Fusing Temperature Control; Overview - Ricoh K-C1 Service Manual

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6.13.5 FUSING TEMPERATURE CONTROL

Overview

The fusing temperature is controlled using the fusing thermistor [A].
The CPU checks the output from the fusing thermistor once a second. The CPU
compares the current and previous temperature, then decides the power-on ratio
for the next second. To maintain the target temperature, the CPU controls the
fusing lamp power-on ratio as shown in the following table (the temperature control
algorithm only works with whole numbers).
The fusing lamp works to maintain a target fusing temperature of 175°C during
copying.
Initializing
Sampling cycle: 1 second
Soft start setting: 3 cycles
Previous minus Current
–3°C or less
From –2°C to –1°C
0°C
From +1°C to +2°C
+3°C or more
–2° ° ° ° C or
–3° ° ° ° C or
less
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Ratio (%): The proportion of time that the fusing lamp power is on
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[A]
Current minus Target
0° ° ° ° C
–1° ° ° ° C
50% 0%
50% 0%
50% 0%
50% 0%
50% 0%
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+1° ° ° ° C or
+3° ° ° ° C or
+2° ° ° ° C
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0% 0%
0% 0%
0% 0%
0% 0%
0% 0%