Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

[SteinarN]

I was so happy I had got my printer working fully that I printet out a manual, some 300 pages. But midway it gradually appeared a pink line across the printout.
See pdf.
What can the problem be?

[Phil B.]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I was so happy I had got my printer working fully that I printet out a manual, some 300 pages. But midway it gradually appeared a pink line across the printout.
See pdf.
What can the problem be?

check the M drum.

[sandmanmac]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I was so happy I had got my printer working fully that I printet out a manual, some 300 pages. But midway it gradually appeared a pink line across the printout.
See pdf.
What can the problem be?

Magenta PCDU.
Welcome to the world of as is/ where is purchases

(Phil beat me by a second! )

[SteinarN]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

check the M drum.

I guess I should read me up a bit on the service manual now... Because I dont quite know where the drum is.
"Reading"

[Phil B.]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I guess I should read me up a bit on the service manual now... Because I dont quite know where the drum is.
"Reading"

the item that the laser writes the image to. you have 4 in the machine K-C-Y-M

[SteinarN]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I have not touched the drum, yet...
Is it done for or is it something that can be cleaned?

[SteinarN]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I very carefully cleaned the assembly. I did not touch the drum, I swear I did not touch it

[Phil B.]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I have not touched the drum, yet...
Is it done for or is it something that can be cleaned?

just replace cleaning it will do a short term fix but it will come back

[SteinarN]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

just replace cleaning it will do a short term fix but it will come back

Hmm, ok. It should be in the, what is the name of the list, where service life is listed. I'll have a look there when it was changed.

But, just a question, every one of those 315 pages have the same blue line across it where the magenta line eventually appeared. Can there be some cross connection between colours when one colour is printed as a solid line on every page over several hundred pages?

[Phil B.]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

Hmm, ok. It should be in the, what is the name of the list, where service life is listed. I'll have a look there when it was changed.

But, just a question, every one of those 315 pages have the same blue line across it where the magenta line eventually appeared. Can there be some cross connection between colours when one colour is printed as a solid line on every page over several hundred pages?

You mentioned that it had been unused for a while.
RIGHT?
Those rubber rollers degrade over time.
Plus sitting unused ISN'T good those machines do better when run hard.

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[SteinarN]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

Unused since november last year, yes.

[Phil B.]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

Unused since november last year, yes.

That is to long to sit not powered up.
Replace the PCDU

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[anothertech]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

Hmm, ok. It should be in the, what is the name of the list, where service life is listed. I'll have a look there when it was changed.

But, just a question, every one of those 315 pages have the same blue line across it where the magenta line eventually appeared. Can there be some cross connection between colours when one colour is printed as a solid line on every page over several hundred pages?

Yes there is a connection. All of the toner that didn't get transferred to the Image belt had to be cleaned off of the drum. There was a lot of toner in that area where the heavy blue line was. The cleaning blade was failing and couldn't keep up.

[Phil B.]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I guess I should read me up a bit on the service manual now... Because I dont quite know where the drum is.
"Reading"

Look at quality section of the troubleshooting section.

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[Phil B.]

Re: Red line on print Ricoh MP C2051

I very carefully cleaned the assembly. I did not touch the drum, I swear I did not touch it

Then how did you clean it?

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