Q5686A/Q5687A CONVEYANCE 1.2.2 Gate drive control The gate switches the paper conveyance path to the sub-tray, main tray or stacker. A. Gate operation To operate the gate, the gate drive motor (M712) [1] drives the gate cam [2], and the two cams (cams U [3] and L [4]) of this gate cam drive the two gates of gate U [5] and gate L [6] respectively. The home position is detected by the gate HP sensor (PS716) [7]. [1] II UNIT EXPLANATION [2] [7] [3] [4] [5] [6] B. Gate control The gate control is made by the finisher control board (Finisher CB).
When an finisher operation signal from the finisher turns on the gate, it stops at either one of the sub-tray (home position) [1], stacker [2] and main tray [3]. However, while in the paper exit to the sub-tray, the gate does not operate because of the home position being already set to the sub-tray. After completion of copy, it stops when the gate HP sensor (PS716) detects the home position. [1] [2] [3] 2-3