500-sheet paper feeder cassette pickup
The paper feeder picks up one sheet of paper from the cassette.
Figure 1-42
PF cassette
pickup solenoid
PF cassette pickup roller
The operational sequence of the cassette pickup is as follows:
1.
The paper feeder controller rotates the PF cassette pickup motor when it receives a print command
from the formatter.
2.
The PF cassette pickup roller, PF cassette feed roller and PF cassette separation roller rotate.
3.
The PF cassette pickup solenoid is driven at a specified timing.
4.
The cassette pickup cam rotates.
5.
The cassette pickup arm lowers and the PF cassette pickup roller picks up the top paper.
6.
The PF cassette separation roller removes any multiple-fed sheets.
7.
One sheet of paper is fed into the product.
500-sheet paper feeder cassette media-size detection and cassette-presence
detection
The paper feeder controller determines the size of paper loaded in the cassette and also whether the
cassette is installed to the paper feeder by monitoring the PF cassette media width switch and the PF
cassette media end switch.
The PF cassette media width switch and the PF cassette media end switch contain three sub-switches
each. The paper feeder controller detects the size of paper and the presence of cassette according to
the combination of the sub-switches and notifies the formatter.
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500-sheet paper feeder pickup and feed cassette pickup
PF controller
M1
PF cassette pickup motor
PF cassette feed roller
Cassette pickup arm
SL1
Cassette pickup cam
Lifting plate
PF cassette separation roller
2
1
1. Cassette pickup cam rotates
2. Cassette pickup arm lowers
3
3. PF cassette pickup roller
picks up the paper
500-sheet paper feeder (Tray 4)
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