is reflecte d from the document and focused onto the im­age sensor by the rod lens a rray. Because of the short optical path inside the
CIS, the focal depth is much short er than for a CCD type scanner. Because
of this, the shadin g plate pushes the document so that the docume nt surface
always touches the exp osu re glass at the scan line.

The image sensor assembly is not adju sted at the factory, so it does not need
any adjustment at replacement in the field.

The image sensor scans the origin al on e line at a time , an d ou tputs an ana­log signal for each line. The voltage from each ele ment depends on the
intensity of the light reflect ed from th e orig ina l ont o the ele ment.

The machine feeds th e do cument through the scanner using one of the fol­lowing step widths: th e scanned lines are transmitte d without any OR
processing.

3.85 lines/mm in Standard resolution

7.7 lines/mm in Detail resolution

15.4 lines/mm in Fine resolution

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Auto Contrast Thresholding

This machine determines the cont rast thresholds automatically whe n text
mode is used. The machine compares the video data ele men t with the sur­rounding elements an d au tomatically calculates the th reshold level.
When this mode is enabled, the contrast threshold setting of scanner bit
switch 02 is ignored.

This function can be disabled with scanner bit switch 00.

Jam Conditions

The machine detects a docu men t jam if on e of the following conditions oc­curs.

Jam Condition Description Error Code

The scan line sensor does not switch on within

Non-feed

Incorrect sensor

condition

3.0 s of the tx motor starting to prefeed the
document.

The scan line sensor does not turn off after the
maximum document length has been fed
since it turned on.

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PRINTER

2.2. PRINTER

2.2.1. Printer Configuration

[C]

[A]

[D]

[B]

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Ink Cartridge [A]: The ink cartridge is ma de up of the printer head and the
cartridge body. The machine can use both black and color ink ca rtrid ge s.
The black ink cartridge is a single unit, but the color ink cart ridge has sepa­rate ink refills (black and color) which can be repla ced.

Purge Unit [B]: To sustain a high qu alit y printing level, the purge unit main­tains the ink nozzles wit h a cap and wip er. The purge unit protects the
nozzles with the cap when the print er is n ot in use.

Carriage [C]: The carriage unit, drive n by the carriage motor [D], move s ho ri­zontally across the print paper. The print signals are transmitte d t o t he ink
cartridge by the carriage ribbon cable. Whe n the carriage unit is at home posi­tion, paper feed mot or drive can be transferred to the purge unit or the paper
feed roller (see "Paper Feed - Drive Mechanism" for details).

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2.2.2. Ink Cartridge (Black and Color)

[A]

[H]

[I]

[F]

[D]

[J]

Black Ink Cartridge

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[C]

[H]

[B]

[I]

[G]

[J]

Color Ink Cartridge

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The black ink cartridge cont ains only the black ink sponge [A] while th e color
cartridge contains ink sponge s for bla ck [ B] , yello w [C], ma gent a [D] , an d
cyan [E].

The black printer head face plat e [F] cont ain s a row of 12 8 nozzles and th e
color printer head face plate [G] contains 136 nozzle s. Ink passes to these
nozzles through an ink duct section [H]. Printing signals are sent to the printe r
head from the signal connection point [I].

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2.2.3. Printer Head

1. Mechanism

[C]

[D]

[E]

[F]

[B]

[A]

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Ink from the sponge is filtered at [A] to remove dust, and then passes to the noz­zles throug h pi pe [B ]. W hen th e he ad dr ive curr ent f low s th rou gh a n ozzle ’s
heater plat e [C], th e ink at t he plat e boil s. The bubbl es form ed [ D] even tuall y joi n
into one large bub ble [E] . The bubbl e forces a dro p of ink [F ] out of the nozzl e.

Head drive current stops before the bubble is fully formed. The remaining
heat of the heat plate complete s the bub ble . The pla te cools b y th e time t he
ink drop is ejected, and fresh ink ent ers th e no zzle fro m t he spon ge.

The nozzles are arranged in a
straight line at intervals of 1/360

Nozzle 1

Nozzle 1

inch.
There are 128 nozzles in the
black ink cartridge.
The color ink cartridge has a
total of 136 nozzles: 24 yellow

Yellow 1~24
Magenta 25~48
Cyan 49~72

Black 73~136

nozzles, 24 magenta no zzles, 24
cyan nozzles, and 64 black noz­zles.

Nozzle 128

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2. Drive Circuitry

Temperature Control Heater x 2

Rank Resistor

Sub-heater x 2

H ENB

Odd ENB

Even ENB

RANK

WH-T

HTO
HVH

HTI

VHG

<0>
<1>

128/136

Bit Tr.
Array

Heater 1

Heater

128/136

*

B ENB

HDATA

HCLOCK

HLATCH

DIODE A

DIODE K

HRES

HVdd
HVss

<0>
<1>
<2>

Decoder

128/136
Bit Shift
Register

ID0

ID1

3→8

128/

136

/

Temperature

128/136
Bit Latch

Head

Sensor

1
2

8

1

16

113
114

128/
136

Delay

Delay

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128/136 Bit Shift Register: This register stores the prin t d at a (HDATA) sent
from the FCE with the HCLOCK timing signal.

128/136 Bit Latch: This latch sto res th e print da ta (HDATA) sent from the
128/136 bit shift register wit h th e HLATCH timing signal.

3→8 Converter: This converts the three BENB (block enable) signals (<0>,
<1>, and <2>) into the 8-division timing signals for all heaters.

Heaters 1-128/1-136: These heaters heat the nozzles. They are turned on
by a combination of OddENB or EvenE NB, HE NB (he at enable ), th e timin g
signals from the 3→8 converter, and the data signal (HDAT A ) from th e latch.

Sub-heater: This heater keeps the ink in the nozzles warm.
Temperature Control Heater: This heater stabilizes the amo unt o f in k in-

jected.
Heat Temperature Sensor: This sensor use s a diode to detect the t empera-

ture variation caused by the flo w of ink at the nozzle s.
Cartridge ID: The cart ridg e type (colo r or black) is det ect ed with the ID0 and

ID1 signals.

*These ID signals identify a color cartridge.

The main illustration’s ID signals identify a black cartrid ge .

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3. Print Signals

HQ 160s (6.25kHz)
Smoothing 128s (7.81kHz)
HS 112s (8.93kHz)

HLATCH

HDATA
HCLOCK
Odd ENB

Even ENB

B ENB 0

B ENB1

B ENB 2

H ENB 0,1,2

H ENB 3

Odd ENB

Even ENB

B ENB 0
B ENB 1

B ENB 2

H ENB 0,1,2

H ENB 3

1 BLOCK

128 OR 136

Data transmission to shift

Head Driving in HQ Mode

Head Driving in HS Mode

register

(Divided into 16)

(Divided into 8)

Variable

Pulse Width

Pre-Pulse

Main Pulse

1 BLOCK

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The 3→8 convert er cha ng es the three signals, BE NB 0, 1, an d 2, into 8 sig­nals, dividing the nozzles into 8 blocks. For HQ print mode, these blocks are
then further divided with the OddENB and EvenENB sign als into 16 nozzle
groups.

The HENB signals make up the pre-pulse s (which raise the temperature of
the printer head to a suitable temperature), and the main pulse s (which cause
the ink to be ejected). These signals are inp ut with the print data sign als f o r
each nozzle into th e A ND circuit s (see the diagram on the pre vious page).
The resulting signal drives t he heate rs.

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2.2.4. Purge Unit

1. Components

[E]

[A]

[D]

[B]

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Purge Unit Drive Gear [A]: The paper feed motor drives this gear during
cleaning. The gear functions as a cam to control the ink p ump inside the
purge unit.

Wiper Unit [B]: The wiper un it wipe s the ink from th e in k cart ridge face plate
during cleaning.

Cap Unit [C]: The cap unit caps the print head fa ce plat e (n ozzle s) when the
nozzles move to the capping posit ion (t his is when the carriag e is a t home po ­sition). The cap unit is also connect ed to the ink pu mp. It e xtra cts in k from
the ink cartridge during cleaning operations. The waste ink is d rained down
into the waste ink absorbers in the bottom of the unit.

Maintenance Jet Receiving Section [D]: This section receives ink ejected
from the nozzles into the pu rge unit to prevent cloggin g. The g ea r feeds the
waste ink to the waste ink ab sorb ers in the bottom of the unit.

Slide Pin [E]: The slide pin causes the cap unit [C] to cap the nozzles when
the cartridge moves into th e capping position. This unlo cks th e d rive t ransfer
mechanism inside the purge unit, allowing the paper feed motor drive to be
transferred eith er to the purg e un it drive gear [A] or to the paper fee d un it
(see section 2-2-5).

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