Sharp AR-C150 Service Manual page 4

(Relationship between this Service Manual and previous
Service Manuals and how to utilize them) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
[ 1 ] CONFIGURATION
1. Main unit and option lineup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
2. Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
[ 2 ] SPECIFICATIONS
1. Basic specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2. Operating specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
A. Common operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
B. Copy mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
3. Engine specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
A. Operation (display/operation) section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
B. Paper feeding, paper conveyance,
and discharge section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
C. Scanner section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
D. Scanner section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
E. Image processing section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
F. Fuser section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
G. Drive section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
H. Engine controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
I. Image processing controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
J. Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
K. Power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
4. Safety and environmental protection standards . . . . . . . 2-13
A. Safety standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
B. Environmental standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
5. Ambient conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
A. Space required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
B. Operating ambient conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
C. Ambient storage conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
D. Ambient conditions for transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
E. Standard temperature and humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
[ 3 ] CONSUMABLE PARTS
1. Consumable parts list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
2. Compatibility of Supplies for AR-C150/C250/C160/
C270 (Overseas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
3. Photoconductor, developer, toner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
A. Serial number identification, effective life . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
4. Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
5. Environmental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
[ 5 ] EXTERNAL VIEW AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE
B. Internal parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4A
[ 6 ] MACHINE OPERATIONS
1. Operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
2. Operation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
3. Pre-heat mode and sleep mode operations . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
A. Operation timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
B. Pre-heat mode and sleep mode operations . . . . . . . . 6-5
4. Consumable parts life and machine operation . . . . . . . . . 6-8
[ 7 ] SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS
1. Adjustment/setup items list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
ADJ M1 DV doctor gap adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
ADJ M2 DV roller main pole position adjustment . . . . . . 7-2
ADJ M3 Toner concentration control reference level
setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
ADJ M4 High voltage adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
ADJ M5 Paper skew adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
ADJ M6 Image density sensor adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
ADJ M7 Image skew adjustment (Scanner (Writing)
unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
ADJ M8 Photoconductor phase adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
ADJ M9A Image resist adjustment (Auto adjustment)
(AR-C250/C160/C270)
(New version of AR-C150) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
CONTENTS
ADJ M9 Main scanning direction copy magnification
ADJ M10 Sub scanning direction color image resist
ADJ M11 Image distortion adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
ADJ M12 Image focus (main scanning direction copy
ADJ M13 Sub scanning direction copy magnification
ADJ M14 Image position adjustment (Main scanning
ADJ M15 Image position adjustment (Main scanning
ADJ M16 Image position, image loss, void area
ADJ M17 Copy quality adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24
ADJ M18 Document size sensor adjustment. . . . . . . . . . 7-44
ADJ M19 Waste toner full detection level adjustment . . . 7-44
ADJ M20 Touch panel coordinates setting . . . . . . . . . . . 7-44
ADJ M21 Transfer belt level adjustment
ADJ M22 Fusing pressure adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45
ADJ M23 Power voltage adjustment
ADJ M24 Manual paper feed size detection level
ADJ M25 OHP sensor adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
[ 8 ] SIMULATION
1. Outline and purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
2. Code system simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
A. Operating procedures and operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
B. Simulation list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
C. Details of simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
[10] SELF DIAG MESSAGE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
5. List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2A
6. Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6A
[11] MAINTENANCE AND DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY
1. Necessary procedure for maintenance and servicing. . . 11-1
2. List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
S01
S02
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
S08
S09
S10
S11
3. Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25
[12] BLOCK DIAGRAM
1. Overall block diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
[13] ACTUAL WIRING CHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
[14] OTHERS
1. List of adjustment/setup values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8A
[Necessary works when replacing the PWB or in case of
memory trouble] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18A
ratio adjustment (Manual adjustment)
(Scanner (Writing) unit)
Main scanning direction image registration
adjustment (Manual adjustment)
(Scanner (Writing) unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
adjustment (Manual adjustment)
(Scanner (Writing) unit) (Color) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
magnification ratio) adjustment (CCD
position adjustment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
ratio adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
direction) (Print engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
direction) (Scanner (Writing)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
(Transfer belt traveling adjustment) . . . . . . . . . 7-45
(AR-C100/C150/C250/C270). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46
External fitting section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Operation section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
Paper feed, paper transport section . . . . . . . . 11-6
Scanner (reading) section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
Scanner (writing) section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Image process section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14
Fusing/paper exit sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-19
Drive section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21
Filter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23
PWB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23
Fan motor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-24