Ricoh 2035

[digicor]

I have a Ricoh 2035 not feeding from drawer 2,3,4 drawer 1 works like a champ.It was working form all 4 then out of the blue no more 2,3,4.
I have tried all paper input differences,no go,stops at the fuser entrance like its the wrong direction,the paper is in the right direction,no matter what.

[Fearless V K]

Are the paper sizes selected for those trays shown correctly on the display panel?

[digicor]

yes

[Fearless V K]

What jam code is logged?

[E Winter]

check the jam code - you may have a bad sensor or clutch

Any z-fold issues?

[digicor]

No z fold issues, and the display is what i have in the drawer,could this be ram issue?THe paper stops just before entering the fuser,if this was a sensor why would drawer one pass?

[E Winter]

there is no sensor between drum and fuser entrance - check the smc jam records.

[joher]

sensor is avalable on the side cover under the black cover,,,,, uper the transfer unit,

[E Winter]

yes - but this is the fusing exit sensor. I don't think that this is broken because that would make trouble with all paper-trays.

[digicor]

thanks for the advice/ill post if i get a fix

[infibus]

here

the only common thing for trays 234 and not tray 1 is the relay clutch which drive the relay rollers. tray 1 does not use the relay rollers. the clutch es are not suppose to come apart but ifyou cut the melted plastic with an exacto knife and clean all clutch parts with alcohol. after reassembly and some crazy glue or epoxy will work like new.

[digicor]

Thank you, i will try this,and post if it worked out

[CableGuy]

Clutches

It sounds like that relay clutch to me. It may be delaying the paper just enough to cause a 'sensor on' jam, the smc will tell you that. Not sure if there is another in there you can swap around to see if the fault moves?

[Ollie1981]

This sounds like it could be the relay clutch on tray 1.

I had a similar problem with a Mojito (Aficio 700), tray 1 & LCT would feed all day, jams galore all over the machine from either trays 2 or 3. Turned out to be the clutch on the relay between tray 1 & 2 on the vertical transport.

Logically tray 1 feeds out almost straight into the registration whereas all lower trays must go past tray 1's relay clutch. If this clutch is firing late then it could be causing a timing issue further down the line.

If the copy is getting to the fuser, is the (obviously unfused) image consistantly inline with the leading/trailing edge marks (if you're using a test chart)?