9.2 Explanation of Functions
9.2.1
Main charger, discharge lamp and LED
erasing array
•
Main charger
Places a negative charger on the drum (through
a high-voltage transformer).
•
Discharge lamp
Eliminates the residual charge on the drum af-
ter cleaning.
•
LED erasing array
Erases the unnecessary parts of the latent im-
age formed on the drum.
9.2.2
Transfer/separation chargers
•
Transfer charger
Helps transfer the toner image on the drum to
the copy paper (through a DC high-voltage
transformer).
•
Separation charger
Strips the copy paper along with the toner im-
age from the drum (through an AC high-volt-
age transformer).
1550/1560 DRUM
Discharge
Main
lamp
charger
Separation
charger
9 - 2
Drum
LED erasing array
Transfer charger
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