Waste Toner Bottle Drive Mechanism
When the recycling shutter solenoid [A] moves the recycling shutter, collected toner is transported to the left side by the waste toner transfer coil [B] and falls into the development unit.
The collected toner in the waste toner bottle is moved to the front side by the waste toner bottle coil [C]. As a result, the height of the collected toner is kept level.
The drum/waste toner motor drives the waste toner transfer coil [B] and waste toner bottle coil [C]. In this model, there is no set detection mechanism for the waste toner bottle.
Toner Collection Full Detection Mechanism
The toner collection full sensor [A] is located above the feeler [B] of the waste toner bottle. When the amount of collected toner in the waste toner bottle reaches about 90%, the feeler [B] is lifted and interrupts the toner collection full sensor. After the machine detects that the waste toner bottle is full based on the coverage counter or page counter, whichever comes first, the pixel counter calculates the remaining days for the waste toner bottle replacement. When the machine prints 7,500 sheets after detecting a bottle near full, the status is changed to bottle full. SP3-810-011 allows you to adjust the duration between bottle near full and bottle full.
The remaining day counter = 15 days: The machine informs the status via @remote (if connected).
The remaining day counter = 5 days: The machine displays a message that indicates the near full condition on the operation panel.
The remaining day counter = 0 days: The machine displays a warning on the operation panel and the machine stops.
(Reference) Waste Toner Bottle Life (Sheet count)
Coverage 3%: 460K
Coverage 6%: 320K
Coverage 10%: 230K
*MP 5055 SP model / 5 pages per job