New MP 301 drums

[fshead]

Re: New MP 301 drums

AS ONE who no longer sells any of these B/W units my feeling is there is not enough room if the machine starts to add too much toner.
I saw it on the type 1027 all the time and when i rebuilt them i would take out a capfull of developer before putting in new drum,drum blade and developer powder.

[copier tech]

Re: New MP 301 drums

This is such old technology. Ricoh have used this same poor mono engine for nearly 20 years without really addressing the PCDU issues.

I have 100+ 301 models out they seem to do ok if used as mid volume.

Any models that do less than 2k per month the PCDU fails.

As slim said you can strip, vac & clean the unit to extend the life.

[Klydon]

Re: New MP 301 drums

I still have a pile of these machines and have been using the new version of the PCDU. Despite whatever Ricoh says, I will believe improved performance when I see it. I use both the 411844 and had been using the D1272110 versions and there is effectively no difference in life between them from what I have seen. It will be a bit yet before I know about the new version.

For the most part, my experience is IF the customer runs these at the sweet spot in volume (roughly 1-2k a month), they can do extremely well. Unfortunately, I have customers who run 7K and more a month on a lot of machines. The PCDU yield (and hot roller yield for that matter) is bad on those. Basically carry in a hot roller and PCDU on just about every call because more than likely, you are going to need it.

[fshead]

Re: New MP 301 drums

I could never grasp why they didnt go to the mpc2800,mpc3001,mpc3003 et etc PCDU design.
It just show pure stupidity on ricohs part..
My happiest day was when i tossed 3-4 crates of ricoh type 1027 drum units pulled apart to rebuild...
I have used the type 1013 drum units only because i got stuck with from 4430 and 1013 machines........