Overall Information; Essential Differences Between C232 And C229 Models - Ricoh JP5800 Service Manual

1 March, 2000

1. OVERALL INFORMATION

1.1 ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN C232 AND
C229 MODELS
No.
1 Thermal Head, Thermal
Head Power Supply, MPU,
I/O Board, PSU
2 Paper Table
3 Paper Tray
4 Paper Delivery Table
5 Energy Saving
(New Function)
6 Drum Home Position
Indicator
7 JS Sorter Connection
8 Friction Pad
(Paper Table)
9 New SP modes
10 Tray Feed Start Sensor
11 Torque Limiter
12 Paper Feed Length
Adjustment
13 Firmware Update Method

ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN C232 AND C229 MODELS

Item
Some related parts are also changed.
Paper table capacity is changed from 1,000
sheets (C229) to 500 sheets (C232).
Two drawer-type paper trays are added.
The maximum capacity of the paper tray unit is
2,500 sheets.
The side and end plates are automatically
adjusted to the print paper size.
Energy saving modes cut down the energy
consumption below 10 W.
Only the LED at the clear mode key stays on.
Other keys and the LCD remain standing by until
the clear mode key is touched.
New LEDs are added to indicate when the drum is
at home position.
Green LED: Indicates the drum is at home
position.
Red LED: Indicates that drum is not at home
position.
The new JS 40 sorter can be connected.
A newly designed friction pad is used.
New SP modes are added for the paper tray and
JS 40 sorter.
A new sensor is added to detect paper fed from
the paper trays.
The torque limiter is added to prevent damage to
the main motor when torque from the drum or
pressure cylinder gets too high and may lock it.
The paper feed length adjustment is changed.
Refer to the PAPER FEED LENGTH
ADJUSTMENT in the replacement and
adjustment section.
The firmware on the MPU can be upgraded using
a flash memory card.
It is not necessary to use the card interface board.
Refer to LOAD PROGRAM (SP8-20) in the
service tables section.
Remarks
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