Paper Lift; Paper Feed And Registration - Ricoh G176 Service Manual

Paper Lift

When the user puts the tray [A] in the machine, the bottom plate [B] lifts as follows.
The slopes on the guide blocks [C] on the machine lift the tray arms [D] up.
The springs [E] between the tray arms and bottom plates lift the plate.
The springs [E] keep the top sheet of the paper at the correct height.

Paper Feed and Registration

1. Registration Roller
3. By-pass feed roller
5. Paper end sensor
7. Feed roller
9. Remaining paper sensors (1 and 2)
The friction pad cannot be adjusted.
The machine makes a paper buckle at the registration roller to correct paper skew.
The paper buckle can be adjusted with engine SP 1003.
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2. Relay Roller
4. By-pass friction pad
6. Friction pad
8. Paper tray
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Paper Feed
G176/G177/G176L