5. Photosensitive drum cleaning stage
The photosensitive drum cleaning stage is to clean the photosensitive drum surface in prepara-
tion for the next print operation to obtain crisp image.
Step 7: Photosensitive drum cleaning
Figure 2-4-13
Prior to the next printing, the residual toner on the drum surface is scraped away by the
cleaning blade to clean the drum surface. The removed toner is collected into the cleaner con-
tainer.
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Cleaner container
Sweeper strip
Photosensitive
drum
Cleaning blade