Master Feed; Overall - Ricoh C217 Service Manual

3. MASTER FEED

3.1 OVERALL

[A]
[C]
[B]
[E]
[D]
The master material is fed by the platen roller [A] across the thermal head
[B]. When the drum is at the master feed position and the master clamper is
opened, the tension roller [C] is released by the master clamper so that the
master's leading edge is fed into the master clamper [D]. The leading edge
of the master is clamped by the master clamper, and the master is wrapped
completely around the drum surface and then is cut by the cutter [E].
The drum is moved to the eject position and locked using a "V" shaped notch
on the rear of the drum positioning guide [J] to locate and lock the drum
positioning stud [K]. A second stud, 180 degrees from the first, is used to
position the drum during master feeding operations.
C217 2-8 SM