Desperate plea: help with problematic Ricoh CL7000. Local professionals have failed!

[104HeatonRoad]

Hi everyone. Well, I think I fixed it! The printer ran me off some stuff yesterday afternoon without problem. The spring on the fuser exit actuator is temporarily an elastic band, but it works just fine, and the printer no longer makes a noise. Thanks SO much to everyone who chipped in, I genuinely very much appreciate all your contributions. I have to say, having had this printer in bits (and being trained as a heating engineer myself), my respect for both the technology and the engineers who maintain it has risen exponentially.

Take care everyone, best regards, Adam

[teebee1234]

Sounds like you're fully trained on that model now. Give us an address on where to send your certification

[Shadow1]

Might not be a bad idea to order a transfer cleaning unit - did you happen to notice if the gears were starting to get eaten while you had it out. Usually when I see one clogged up I replace it because it doesn't have long to live.

[104HeatonRoad]

Thanks for the advice, I did have a look at the gears and they looked happy enough. I'll keep my eye on it. Since doing the work I am experiencing that paper drawn from the bypass tray (which is where I do most of my printing from) isn't printing quite straight. Is there an adjustment I have to run after removing with the transfer unit?

[Shadow1]

The machine should automatically run the color alignment and process controls when it warms up after you put it back together (provided the fuser was below 100 Deg - which is almost guaranteed) but you could try forcing the color registration. The transfer unit sometimes will not sit right in the lower guide, but it would be hard to get it back installed. Also, make sure the feed rollers are clean, and the side door is completely latched.

[zyqwiz]

There is no point spending any money on a CL7000 as they are so old - forget the CL7100 & CL7200/7300 (same crap but newer!) - get a SPC811dn or SPC820/821dn which are good