Ricoh D124 - Internal Mechanisms Overview

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MO-C1 Training
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Horizontal Carriage Movement
 Horizontal motor and drive belt: Drive the carriage unit and print
heads from left to right.
 The horizontal motor is controlled by a long horizontal encoder strip
stretched across the width of the main unit.
 The carriage unit contains 5 print heads (K x 2, C, M, Y)
 Horizontal encoder sensor (on the back of the carriage unit): Uses the
encoder strip to control operation of the motor and carriage unit.
Horizontal
Motor
Drive Belt
Horizontal
Encoder Strip
Horizontal
Encoder Sensor
Carriage
Unit
Ink Level
Sensors
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