Outline Of Operation; Outline - Canon iR1600 Service Manual

1 Outline of Operation

1.1 Outline

The fixing roller of the fixing assembly and the delivery roller are driven by the main mo-
tor. After it is removed from the photosensitive drum, the paper is moved to the inside of the
fixing assembly, where the toner image is fused to the fibers of the paper by the work of the
fixing roller and pressure roller; thereafter, the paper is delivered outside the machine.
The fixing system has the following functions and uses the following methods:
Item
Fixing method
Fixing drive
Control temperature
Temperature
detection
Fixing temperature
control
Pressure roller
cleaning
Error detection
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Roller fixing
From main motor (M101)
Varied according to selected mode
[1] By main thermistor (temperature control, error detection)
[2] Sub thermistor (error detection)
[3] Thermal switch (error detection)
[1] Control in response to power switch operation
[2] Control according to paper type
[3] Control at time of down sequence
[4] Control in ESS (energy save) mode
By cleaning mode in user mode
[1] By thermistor (overheating)
[2] Thermal switch (overheating)
T07-101-01
2000 CANON iR1600/iR2000 REV.1 JAN. 2002
CHAPTER 7 FIXING SYSTEM
Description
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