Lexmark 7016-630, Service Manual

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The media with the embedded toner image goes through the fuser assembly to permanently bond the toner to the
media. When it passes between the heat belt and pressure roll of the fuser assembly, the combination of heat and
pressure fuses the toner image to the media. The fuser exit roller feeds the media to the paper exit roller and then to
the output bin.
Transfer roll
First input roller
Input sensor
Photoconductor
drum
Output bin
Paper exit roller
Fuser assembly
Fuser exit roller
Duplex printing
After the first side of the media has been printed on and is partially fed out to the output bin, the duplex solenoid
activates. This causes the exit roller to reverse its rotation and feed the media, with its trailing edge first, back into the
redrive assembly and then to the duplex paper path. The duplex front and rear deliver rollers move the media through
the duplex paper path, the diverter, the first input roller, and back to the primary paper path. The same process for
printing on the first side of the media repeats, this time for the second side of the media.
Secondary input
roller
First input roller
Duplex front
deliver roller
Duplex rear
deliver roller
Paper exit
roller
Media handling components
Main drive gearbox
The gearbox supplies all mechanical power requirements of the printer. Its motor, through several gears, transfers
power to following paths: photoconductor drum, transfer roll, fuser, paper exit, input, duplex, and MPF.
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