Ricoh FT4430 Service Manual page 14

2. Registration
At the programmed time, the registration rollers start turning to feed the paper
to the drum.
Image Transfer
3.
The toner image on the drum surface
passing paper by the transfer corona.
4. Paper Separation
The separation corona breaks the electrostatic attraction between the paper
and the drum. The suction of the vacuum fan pulls the paper onto the
transport belt. The transport belt moves the paper with the developed copy
image to the fusing unit.
5. Fusing
The paper passes between two rollers which bond the toner image to the
paper by applying heat and pressure. At this point the copy is complete.
is pulled from the drum onto the
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