Canon M3010 Series Service Manual

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22 2-112-11Technical Overview > Laser Exposure System > Laser Scanner Motor Control > OverviewTechnical Overview > Laser Exposure System > Laser Scanner Motor Control > OverviewLaser Control■ Auto Power Control (APC)This is the control to emit a constant level of laser diode.There are two types of APC; initial APC (note 1), and line space APC (note 2). The laserdriver executes the same procedure for both controls. The following is the details of thecontrol procedure.1) When the laser control signal enters APC mode (CNT0=H, CNT1=L), the laser driver emitsLD in APC mode.2) The emission level of LD is detected with photo diode (PD), converted from current outputto voltage, and compared with the standard voltage (voltage equivalent to the target laserlevel).3) The laser driver controls the laser current to achieve the voltage of LD target level.4) When the laser control signal enters LD forced OFF mode, the LD is forcibly turned off. Thelaser driver saves the adjusted laser intensity to the capacitor (C1).NOTE:1. Initial APCAPC that is executed during initial rotation. APC adjusts laser intensity and detectsfaults in the laser.2. Line space APCAPC that is executed during printing. Laser intensity for one line is adjusted beforewriting one line.Laser Scanner Motor Control■ OverviewThis is the control to rotate the Scanner Motor (M2) at a constant speed to emit the laserbeam on the correct position on the photosensitive drum.The following is the control circuit of the Scanner Motor (M2).Engine controller Motor driver PCBBD PCBOscillatorReferenceclockFrequencycomparatorLaser scanner unitIntegrationcircuitMScanner motordriver ICScanner motorACCDEC/BDIDrivecircuitCPU ASICX501+24VA +24VAThe engine controller creates standard clock based on oscillation frequency of the oscillator(X501); the cycles of the standard clock is compared with that of BD input signal (/BDI) with afrequency comparator and the rotations of the Scanner Motor (M2) is monitored.The engine controller sends the scanner motor acceleration signal (ACC) and scanner motordeceleration signal (DEC) to the scanner motor driver according to the detected rotationspeed to control the rotation speed.F-2-8