Adjusting The Pressure Of The Separation Belt - Oce 3121 Technical & Service Manual

12 Adjusting the pressure of the separation belt

Symptoms prior to adjustment:
- documents start to skew
- because of wear on the separation roller or the feeding roller.
Also, the adjustments should be carried out after replacing the separation belt
or the feeding roller.
Outline
The pressure of the separation belt varies for copier mode and fax mode.
Turning the adjusting screw varies the pressure on the belt.
To adjust the pressure for copier mode, adjust the two outer separator tracks.
For fax mode, adjust the centre separator track.
Adjusting screw
Pressure of the
separation belt
Preparing for Adjustment
Prepare a test sheet for the belt tension.
1
Cut an A4 or LTR sheet of copy paper (64 or 80 g/m2) into strips of about 70
mm wide.
Put a length of cellophane tape on both sides, and make a hole.
35 mm
318 TSM Océ 3121
Separation roller
Separation belt
Feeding roller
1/3
1/3
1/3
Vertical direction
paper(A4)
10 mm (approx.)
Stick the tape on both sides
Make a hole
20 mm (approx.)
300 mm (approx.)
Gauge
Belt tension
Test sheet for the belt tension
70 mm (approx.)
70 mm (approx.)
Adjustments