Canon BJ-10E Service Manual - Page 80

Part

3:

Technical

Reference

4.

HARDWARE

DESCRIPTION

4.1

INTERNAL

OVERVIEW

This

section

explains

the

outline

of

the

printer

internal

components.

The

following

sections

explains

each

details.

a)

BJ

cartridge

The

BJ

cartridge

contains

the

64

-nozzle

bubble

jet

head

with

resolution

of

360

DPI

and

ink

cartridge.

b)

Purge

unit

The

purge

unit,

driven

by

the

carriage

motor,

maintains

the

bubble

jet

nozzles

of

the

BJ

cartridge

to

keep

the

best

printing

quality.

c)

Carriage

part

The

carriage,

driven

by

the

carriage

motor,

moves

horizontally

to

the

print

paper

with

logical

seeking.

The

carriage

motor

drives

either

the

purge

unit

or

the

carriage.

Printing

signals

are

transmitted

from

the

logic

card

to

the

BJ

cartridge

on

the

carriage

through

the

ribbon

cable.

d)

Paper

feed

part

The

paper

feed

part,

driven

by

the

paper

feed

motor,

rotates

the

feed

roller

and

moves

the

print

paper

vertically.

When

the

printer

is

placed

horizontally,

paper

can

be

fed

from

the

top

of

the

printer.

When

the

printer

is

placed

vertically,

paper

can

be

inserted

from

the

bottom

slot

of

the

printer

for

fl

at

feeding

and

can

be

fed

from

the

optional

auto

sheet

feeder.

Since

the

printer

has

no

paper

feed

knob

for

manual

feeding,

paper

is

always

fed

using

control

keys.

e)

Logic

card

The

logic

card

converts

data

from

the

interface

to

printing

signals

or

printer

operation

signals.

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