Epson Photo750 manual Operating Principles of Electric Circuit, 1 C257 PSB Power Supply Circuit

EPSON Stylus Photo 750 Revision A

2.2 Operating Principles of Electric Circuit

The electric circuit of this printer consists of the following circuits.

†C259 Main Control Circuit

†C257 PSB Power Supply Circuit

†C209 PNL Panel Board

Also, the head drive circuit is mounted on the print head. In this section, the operating principles of C257PSB board and C259 Main board. The figure below shows the block diagram of the electric circuit.

Figure 2-2. Electric Circuit Block Diagram

2.2.1 C257 PSB Power Supply Circuit

The power supply circuit in the printer uses RCC(Ringing Choke Converter) circuit method, and generates and outputs 2 types of voltages which are necessary for the printer operation.

Table 2-1. Output Voltage

Voltage		Usage
+42VDC	•	Motors
	• Print Head common voltage
	• C259Main Control Circuit Logic
+5VDC	•	C209 PNL Panel Board
	•	Sensors

In this printer, even if the power switch is turned off in the middle of the printing operation, application of the secondary switch enables the printer to supply the voltage to the power/logic lines at the main board side for at least 30 seconds. Therefore, even if the switch is turned off in the middle of the printing operation, the power will be turned off after the capping operation is completed. This prevents the print head from being left uncapped and dry, and also ink leaking.

AC voltage input from the AC inlet passes through the Filter Circuit at first, which removes the high frequency component, then, goes to Full Wave Rectifier Circuit and Smoothing Circuit and is converted to DC power supply. Then, this direct voltage is led to the Switching Circuit and is performed with switching operation by FET Q1. By the switching operation in the primary side circuit, +42 VDC is generated and stabilized in the secondary side. The +42VDC generated at the secondary side is converted to more stabilized +5VDC by the chopping regulator IC located at the secondary side.

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