7. As the pickup arm lowers, the cassette pickup roller touches the surface of the paper stack.
8. One sheet of paper feeds into the product.
Figure 1-34 Cassette-pickup mechanism
M13
SL1
DC controller
Cassette separation roller
Cassette feed roller
Cassette pickup cam
Pickup arm
Cassette pickup roller
Pickup motor
Cassette pickup solenoid
Cassette pickup roller
Cassette feed roller
Pickup arm
Cassette pickup solenoid
Cassette separation roller
Cassette-presence detection
The product detects the size of the paper loaded in the cassette and the presence of the cassette by
monitoring the cassette media size switch. The DC controller notifies the formatter when it determines
the absence of the cassette.
Paper size Cassette media size switch
Top switch
Center switch Bottom switch
Universal ON ON ON
A5 OFF OFF ON
B5 OFF ON ON
Executive ON OFF ON
Letter OFF ON OFF
A4 ON OFF OFF
Legal ON ON OFF
Cassette absence OFF OFF OFF
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