Canon Inner Finisher-J1, Service Manual

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3. The front/rear alignment motors (M3/M4) operate to move the front and rear alignment plates, thus aligning the paper in the
width direction. (In the illustration below, paper is aligned with reference to the central reference position.)
Operations described in steps 1 to 3 are repeated for each sheet.
Rear Alignment Plate
Front Alignment Plate
<Related service mode>
• Lv.1) SORTER>ADJUST>RBLT-PRS
Adjustment of return belt pressure
<Related error codes>
• E535-0001: Return belt motor error
• E535-0002: Return belt motor error
• E577-8001: Paddle motor error
• E577-0002: Paddle motor error
Alignment/Shifting Operation
■ Outline
The paper stacked on the processing tray is aligned in the width direction by the front and rear alignment plates.
Then, the paper is delivered to the delivery tray.
When shift sort is specified, the paper stacked on the processing tray is aligned to the front or rear and shifted to sort the paper
stack.
The front alignment plate is driven by the front alignment motor (M3) and the rear alignment plate by the rear alignment motor
(M4). The home positions of the alignment plates are detected by the front alignment HP sensor (PS4) and rear alignment HP
sensor (PS5).
2. Technical Explanation
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