C6500/C6501 Black spots on Black Drum

[ni311]

Re: C6500/C6501 Black spots on Black Drum

The latest info I saw about this subject from KM is that it is a problem with the cleaning blade, we were advised to replace the initial cleaning blade from the du-102c with the one that it is fitted du-104 but without giving us a part number for this blade. The main difference between these two is an anti-vibrating piece that is on the cleaning blade of the du-104. Also, if you are doing this, you have to update the firmware on the machine with a version that was not released yet... This last process prevent the cleaning blade to flip, same problem that was present on the first du-102.
Anyway, it is much easier just to change the du-104 as a whole. I'm not sure if it is cheaper or not.

[Bizhub]

Re: C6500/C6501 Black spots on Black Drum

As everyone has said .................................

Fit Du104 drums and throw the 102 (A B or even C's) into the bin. This is becomming more and more the norm for K-M ! They keep cutting costs and reliability is now suffering.

We have heard excuses about temp , humidity and even too many black and white copies made !!!!!!

[ni311]

Re: C6500/C6501 Black spots on Black Drum

After drawing the final line, I'm not sure KM cut the costs. I'm sure a lot of du-102C returned to the manufacturer. I just hope it won't apply the same measure to du-104.

[ineo+6501]

Re: C6500/C6501 Black spots on Black Drum

I'm told by a reliable source that KM will soon release a TAD/TNI regarding this in the near future (in the UK).

The fix will be to fit the DU-104 drum.

[ni311]

Re: C6500/C6501 Black spots on Black Drum

I'm told by a reliable source that KM will soon release a TAD/TNI regarding this in the near future (in the UK).

The fix will be to fit the DU-104 drum.

It is already out. The id is TNEU1200014EN00, it appeared somewhere in the first days of February 2012. This was available for Europe region.