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Pick-up Roller
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Pick-up roller motor: Drops the pick-up roller onto
the stack of originals
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Feed motor: Rotates the pick-up roller
Pick-up Roller Motor
Original Feed Motor
Pick-up Roller
HP Sensor
Service manual, section 6.4.3
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Just after the original set sensor detects an original, the pick-up roller motor
switches on, to drop the pick-up roller onto the original stack.
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When the leading edge of the original reaches the entrance sensor, the pick-up
roller motor switches on again, to lift the pick-up roller away from the original stack.
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Home position is detected by the pick-up roller HP sensor.
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When the trailing edge of the original passes the entrance sensor, and there are
still some originals on the tray, the pick-up roller is again dropped onto the stack of
originals.
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Details of the mechanism are as follows:
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When there are no originals: See the manual
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Just after an original is placed on the tray: See the manual.
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When the leading edge of the original reaches the entrance sensor: Motor [A]
switches on again. Cam [B] pushes lever [C] down until the actuator enters
sensor [E] and switches off the motor. This stops the pick-up roller at the
home position.
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When the trailing edge of the paper passes the entrance sensor with originals
still waiting for scanning: Motor [A] switches on to feed in the next sheet.