(2) Printing and warm-up
At warm-up
Resist gear
Hopping gear
Rotate the pulse motor (main) in the a direction. The planetary gear rotates in the a' direction,
dislocating its position in the a" direction. This causes the planetary gear to be separated from
gear A. The hopping gear will not rotate. The triple gear and transfer gear rotate via the idle
gear to drive the EP unit.
At printing
Resist gear
Hopping gear
The paper is further advanced in synchronization to the print data.
Triple gear
Transfer gear
Gear A
Triple gear
Transfer gear
Gear A
2 - 13
a"
a'
a
Pulse motor (main)
Planetary gear
b"
b'
b
Pulse motor (main)
Idle gear
Planetary gear
Idle gear