Printer interior, Printer heater unit, Printer interior printer heater unit – Oki ColorPainter E-64s User Manual
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Printer interior
Printer heater unit
The printer is equipped with three heaters for ink fusing and image quality stabilization.
• Preheater (rear)
Preheats media.
• Print heater (front)
Penetrates ink into media to fuse
the ink.
• Afterheater (finishing)
Dries ink to stabilize print
quality.
Media feed direction
Media
head
Carriage
Paper guide(rear)
* These three heaters are controlled independently.
The temperature of the heaters can be controlled from the operation panel, the RIP software and CP_Manager.
WARNING
Do not touch these heaters to avoid burn as they become hot.
• Carriage
Houses the print heads
inside, and prints image with
scanning media.
• Ionizer (option)
Removes static electricity from
the media and reduces print
defects caused by ink mist.
• Sensors for automatic print adjustment
Optical sensors used for automatic print
adjustment.
• Media edge guard
Protects print heads from
being damaged by the curling
or feathering media edge.
• Cutter groove
The cutter blade is inserted
into this groove when
cutting the media so that it
is cut straight.
• Pressure roller
When lowering the pressure roller
up/down lever, it pinches the media.
• Grit roller
The grit roller advances or rewinds
the media.
• Platen
Transports media.
The platen incorporates suction fans
and print heater to cure the ink.
• Wiping unit
Removes foreign substances
on the print head’s nozzle
surface.
• Capping unit
Prevents the print head’s
nozzles from drying.
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