How to use black drum as color drum for MPC28/33/40/5000

[slot]

One of my guys ordered in a black pcu for a mpc4000 and it came with the dev can you gey just the drum unit for these m/c like on the mpc2500 if so please could someone post the part number I like the tip on the wire harnewss on the new models many thx.
by the way did another fuser today for an mpc4000 (SP820 unit) all you need to do is remove the connector and move the pink wire from pin4 to pin 3 next too the two black wires

[Prodigal Son]

You should be able to order the drum unit (in it's cartridge though) without the dev unit. The part number for the black drum is B223-2042 (MPC2000 - 4500) and D029-2038 (MPC2800 - 5000).

Good luck in the future

[zyqwiz]

Attachment is for the 811, haven't looked at a 820 yet.

European fusers are different - pink wire - pins 1&3 for printer, 2&3 for copier.

[slot]

many thanks for the part number i will check it out in themorning

[TCA TECH]

Haven't been on the forum for a while, worth every second on this post.

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Thanks for all the feed back too

[The-Peanut]

this may be a silly question but

swopping the wires as well as grinding the connector, does it make the drum universal for colour & black,

the reason why i ask is because my supplier supplies me with the drum unit universal for the mpc4500 which means it does colour and black

i just wondered if its necessary to swop the wires over or not

cheers

John

[Prodigal Son]

this may be a silly question but

swopping the wires as well as grinding the connector, does it make the drum universal for colour & black,

the reason why i ask is because my supplier supplies me with the drum unit universal for the mpc4500 which means it does colour and black

i just wondered if its necessary to swop the wires over or not

cheers

John

Well I thought so, but then iMind told me he had used a black drum for color drum without swapping cables. I guess I'll try again next time and see how it goes. I'm pretty sure I tried that and failed first time though.

A universal drum would need to have both corners gone, so yes he probably grinds them down.

[zyqwiz]

swopping the wires as well as grinding the connector, does it make the drum universal for colour & black

If you cut the corner off of a MPC4500 black drum connector then it will fit in both black and colour. Ricoh bought out a universal colour drum but it costs even more than the individual ones did. There is no wire swapping on the MPC4500.

[The-Peanut]

If you cut the corner off of a MPC4500 black drum connector then it will fit in both black and colour. Ricoh bought out a universal colour drum but it costs even more than the individual ones did. There is no wire swapping on the MPC4500.

thanks for the info on that m8

[slot]

sorry guys can i just confirm you need to move the wire on the mpc4000 /5000 and the mpc2800 i know you dont on the mpc 4500 ect and what do these wires do thx

[zyqwiz]

Yes - MPC2800/3300/4000/5000 drums need 2 wires swapping on the PCU plug. If you are looking at the plug with the wires going off the the left and the small tags that hold the pins in towards you, then swap the bottom 2 pins.

[slot]

many thanks for the reply zyqwiz

[iMind]

MP3300

No wonder I was never called back after changing the Magenta PCU, it was a MP2500, hehehe. Daniel Jokinen is right, you do need to change the two wires,

[[Horus]

Hi,

I think that in PCU you only need to modify the corner and it's work fine.

[zyqwiz]

I think that in PCU you only need to modify the corner and it's work fine.

Wrong - wires need swapping too