Sharp Ar-c150 User manual

CODE: 00ZARC160/F1E

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AR-C150

AR-C250

MODEL AR-C160

This document has been published to be used

for after sales service only.

The contents are subject to change without notice.

Parts marked with “ ” are impor tant for maintaining the saf ety of the set. Be sure to replace these par ts with specified

ones for maintaining the safety and performance of the set.

[ 1 ] CONFIGURATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

[ 2 ] SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

[ 3 ] CONSUMABLE PARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

[ 5 ] EXTERNAL VIEW AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE. . . . . . . . . 5-4A

[ 6 ] MACHINE OPERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

[ 7 ] SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

[ 8 ] SIMULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

[10] SELF DIAG MESSAGE AND TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . 10-2A

[11] MAINTENANCE AND DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . 11-1

[12] BLOCK DIAGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

[13] ACTUAL WIRING CHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

[14] OTHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8A

This Se rvice M anual d escribes o nly t he di fferent p oints f rom t he

AR-C150/C250. For servicing of th e A R-C160, th erefore, use th is

Service Manual together with that of the AR-C150/C250.

CONTENTS

[ 1 ] CONFIGURATION

1. Main unit and option lineup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

2. Block diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

[ 2 ] SPECIFICATIONS

1. Basic specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2. Operating specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

A. Common operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

B. Copy mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

3. Engine specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

A. Operation (display/operation) section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

B. Paper feeding, paper conveyance,

and discharge section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

C. Scanner section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

D. Scanner section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

E. Image processing section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

F. Fuser section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

G. Drive section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

H. Engine controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

I. Image processing controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

J. Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

K. Power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

4. Safety and environmental protection standards . . . . . . . 2-13

A. Safety standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

B. Environmental standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

5. Ambient conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

A. Space required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

B. Operating ambient conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

C. Ambient storage conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

D. Ambient conditions for transporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

E. Standard temperature and humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

[ 3 ] CONSUMABLE PARTS

1. Consumable parts list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

2. Compatibility of Supplies for AR-C150/250/160

(Overseas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

3. Photoconductor, developer, toner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

A. Serial number identification, effective life . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

4. Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

5. Environmental conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

[ 5 ] EXTERNAL VIEW AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE

B. Internal parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4A

[ 6 ] MACHINE OPERATIONS

1. Operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

2. Operation menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

3. Pre-heat mode and sleep mode operations . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

A. Operation timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

B. Pre-heat mode and sleep mode operations . . . . . . . . 6-5

4. Consumable parts life and machine operation . . . . . . . . . 6-8

[ 7 ] SETTING AND ADJUSTMENTS

1. Adjustment/setup items list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

ADJ M1 DV doctor gap adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

ADJ M2 DV roller main pole position adjustment . . . . . . 7-2

ADJ M3 Toner concentration control reference level

setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

ADJ M4 High voltage adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

ADJ M5 Paper skew adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

ADJ M6 Image density sensor adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

ADJ M7 Image skew adjustment (Scanner (Writing)

unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

ADJ M8 Photoconductor phase adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

ADJ M9A Image resist adjustment (Auto adjustment)

(AR-C250/C160) (New version of AR-C150) . . 7-10

ADJ M9 Main scanning direction copy magnification

ratio adjustment (Manual adjustment)

(Scanner (Writing) unit)

Main scanning direction image registration

adjustment (Manual adjustment)

(Scanner (Writing) unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

ADJ M10 Sub scanning direction color image resist

adjustment (Manual adjustment)

(Scanner (Writing) unit) (Color) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

ADJ M11 Image distortion adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

ADJ M12 Image focus (main scanning direction copy

magnification ratio) adjustment (CCD position

adjustment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20

ADJ M13 Sub scanning direction copy magnification ratio

adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21

ADJ M14 Image position adjustment (Main scanning

direction) (Print engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21

ADJ M15 Image position adjustment (Main scanning

direction) (Scanner (Writing)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22

ADJ M16 "Image position, image loss, void area

adjustment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22

ADJ M17 Copy color balance and density adjustment . . 7-24

ADJ M18 Document size sensor adjustment. . . . . . . . . . 7-38

ADJ M19 Waste toner full detection level adjustment . . . 7-38

ADJ M20 Touch panel coordinates setting . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38

ADJ M21 Transfer belt level adjustment

(Transfer belt traveling adjustment) . . . . . . . . . 7-39

ADJ M22 Fusing pressure adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39

ADJ M23 Power voltage adjustment

(AR-C100/C150/C250) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40

ADJ M24 Manual paper feed size detection level

adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40

ADJ M25 OHP sensor adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40

[ 8 ] SIMULATION

1. Outline and purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

2. Code system simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

A. Operating procedures and operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

B. Simulation list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

C. Details of simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

[10] SELF DIAG MESSAGE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

5. List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2A

6. Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6A

[11] MAINTENANCE AND DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY

1. Necessary procedure for maintenance and servicing. . . 11-1

2. List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4

3. Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9

S06 Image process section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9

S07 Fusing/paper exit section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9

S10 PWB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16

[12] BLOCK DIAGRAM

1. Overall block diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

[13] ACTUAL WIRING CHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

[14] OTHERS

1. List of adjustment/setup values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-8A