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  • blackcat4866
    Master Of The Obvious

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    • Jul 2007
    • 22858
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    Kip 7170K

    I was out looking at this machine last week. It was making light prints and copies, and at a 160.25mm interval there was a negative re-image. That's a roller diameter of 51mm, which points directly at the foamy developing roller. When I rolled it over, the backside was mostly blank. I wiped down the entire surface of the roller with alcohol and cleared it up ... for 5 days. The machine has only 26K ft2. It's OEM toner. I'm going to recheck the developing unit contacts and bias. I've re-greased the drum ground, but the interval isn't right.

    Has anybody seen these symptoms? =^..^=
    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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    • blackcat4866
      Master Of The Obvious

      Site Contributor
      10,000+ Posts
      • Jul 2007
      • 22858
      #2
      Re: Kip 7170K

      Simple solution. I was just being extra careful, since I've never really worked on this model.

      With the developing unit opened up, the first thing that I noticed was that there wasn't nearly enough toner in there. I could see the bottom of the housing at the left side. I cleaned the piezo sensor and vacuumed out that area. When it still would not add toner, I left it powered up with the doors open and the piezo hanging out. The piezo sensor was completely silent.

      Changing out the piezo did the trick. It didn't make much difference at first. While I was metering out the toner motor, it miraculously started rotating! As small as those toner cartridges are, it could consume a couple cartridges before the dev unit was topped up. =^..^=
      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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