Ricoh D124-17 Service Manual page 16

Maintenance unit
• The maintenance unit on the right side of the machine cleans the print heads.
• There are two motors in the maintenance unit: the maintenance motor and the maintenance lift
motor.
• The maintenance motor (1) raises the suction cap (2) that cleans the print heads and caps the K1
print head, raises the wiper blade (3), moves the wiper (4), and drives the suction pump (5).
• The maintenance lift motor (6) raises the three print head caps (7) that protect the K2, C, M, and Y
print heads from drying out, and slides the cleaning unit (8) forward and backward.
• The maintenance lift motor and the sliding cleaning unit is a new mechanism.
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