Paper Feed Through The Fusing Unit - Ricoh Neptune-P1 Service Manual

6. Details

Paper Feed Through the Fusing Unit

After separation from the drum:
• The paper feeds to the transport plate [1].
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• The 5 sets of spurs [2] at the entrance hold the paper against the transport plate
• The heat and pressure of the hot roller [3] against the pressure roller [4] fuse the image to the paper.
• The fusing lamp [5] in the center of the hot roller is pre-heated to the correct temperature. (It switches
on and off to keep the rollers at the correct operating temperature.)
• The hot roller strippers [6] pull the copy off the hot roller.
• The fusing exit sensor [7] detects the leading edge and trailing edge of the sheet, and checks the
timing to detect paper jams.
• The fusing exit rollers [8] feed the paper out of the fusing unit.
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