Fold Vertical Skew Adjustment (For B804 Only) - Ricoh G188 Service Manual

Fold Unit

1.4.6 FOLD VERTICAL SKEW ADJUSTMENT (FOR B804 ONLY)

The fold unit is adjusted for optimum performance before the finisher is shipped
from the factory. Do this adjustment only if the edges of folded booklets are not
even.
1. Switch the copier on.
2. Do a folding test.
Switch the copier on.
Put one page of A3 or DLT paper in the ARDF.
On the copier operation panel, select booklet stapling.
Press [Start]. One sheet is folded.
3. Hold the folded sheet with the creased side pointing down, and face-up (the same way
that it came out of the finisher).
4. Referring to the diagram, determine if the skew is positive [A] or negative [B].
5. Measure the amount of skew.
6. Enter the SP mode
Europe, Asia: Use SP6-134-001 (this is for A3 paper).
North America: Use SP6-134-005 (this is for DLT paper).
7. Enter one-half the measured amount of skew. Example: If the measure amount of skew
is -1.2 mm, enter -0.6 mm
The range for measurement is –3.0 mm to +3.0 mm in 0.2 mm steps for every
notch adjustment.
8. Exit the SP mode and do the test again (steps 2 to 5).
9. Repeat this procedure until the skew is corrected.
The illustration below shows the effects of +/- adjustment with SP6113. (The vertical
arrows show the direction of paper feed.)
SM 17 B804/B805/D373/D374