Print Heads - Ricoh J012 Service Manual

Ink Supply
6.6.5

PRINT HEADS

The mechanisms that supply the ink from the print cartridges to the print heads are identical
for the machines of this series.
No. Component
1 AS Air Sensors x2
2 F Feelers x4
3 HT Head Tanks x4
4 --- Filter Units x2
5 H Print Heads x2
6 IM Ink Pump Motors x2
7 CT Print Cartridges x4
An air sensor [1], two feelers [2], and head tank [3] comprise the reservoir of the ink supply
system.
The ink flows from the head tank through a filter [4] that contains the piezoelectric element
that expands upon application of a electrical charge to force ink out of the nozzles of the
print head [5].
Two ink pump motors [6] drive the simple pump mechanisms that draw ink out of the print
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