Description Of Control; Idc Registration Sensor Adjustment Control; Max. Density Adjustment Control; Ld (Laser Diode) Intensity Adjustment Control - Konica Minolta BizHub C360 Service Manual

Theory of Operation Ver. 1.0 Jul. 2009

23.2 Description of control

23.2.1

IDC registration sensor adjustment control

• Controls changes in characteristics due to change with time and contamination of the
transfer belt and IDC registration sensor, part-to-part variations in the sensors, and
change of environment.
• The intensity (current value) of the IDC registration sensor is adjusted on the surface of
the transfer belt, on which no toner sticks (background level).
23.2.2

Max. density adjustment control

• The developing bias (Vdc) is adjusted to control changes in the solid density resulting
from variations in developing characteristics and IDC registration sensor intensity, varia-
tions in sensitivity of the photo conductor, and changes in the environment, durability,
and the amount of charge in toner.
• Patterns are produced on the surface of the transfer belt and the IDC registration sensor
detects the amount of toner sticking to them.
• Referring to the detected data and the environment data taken by the temperature/
humidity sensors, the developing bias value that results in the appropriate maximum
density is calculated and stored in memory.
• Thereafter, the grid voltage (Vg) value, including the background margin adjustment
value, is calculated and stored in memory.
23.2.3

LD (laser diode) intensity adjustment control

• It adjusts the variation in reproducibility of the thin line and the reverse outline, which is
resulting from the variations in electrostatic characteristics of the photo conductor, devel-
oping characteristics and transfer characteristics in terms of individual difference, envi-
ronment and durability, to make it the target level.
• It produces detection patterns on the surface of the transfer belt with the given level of LD
intensity and detects the output value of IDC registration sensor.
• LD intensity is calculated from the detected IDC registration sensor data.
23.2.4

Gamma correction control

• The intensity of LD in all gradation levels is adjusted to correct changes in gradation
characteristics to a linear one. The changes in gradation characteristics are caused by
variations in the photo conductor sensitivity and developing characteristics and changes
with time and in environment.
• It produces gradation patterns on the transfer belt and calculates gradation characteris-
tics output by the current engine with the IDC registration sensor.
• The gamma correction data is calculated using the density measurements of different
gradation levels. The optimum LD intensity is set for each of the different gradation levels.
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