2045esp light copies

[Rick]

Is there a way to manually adjust the toner add cycle to make copies darker

[schooltech]

Yes there is.

The increase in the toner add rate will decrease the amount added, and lowering the number will increase the amount of toner added. This is a little "glitch" Ricoh has used with their machines for years, where the number is reversed from what you'd expect it to be.

It's in the 2's.

[nodle]

My first question would be is how does an internal print out look? I have seen where the prints look good but the copies are very faded. It turned out to be that the customer inadvertantly set the default program to a photo mode, adjusted to the light side. I actually performed a premature PM and still had the problem, Thats when I caught it.
Good Luck!

[schooltech]

Nodle, and I keep assuming that the basics have been done.

Slit glass haze.

[Eric1968]

Could also be a wrong Charge Roller voltage. When the Charge Roller has recently been replaced, the voltage should be adjusted (SP2-001-001).

Is the laser scanning glass clean? ID-sensor clean and working correct?

[hodgiepodgie]

after market

i have also had light copies after a pm and or dev replacement customer was not using ricoh toner sorry but i will go with ricoh toner any time i have cq issues.anyway switched to ricoh brand no more cq issues.have also had add toner errors even when bottle not empty once again non ricoh brand toner being used.