CHAPTER 5.

SECOND PAPER FEED SECTION

THEORY OF OPERATION LED PSEN Paper sensor
– Lights up when light path is blocked.
Test Mode No. 6 Paper sensor
– Short interval beeps when light path is blocked.

THEORY OF OPERATION
1. Second Paper Feed System
- Rotation of Guide Roller
The Guide cam follower is shifted up and down on the Guide roller cam when the Main motor
rotates.
When it follows the cam from the low point to the high one in the cam's rotation after a feeding
sheet reach the Guide roller, the Sector gear is driven to rotate the Guide roller gear clockwise.
The Guide roller gear incorporates a one-way spring clutch to rotate the Guide roller only when
the Guide roller gear is driven clockwise and not to transmit rotation to the Guide roller when the
Guide roller gear rotates counter-clockwise.
- Rotation of Timing Roller
When the Timing roller is raised, the Gear B on the Timing roller shaft is engaged with the Gear
A on the Guide roller shaft.
When the Guide roller is rotated, the Timing roller is simultaneously rotated via the Gears A and
B to feed a sheet to the print area.
- Check of Paper Feed
The Paper sensor checks if a sheet is securely fed through the Guide and Timing rollers up to
the print area.
- Function of Load Spring
The Load spring is put on the Guide roller shaft to prevent the roller from rotating when the
rotation force is not transmitted to the roller by applying a load against rotation, which serves
constant print position (registration).

A: Sector gear spring

B: Main belt
C: Guide roller cam B
A
D: Paper sensor C
E: Guide roller E
F: Timing roller
G: Gear A
H: Gear B D
I: Load spring
J: One-way spring
K: Guide roller gear
L: Sector gear

L H
K J

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2. Timing Rollor Up Down System

- Shift-up of Timing Roller
The Timing cam attached to the Cam pulley rotates clockwise when the Main motor rotates.
As the Timing cam rotates, the Timing cam follower on the Timing lever, pressed against the
cam by the Timing spring, follows the cam and is shifted up and down on the cam.
When it follows the cam from the high point to the low one in the cam's rotation while a sheet is
picked up and fed in the first paper feed area, the Timing lever is driven to rotate the Timing
roller shaft clockwise, raising the Timing roller mounted on the holder to the Guide roller.
The raised Timing roller is kept in contact with the Guide roller with sufficient pressure by the
Timing lever spring.
- Shift-down of Timing Roller
When the Guide and Timing rollers finish rotating and the Timing cam follower follows the cam
from the low point to the high one, the Timing lever is driven to rotate the Timing roller shaft
counter-clockwise, lowering the Timing roller.
This mechanism prevents the back tension from being applied to the paper.

A C

Up

D
A: Main belt
B: Timing cam
F C: Guide roller
E D: Timing roller
E: Timing spring
G F: Timing lever
Down
G: Timing roller shaft

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3. Vertical Position Control System

- Basic
When pressing the print position button on the operation panel, the Print positioning motor rotates
and changes the vertical print position in steps on the printed copy to a maximum of +20mm.(B4
models)

<1> Suppose the Guide roller starts rotating and feeding a sheet to the print area when the
Clamp section on the Drum is rotated to point A in the figure.
In this case, the image area on printed copies is as shown in the figure below.

Drum 1234567890123456
1234567890123456
1234567890123456
1234567890123456
1234567890123456
Guide roller 1234567890123456
1234567890123456
1234567890123456

A
Clamp
1234567890123456
1234567890123456
Image area
1234567890123456
1234567890123456
1234567890123456
-
section 1234567890123456
1234567890123456
1234567890123456
Trail edge Lead edge
Timing roller Pressure roller

<2> Next suppose the Guide roller starts rotating and feeding a sheet to the print area when
the Clamp section on the Drum is rotated to point B in the figure.
In this case, the sheet is fed earlier and the image area goes down to the bottom of
printed copies as shown in the figure below.

12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
B
12345678901234567
Image area
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
-
12345678901234567
12345678901234567
Trail edge Lead edge

The print position in the vertical direction is determined by the start time of the rotation of the Guide
roller.

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– Lights up when light path is blocked
Test Mode No. 22 Vertical centering sensor
– Short interval beeps when light path is blocked
- Rotation of Print Positioning Motor
When the Print position button "DOWN" on the operation panel is pressed to shift down the
image area on printed copies, the Print positioning motor rotates clockwise, causing the Slide
shaft to rotate counter-clockwise via the Slide gear.
- Elevation of Slide Plate
By the rotation of the Slide shaft, the Slide shaft bracket, which is fixed to the Slide plate, is
elevated to shift up the Slide plate.
- Movement of Main Belt
When the Slide plate is shifted up, the two Slide idlers, which are fixed to the Slide plate to
provide tension on the Main belt, are also elevated. This loosens the tension of the Main belt on
the upper idler and tightens it on the lower idler, causing the Main belt to move counter-clock-
wise.
- Rotation of Main Pulley
When the Main belt moves counter-clockwise, the Main pulley is rotated counter-clockwise and
the Drum is as well rotated out of the home position.
With the cams and pulleys arranged as above, the Sector gear is started to move earlier,
causing the Guide roller as well to start rotating earlier to feed paper to the print area earlier.
As a result, the image area is shifted to the bottom on printed copies.
- Shift-up of Image Area
When the Print position button "UP" is pressed, the Print positioning motor rotates counter-
clockwise, causing the Guide roller to start rotating later to shift the image area to the top on
printed copies (by moving the belt and pulley in the direction opposite to the above case).
- Automatic Print Position Centering
The print position is automatically returned to the center (only vertically) by the Print positioning
motor in the following cases: 1) when the power switch is turned ON, 2) when the "Centering"
button is pressed, and 3) when the "RESET" button is pressed.
<Mechanism>
1. If the light path of the Vertical centering sensor is blocked by the Slide plate, the Print
positioning motor is rotated until the light path is opened.
2. If the light path of the Vertical centering sensor is open, the Print positioning motor is
rotated until the light path is blocked by the Slide plate, and then the motor is rotated in
reverse until the light path is opened again.

A
A: Slide idler
B: Vertical centering sensor
B
C: Cam pulley C
D: Guide roller cam
E: Sector gear
F: Guide roller
G: Slide plate D
H: Slide shaft bracket
M
I: Print positioning motor
J: Slide gear
K: Pressure Cam
L: Main pulley
E
M: Main belt

F
G
L K H
CCW
J
I

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- Timing Chart -

Vertical Position Control System

Press the Print position button.

Less than More than

Print position button 1sec. 1sec.
1sec.

Print positioning motor 1 2

For 0.5mm For 0.5mm

1 If the Print position button is pressed, the Print positioning motor is kept rotating until the
print position is shifted by 0.5mm.
2 If the Print position button has been pressed for more than 1 sec., the Print positioning motor
restarts and keeps rotating (within the range of +20mm from the center) while the button is
kept pressing.

Automatic Print Position Centering Mechanism

Press the Print position button.

1 1
Pressed
Drum set SW
2
Blocked
Vertical centering sensor 4
3 Open
5
CW CCW CW
Print positioning motor
10msec.

1 If the Drum set SW is not pressed ON, the Print positioning motor doesn't rotate for the
automatic print position centering operation.
2 If the light path of the Vertical centering sensor is blocked, the Print positioning motor rotates
to lower the Slide plate.
3 If the light path of the Vertical centering sensor has not been opened within 12 seconds after
the Print positioning motor started operating, the machine assumes a Print positioning motor
lock has occurred and displays the error code [T 5].
4 If the light path of the Vertical centering sensor is open, the Print positioning motor rotates to
raise the Slide plate.
5 If the light path of the Vertical centering sensor has not been blocked within 12 seconds
after the Print positioning motor started operating, the machine assumes a Print positioning
motor lock has occurred and displays the error code [T 5].

T5(Print Positioning Motor Lock)

• Vertical centering sensor not turned on/off

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