IR 5000 Imaging Unit replacement

[rasman67]

Is their a procedure to replacing the I/U in this machine. If so could someone help me out ? This is a not what i'm use to.

thanks

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I/U, Imaging Unit.

What do you mean?

Drum?

Please explain more..

[blackcat4866]

Are you a technician?
It's a $2000 drum and I wouldn't recommend removing it if you're not sure of what you're doing. It's a really expensive mistake to make. =^..^=

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Are you a technician?
It's a $2000 drum and I wouldn't recommend removing it if you're not sure of what you're doing. It's a really expensive mistake to make. =^..^=

I agree with blackcat. One wrong move and forget about it. Any nic on the drum and that's it, its scared for life!

[blazebusiness]

The drum on this copier is rated for 3 million copies and if you are having a copy quality issue I would certainly start with the cheapest items first like corona rebuilds and other PM items. Have you opened up the right door of the copier & removed the developer unit so you can see the condition of the drum? It is behind a metal plate that comes off with one screw & unplug the connector & pulls right out. If you want to remove the Process unit (imaging unit) first take out the dv unit , then disconnect the toner hopper unit. This gives you access to the coronas and the process unit area. The dissassembly is described very thouroughly in the service manual. but the other posts are correct----ONE SCRATCH & YOU ARE DONE!. Do not attempt this dissassembly without reading the manual 1st. The dissasembly is not that hard if you know what you are doing but if its your 1st time you can make simple mistakes & cause a lot of damage. Good luck!

[rasman67]

yes I'm a tech, but I work mostly on Konica minolta macines. I had a customer call and told my sec. that they needed the I/U replaced. I thought that it would by a drum in that large of a machine. Can anyone send me the replacement instructions for the drum.

Thanks

[blazebusiness]

What you need if you are going to attempt this is the service manual. But I;m curious as to why the customer feels they need that expensive drum. Do a service call & remove the dv unit ( 1 screw and remove metal plate inside door on right side of machine ) Then inspect drum visually. Might just need drum blade or PM . What is the meter on this copier? Is drum scratched or pitted? Who told customer they needed that unit? Post a pic of the copy quality problem here & I can point you in the right direction on this repair.

[rasman67]

Lines on the copy

[blazebusiness]

If gray or black lines sounds like drum cleaning blade & a PM needed but also check fuser rollers. White lines - rebuild coronas & also check developer cylinder coating. Hope this was helpful.

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Another question.

Are they printing to the machine?

You can check internal prints from service mode> Type PG4
To verifly if its internal prints. If everything checks well then proceed to check the scanning area which is the reader unit.
Check the optics, make sure there clean and the copy board glass, make sure its clean as well.