Soft Counter - Canon iR8500 Service Manual

CHAPTER 3 MAIN CONTROLLER

3 Soft Counter

The machine is equipped with a soft counter used to keep count of the number of prints
made. The reading of the counter is indicated by a press on the Check key on the control
panel.
The counter is controlled by the main controller PCB, and the count is incremented in re-
sponse to the output from the following sensors during copying/printing option.
Copying/printing operation
Single-sided
Double-sided
The counter operates in a total of 16 modes (8 large-size mode and 8 small-size mode);
the following shows the basic counter modes:
Copier/printer mode
Local copy
PDL print
Box print
Remote copy print
Fax reception print*2
Report print
Double-sided print
Scan
*1: At time of shipment from the factory, B4 or smaller: to count B4 as large-size, the set-
ting may be changed in service mode.
*2: The machine is not equipped with a fax function, so that fax reception pages are not
counted.
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COPYRIGHT© 2001 CANON INC.
Sensor used
Finisher delivery sensor
1st side: PS14
2nd side (finisher delivery sensor)
Large-size
A
C
E
G
I
K
M
O
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Small-size*1
B
D
F
H
J
L
N
P