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  • mrwho
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    • Apr 2009
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    #1

    Aficio 2045 keeps getting lines on copies

    Hello there.

    The same machine that I mentioned on this thread now has developed an interesting - though apparently not related - symptom:

    The customer keeps complaining that it now, quite frequently, gets lines on copies.

    So far I managed to narrow it from the ARDF, because of two things:

    a) It doesn't appear on internal prints; and
    b) It doesn't go from edge to edge on the copy, meaning it doesn't go over the non-printing area around the paper (as it would if it was a fuser or drum related issue).

    But, on several occasions, I cleaned the optics and the ARDF as well, and I even dismantled the guides from the ARDF to give it a thorough cleaning (lots of correcting ink and other stuff in there, as you might've guessed).

    Still the customer keeps complaining about it. I thought about the problem being on the originals the customer is using, but on the other 2045 she has, she never complained about it.

    This trouble along with the keeps-asking-for-toner one is getting on my nerves. I, just like Arthur Dent, sometimes wish I had listened to what my mother used to say...
    ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
    Mascan42

    'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'

    Ibid

    I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!
  • msaeger
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    • Sep 2008
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    #2
    Maybe the slit glass has a scratch ?

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    • Fearless V K
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      • May 2007
      • 620

      #3
      More than likely the left side of the scanner has gotten pushed down. Lift up on it and see if the lines change or go away. This is a know problem, and special scanner supports were made for these machines to combat the problem.
      Don't take that toner with me!

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      • mrwho
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        #4
        msaeger: As with the problem mentioned on the other thread, the slit glass was swapped with the other machine, along with other parts - but I forgot to mention it here. Sorry.

        Fearless V K: It never ocurred to me that an inclined scanner could cause that kind of problem. So I'll verify if the scanner is level as soon as I get there.

        Thanks!
        ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
        Mascan42

        'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'

        Ibid

        I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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        • Vulkor
          Senior Tech

          500+ Posts
          • Jun 2009
          • 942

          #5
          Yeah that is common with that machine. PPl lean on scanner assembly. Goodbye quality copies. We had a customer we went to occasionally just to push up the scanner assembly cause they bent it so.

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          • Smee
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            • Aug 2009
            • 178

            #6
            So.....Ive got this exact problem I think on this same model machine. Prints are fine, copying off the glass is fine - but I get lotsa lines when using the ADF every time. You guys are saying I should lift up on the scanner when using the ADF to see if the lines disappear? Is it that simple?

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            • mrwho
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              #7
              ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
              Mascan42

              'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'

              Ibid

              I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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              • teebee1234
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                • Jul 2008
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                #8
                That's a new one to me. Is the finisher well grounded? Is the ground plate attached?

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                • mrwho
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                  #9
                  have no idea, didn't have the chance to check it yet.

                  Offtopic: Hey, Smee, is your nick the second word just after "goan"?
                  ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
                  Mascan42

                  'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'

                  Ibid

                  I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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