EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000

￿ASF_PQ :Output from the PQ (Paper Quantity) sensor.

The paper quantity sensor uses a sliding potentionmeter. (The maximum resistance:10 ohms) The sensor ,attached to the right edged guide in the hopper assembly, detects the paper quantity between the maximum of 15 mm and the minimum of 3 mm. The detected quantity is converted into the

corresponding resistance and the information is transferred to the analog port of the ￿￿ . When the sensor detects the condition of 3.6 mm which accommodates 25 sheets of 55 kg/m2-paper, it outputs the signal ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿.

￿GAP : Output from the PG (Platen Gap) sensor.

The ￿￿ sensor determines whether the adjust lever is set to the thin paper side or thick paper side. The signal ￿￿￿ is ￿"￿￿ when the lever is on the thick paper side, and ￿￿￿ on the thin paper side. This sensor uses a mechanical switch.

￿REL : Output from the release sensor.

Release sensor attached to the left and rear side of the printer mechanism determines whether the release lever is set to friction feed side or tractor side. The signal ￿￿￿ is ￿"￿￿ on the tractor side and is

￿￿￿ on the friction feed side.

￿CR_PW : Output from the CR PW (Paper Width) sensor.

The ￿￿ ￿￿ sensor, attached to the left side of the ￿￿ unit, uses a photo interrupt system. While the ￿￿ makes 1 return in the paper width seek mode, sensor reads the voltage level of the output signal at each ￿￿ motor phase change pulse to determine the positions for the both edges of the paper. This operation prevents printing on the platen. In case no change is detected in paper size from the previous paper by the ￿￿￿ ￿￿ sensor and ASF PL sensor, the ￿￿ ￿￿ sensor is not activated. The signal output from this sensor is directly sent to the analog port of the ￿￿ .

Figure 2-21 shows the sensor circuit block diagram.

 

 

 

 

CPU

GA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H8S/2655E05B45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(IC5)

 

(IC16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THS

 

 

SWC1,3,5

 

Ink Cartridge Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

(B,C,M,Y)

Thermistor

 

 

AN0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASF_PW

 

 

SWC0,2,4

 

Ink End Sensor

 

 

ASF PW

 

AN1

Data Bus

 

(B,C,M,Y)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASF_PQ

SWC8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Release Sensor

 

 

 

Paper Quantity

 

 

 

 

 

AN2

Address Bus

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CR_PW

 

 

SWC9-11

 

 

 

 

AN3

 

 

PL Sensor

 

CR PW Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWA0

 

Rear PE Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWA1

 

Front PE Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWA2

 

HP Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWA3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAP Sensor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 2-17. Sensor Circuit Block Diagram

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