I have one customer that is a funeral home and runs the pre-printed bulletin stock on a Panasonic DP-405. The bulletin is letter size and has an image only on one half of the one side, from Tray 1 (just like church stuff). My problem is that this stock is chemically reacting with the feed rollers and they will fail prematurely, say 15k. I don't expect them to go 240k like the PM cycle says, but generally anything over 120k is good for me. I also score them with a razor blade to give them more grip. We use Panasonic feed rollers, but you can see the color change from blueish/gray color to green. But it only happens to the feed rollers on the side that is touching the image. They only have 2 drawers and run white legal paper in tray 2. I am waiting for someone else to trade in a 3rd and 4th tray configuration just so I can give it to them.
My question is has anyone else experienced something like this or do they use non-OEM feed rollers with good results? Where from?
If I put new feed rollers in it takes off and runs right away.....for a while. Luckily the customer is a friend of mine and completely understands and has seen the color change in the rollers first hand....cause he's sitting there BS'ing with me while I change them out. He also knows certain stocks feed better than others. He's very patient but a little frustrated. The owner's wife orders the stock and she orders what she likes....
Thanks for any input.
My question is has anyone else experienced something like this or do they use non-OEM feed rollers with good results? Where from?
If I put new feed rollers in it takes off and runs right away.....for a while. Luckily the customer is a friend of mine and completely understands and has seen the color change in the rollers first hand....cause he's sitting there BS'ing with me while I change them out. He also knows certain stocks feed better than others. He's very patient but a little frustrated. The owner's wife orders the stock and she orders what she likes....
Thanks for any input.
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