Toshiba e-studio550 Service Manual page 86

6. 2. Construction
The construction and purpose of the scanning system are described in this section.
(1) Original glass
This is the glass on which originals to be copied are placed. The light from the exposure lamp is irradiated
to the original through this glass.
(2) Carriage-1
The carriage-1 consists of the exposure lamp, lamp inverter, reflector, mirror-1, etc. It is driven by the
scanner motor and scans the original on the glass.
a. Exposure lamp
This lamp is the light source to irradiate the original on the glass (one 29W Xenon lamp).
b. Lamp inverter
This inverter controls lighting of the Xenon lamp.
c. Reflector
This is a plate to direct the light from the exposure lamp efficiently to the surface of the original on the
glass.
d. Mirror-1
This is a mirror to direct the reflected light from the original to the mirror-2 that is described later.
Exposure lamp
e-STUDIO550/650/810 SCANNING SECTION
Original
Original glass
Mirror-1
6 - 2
Reflector
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