Waste Toner Vibrator - Ricoh B202 Service Manual

PHOTOCONDUCTOR UNIT

Waste Toner Vibrator

The waste toner vibrator has one motor [M]. The motor operates for about one
second at a time. Its vibration does not let waste toner clog the waste toner path.
The table shows the conditions under which the motor operates.
Machine status
During machine start (machine
initialization)
At the beginning of the process
control
Printing jobs that output five or less
papers
Printing jobs that output 6 or more
papers
Case 1: The copier does two jobs. The first job outputs one paper, and the second
job outputs two papers. In this case, the motor operates one time at the end of the
second job (see
Case 2: The copier does one job, and the job outputs 12 papers. In this case, the
motor operates at the following times:
• One time during the fifth printing
• One time during the tenth printing
• One time at the job end (see
Case 3: The copier does two jobs. The first job outputs one paper, and the second
job outputs 12 papers. In this case, the motor operates at the following times:
• One time during the fifth printing of the second job
• One time during the tenth printing of the second job
• One time at the end of the second job (see
condition ).
B202/B178/B180
Two times
One time
At the job end if 3 or more papers have been output
since the previous operation (of the motor) ( )
Every five papers and at the job end ( )
).
).
Motor operation
; This case does not satisfy
6-56 SM