Minolta Magicolor 3100 Series - Manual (Page 317)

Chapter 6 Principles of Operation
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1.3 Description of Printing Process Techniques
1.3.1 Charging with electricity
In the charging process, the drum surface rotating at a constant speed is charged uniformly with negative
electricity by discharging of RTC (Rubber Tube Charge: Charged film).
This process is performed in parallel for yellow, magenta, cyan and black colors.
✧ The RTC is kept in contact with the drum and rotates following the rotations of the drum.
RTC is a conductive roll, receives discharge voltage from HVPS (High Volume Power Supply) and
discharges at minus DC voltage.
✧ The drum surface is uniformly and negatively charged with DC bias voltage.
The drum surface is optical conductor (which is insulator in a dark place and conductor when receiving
light) and the drum inside is composed of conductor.
✧ The Refresher is a conductive brush, and it receives negative DC voltage from the HVPS to catch the
toner of reverse polarity returned to the drum via IDT. Also, it removes discharge products.
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