kyocera KM2630

[Guest]

Got a call to go and repair km2630 crumpling copies I am a sharp engineer
wanted to know how old this machine is and what to be wary off.

Thanks

Mark.

[kyoceradude]

Came out around 2004. Not a very good machine. CQ sucks. Your problem is with the fuser assy. Original did not have sep claws, but were added as a mod. New fusers are ready to go. Toner is laid on too thick, causing cheap paper to curl excessively, especially black toner, and offsets all over fuser guides causing jamming. Also the toner bugggers mak their way up to the exit guide causing jamming. Have fun...

[vikingmita]

fuser trouble for sure, just like the dude said. with sep claws on fuser, not a bad black 'n' white machine :-). slow, but runs. with luck you can clean/scrape off hard toner on exit, and it will be ok.

[banginbishop]

If you dont have to touch the process section then dont.

The first time i set eyes upon these machines i broke a print head lever trying to remove the front panel and drums

If you havent got a service manual then get one - saves a lot of hassle and cursing the bl***dy thing when it doesn't come apart!

[vikingmita]

agre to a certain level: putting your finger in and lift the leds one by one isn't really intuitive, and knowing the screw+bracket keeping the belt in place either. but when things doesn't come apart, there's usually a reason. allthough being limitlessly violent on machines giving you a hard time gives you immediate gratification, it's not particulary smart the long run :-)

[banginbishop]

[dogsbody]

We only had about ten of them out there, not one stayed for the full five years and I took a hammer to each and every one when they were traded. Kyocera even offered some riduculous trade in for them (60 or 80% off on a new model) but the customers took a bizhub every time. They were the biggest heaps of shit I have ever come across.