Hot Roller Stripper Cleaning; Web End; St Cleaning Mode - Ricoh G179 Service Manual

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Web End

The feeler stays on the top of the web roll. When the roll runs out, the actuator on the rear
end of the feeler [A] enters the web end sensor [B] in its on weight.
When all of the web has been used (after about another 30k prints), the actuator rotates, its
feeler actuates the web end sensor. The machine detects the web end status when the
web motor has rotated for 27 seconds after the first web end detection and the web end
sensor is interrupted again.

6.13.7 HOT ROLLER STRIPPER CLEANING

Toner clinging to the hot roller strippers can cause black dots to appear on the back sides
of outputs. To ensure that the hot roller strippers are clean and not contaminated by old
toner, the machine switches on the fusing motor and rotates the hot roller after the job. The
hot roller rotation sequence at the end of a job depends on the size of the job.

1st Cleaning Mode

After the machine has completed printing a total of 0 to 5 sheets continuously (adjustable
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