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  • Laelo
    Technician
    • Sep 2010
    • 29
    #1

    Bizhub C450

    Hi Everyone!

    My printer has started printing the text blurry on card stock, I was wondering a way to maybe clean it.

    Do these printers have a preventative maintenance? Someone once told me that it would stop when it
    needed servicing.

    Also wondering about color profile settings on this printer?

    Thank you for all your suggestions.

    Laelo
    Tags: cloth
    • JustManuals
      Field Supervisor

      5,000+ Posts
      • Jan 2006
      • 9838
      #2
      Re: Bizhub C450

      This Parts & Service Manual can now be purchased for $12.77 and downloaded immediately after payment from:


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      Paul@justmanuals.com

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        • blackcat4866
          Master Of The Obvious

          Site Contributor
          10,000+ Posts
          • Jul 2007
          • 23008
          #3
          Re: Bizhub C450

          Two equally important things:
          1) Are you using the bypass tray?
          2) Are you selecting the proper media type in both the machine settings and the print driver?

          Is this a coated media? =^..^=
          If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
          1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
          2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
          3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
          4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
          5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

          blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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            • nmfaxman
              Service Manager

              Site Contributor
              1,000+ Posts
              • Feb 2008
              • 1702
              #4
              Re: Bizhub C450

              If printing regular paper looks good, can't be the machine.

              Check the op manual for printing thick media through the bypass.
              Drawers can only handle easy to turn paper. Bypass is a straight shot through the machine.
              Also thick settings slow the machine speed to fuse the image better and increase fuser temp to melt the toner to the paper better.
              If it is blurred, it is because the machine doesn't know how thick the paper is.

              Sorry Paul, this is a RTFOM, not RTFSM.
              Why do they call it common sense?

              If it were common, wouldn't everyone have it?

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                • Darren King
                  copiertech

                  500+ Posts
                  • Jul 2007
                  • 652
                  #5
                  Re: Bizhub C450

                  Originally posted by nmfaxman
                  If printing regular paper looks good, can't be the machine.

                  Check the op manual for printing thick media through the bypass.
                  Drawers can only handle easy to turn paper. Bypass is a straight shot through the machine

                  Sorry Paul, this is a RTFOM, not RTFSM.
                  Actually paper from the bypass has to turn twice on its journey through the machine. It starts at the same level as the second tray.

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                    • Laelo
                      Technician
                      • Sep 2010
                      • 29
                      #6
                      Re: Bizhub C450

                      Originally posted by nmfaxman
                      If printing regular paper looks good, can't be the machine.

                      Check the op manual for printing thick media through the bypass.
                      Drawers can only handle easy to turn paper. Bypass is a straight shot through the machine.
                      Also thick settings slow the machine speed to fuse the image better and increase fuser temp to melt the toner to the paper better.
                      If it is blurred, it is because the machine doesn't know how thick the paper is.

                      Sorry Paul, this is a RTFOM, not RTFSM.
                      I am printing on a coated stock through the bypass on thick 3 and it used to be alot clearer. I took out
                      the imaging units and cleaned the heads how it says on the inside of the door.
                      Not sure what is going on

                      thank you guys for all your help

                      Laelo

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                        • mrwho
                          Major Asshole!

                          Site Contributor
                          2,500+ Posts
                          • Apr 2009
                          • 4299
                          #7
                          Re: Bizhub C450

                          It's possible that the machine does it on all stocks, but it's only noticeable on coated paper. I'd try to remove all the IUs and Transfer Belt unit and then clean all the printheads with a moist cloth and then clean them thoroughly.
                          ' "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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                            • Laelo
                              Technician
                              • Sep 2010
                              • 29
                              #8
                              Re: Bizhub C450

                              Originally posted by mrwho
                              It's possible that the machine does it on all stocks, but it's only noticeable on coated paper. I'd try to remove all the IUs and Transfer Belt unit and then clean all the printheads with a moist cloth and then clean them thoroughly.
                              thank you so much!
                              is the transfer belt hard to take out?
                              I have never done that, I don't have a service contract with this machine either.

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                                • mrwho
                                  Major Asshole!

                                  Site Contributor
                                  2,500+ Posts
                                  • Apr 2009
                                  • 4299
                                  #9
                                  Re: Bizhub C450

                                  Originally posted by Laelo
                                  thank you so much!
                                  is the transfer belt hard to take out?
                                  I have never done that, I don't have a service contract with this machine either.
                                  You really should have a service contract. Do this at your own risk:

                                  - Open left door, remove waste toner bottle
                                  - Open right door, remove two screws, one at each side of the trasnfer belt (they should be holding a metal part each that should come out as you take each screw)
                                  - Take out transfer belt from the left side and place it on a flat surface.

                                  I tell to remove the transfer belt so you can have more space to stick in your hands and clean the printhead - You can try to clean them without removing the belt, but unless you got small hands, I don't believe you'll be able to, and you risk damaging the belt.
                                  ' "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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                                    • Laelo
                                      Technician
                                      • Sep 2010
                                      • 29
                                      #10
                                      Re: Bizhub C450

                                      Originally posted by mrwho
                                      You really should have a service contract. Do this at your own risk:

                                      - Open left door, remove waste toner bottle
                                      - Open right door, remove two screws, one at each side of the trasnfer belt (they should be holding a metal part each that should come out as you take each screw)
                                      - Take out transfer belt from the left side and place it on a flat surface.

                                      I tell to remove the transfer belt so you can have more space to stick in your hands and clean the printhead - You can try to clean them without removing the belt, but unless you got small hands, I don't believe you'll be able to, and you risk damaging the belt.
                                      thanks.... it does seem a little tricky. Don't think I will try it. I have a call into Konica now!
                                      will keep thinking.
                                      Cheers
                                      Laelo

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                                        • blackcat4866
                                          Master Of The Obvious

                                          Site Contributor
                                          10,000+ Posts
                                          • Jul 2007
                                          • 23008
                                          #11
                                          Re: Bizhub C450

                                          How does it do on standard media? My bet is the finger gets pointed at the coated media. =^..^=
                                          If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
                                          1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
                                          2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
                                          3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
                                          4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
                                          5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

                                          blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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