Lexmark 5016-001 manual Carriage Unit, Rotation and stopping operation of the carriage

5016-001

Carriage Unit

Rotation and stopping operation of the carriage

The carriage rotates by 90 degree angles when switching from one color to another. The carriage drive motor (pulse motor) turns on to rotate the carriage. After the carriage home position sensor detects the carriage home position detect rib, the operation is performed as many times as the specified number of pulses; then the carriage is stopped at the specified position.

Detecting the carriage

When initializing, the carriage turns one turn so that the carriage home position sensor can detect the cartridge detect rib located on the toner cartridge.

Detecting the carriage home position

Four carriage home position detect ribs are located on the carriage right side plate, one of which is longer that the other three. The position of respective color toner cartridges is detected by the length of the ribs while initializing.

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