Oki IP-6620 - Printer Interior; Printer Heater Unit

Printer interior
Printer heater unit
The printer is equipped with three heaters for ink fusing and image quality stabilization.
• Print heater (front)
Penetrates ink into media to fuse the ink.
• Preheater (rear)
Preheats media.
• Afterheater (nishing)
Dries ink to stabilize print quality.
Media
* 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.
• Ink bottle
Used to supply ink.
• Carriage
Houses the print heads inside
, and
prints image with scanning media.
• Media edge guar
d
Pr
otects print heads from
being damaged by the curling
or
feathering media edge.
• C
utter groove
T
he 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
T
ransports media.
T
he 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.
• Ionizer
R
emoves static electricity from the media
and reduces print def
ects caused by ink mist.
•
Sensors for automatic print adjustment
Optical sensors used f
or automatic print
adjustment.
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