Oki OKIPAGE 24DX Service Manual page 39

(a) Hopping from the 1st Tray
1 Hopping
Rotating the Hopping Motor in direction a (CW) drives the 1st Hopping Roller and the Sub Roller then pick up a
sheet of paper in the 1st tray. The Main Motor is always driven in direction c (CCW) on printing. After the paper is fed
approx. 30mm from the tray, the Clutch (Feed) drives the Align Roller to advance the paper until the Inlet Sensor
turns on.
2 Aligning
After turning on the Inlet Sensor, the paper fed by a predetermined length and choked up to the wedge space formed
by the Registration Roller and the Pressure Roller to align the skew of the paper.
3 During the paper fed from the 1st tray, the built-in clutch of Gear C is idled and does not drive the Front Hopping
Roller.
4 Feeding
After aligning the paper, the Hopping Motor is turned off and stops hopping. Also the Clutch (Feed) is turned off and
the Align Roller idles freely. Then the Clutch (Registration) is turned on and the Registration Roller starts to feed the
paper. After the paper is fed, the 1st Hopping Roller idles freely by releasing built-in one way clutch, also the Sub