infotec 5271 ZL

[Scott_Lewis]

Now I know why I can not understand manuals, Japanese translated into american then into English, or should I say Inglish.

That would be engrish

[Scott_Lewis]

What is an Infotek 5271? I think you need new supplies.

Ricoh FT4027

[Scott_Lewis]

So than i'm right here as an "home user" technician

Cute. I think the others are suggesting that this is a site for

PROFESSIONAL Technicians


Anyway, first thing wrong with your machines is its 12-14 years old.

I'm assuming you were trying to copy something other than a blank page with that sample you posted. The only thing on the paper is toner that has dribbled onto the page suggesting that there is no charge voltage, there is no developer mix in the developer, or who knows what else.

What is the history of the machine. Did the printing just fade away, lose the prints quickly like from one copy to the next, someone else work on it, you messed around with it, just given to you?????

[rumo74]

Cute. I think the others are suggesting that this is a site for

PROFESSIONAL Technicians


Anyway, first thing wrong with your machines is its 12-14 years old.

I'm assuming you were trying to copy something other than a blank page with that sample you posted. The only thing on the paper is toner that has dribbled onto the page suggesting that there is no charge voltage, there is no developer mix in the developer, or who knows what else.

What is the history of the machine. Did the printing just fade away, lose the prints quickly like from one copy to the next, someone else work on it, you messed around with it, just given to you?????

yes the machine is possibly 12 years old, but i was told that we have it 6 years and it only has since today 80000 copy's. The machine has not been used for 2 years so i can't tell you more about the history. The only thing that i did was cleaning because the inside was full of toner.
Do you thing that is not worthing to fix it?

p.s. thanx for your support

[Jomama46]

So you cleaned all that toner off the magnetic roller right? Sounds like a home technician alright.

[Scott_Lewis]

yes the machine is possibly 12 years old, but i was told that we have it 6 years and it only has since today 80000 copy's. The machine has not been used for 2 years so i can't tell you more about the history. The only thing that i did was cleaning because the inside was full of toner.
Do you thing that is not worthing to fix it?

p.s. thanx for your support

No possibly about it. It IS at least 12 years old.

Have to wonder why it was put away 2 years ago. Was there something wrong with it at that time. Did you try running it BEFORE you cleaned it up? I'm just trying to figure out if you have a problem due to natural causes, possibly something you did, etc.

Did you pull any assemblies out of the machine before you vacuumed out the machine? How and where did you clean?

Is it worth fixing? Well, I'd be happy to collect my $95/hour to spend time working on it. But, it would be based on a best effort with no warranty whatsoever for the work performed. Would not even promise to actually make it work as I wouldn't be able to obtain many of the parts from Ricoh. You would have to go to an antique copier parts dealer to maybe get parts.

[rumo74]

So you cleaned all that toner off the magnetic roller right? Sounds like a home technician alright.

Did I say something about cleaning the magnetic roller? hmmmm

[rumo74]

No possibly about it. It IS at least 12 years old.

Have to wonder why it was put away 2 years ago. Was there something wrong with it at that time. Did you try running it BEFORE you cleaned it up? I'm just trying to figure out if you have a problem due to natural causes, possibly something you did, etc.

Did you pull any assemblies out of the machine before you vacuumed out the machine? How and where did you clean?

Is it worth fixing? Well, I'd be happy to collect my $95/hour to spend time working on it. But, it would be based on a best effort with no warranty whatsoever for the work performed. Would not even promise to actually make it work as I wouldn't be able to obtain many of the parts from Ricoh. You would have to go to an antique copier parts dealer to maybe get parts.

So scott i did some research about the machine. I found the last technician who checked the copier and i called him . It is actually the same problem why the machine was put away. "A few part must be changed" that's what he sad and it's not worth to fix it. So i put my Antique away...
Thanks for your support

[YHEL23]

ok i send you a sample of the copy. thanks for the info
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From your sample copy is looks like the cleaning entrance seal broken. if you don't know here this parts located, better to call a experience technician do it.good luck.