Ricoh 1232C bad quality prints

[Prodigal Son]

Finally, the solution. It was the drum. We replaced it and now the quality is much better. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's good, but it's enough. I'm terminating this service contract right away, I never ever wanna see this damned machine again..!

[Voltage]

Have the same problem.
Replaced the black dev unit.(almost no toner on it)
Image Transfer unit (not cleaning )
Fuser belt. (2 dull lines where there is no oil)

tomorrow i am going to replace the transfer roller to see i that hlelps

Think i should place this machine on that list of " The worst machine ever build"

[bonnie750]

these are the greatest copier ever created by man or anyone else!!!!!!!!!!
don't you guys know perfection when you see it??????

[PinevskiS]

Clean the LASER UNIT

[Lagonda]

[QUOTE=Daniel Jokinen;95025] these machines are the worst Ricoh ever made. QUOTE]

Oh no their not!!! Didn't the MP C1500 make it to your part of the world!
Now if you want to start an Ethnic Cleansing Programme you can start with them then move onto the 1224"s!

[Shadow1]

No - the 1224 was a piece of trash, but once we discovered how bad it was, we could threaten sales a copier suppository if they ever sold one again. The MP3500 and MP4000 are mainstream machines - we can't very well remove them from our product line. Good motivation to push color, but given the fuser design of the MPC4500, and the needlessly difficult to PM PCU units (compared to say a 3800 style design) I'm not convinced - better for the customer, absolutely, but not sure for the tech.

[Prodigal Son]

I think the majority has spoken already

As I said, the problem is solved and it was the drum.

[CableGuy]

Just the mere mention of the 1224, and a heated debate begins. You are prob'ly tired of seeing messeges in your in box relating to this thread, especially seeing that you've sorted the problem....LOL. OOOOps and here's another.

[Prodigal Son]

Just the mere mention of the 1224, and a heated debate begins. You are prob'ly tired of seeing messeges in your in box relating to this thread, especially seeing that you've sorted the problem....LOL. OOOOps and here's another.

Hahaha something like that, yeah

[Voltage]

This is an example of my problem. The bad copy quality is on normal 80gm paper. The better copy quality is made on a high quality glossy paper. So i said to the customer it is the paper and he showed me prints that were made on the normal paper that looked just as good.

[Voltage]

I think the majority has spoken already

As I said, the problem is solved and it was the drum.

i replaced pcu, transfer roller, black dev unit and charge roller. still buggerd

[CableGuy]

Voltage, I recon it's the only thing you've not looked at yet, the fuser. The copy quality goes when it nears the end of its life, about 120k.

[Voltage]

Voltage, I recon it's the only thing you've not looked at yet, the fuser. The copy quality goes when it nears the end of its life, about 120k.

i did replace the fuser belt and oil felt and supply rollers etc. I did not replace the pressure roller. If i interrupt the copy before fusing the marks are already on the unfused image.
I looks like image transfer to the paper. I have played around with SP 2.306 bit by increasing 1 and 2, but it did not make much of a difference

[Shadow1]

Looks like it could be damp paper to me.

Honestly, though, if I ever got one looking that good I usually ran like hell before something else broke.

[Si@danwood]

Didnt these machine use fuser oil?Cant remember!If so it looks like there isnt much oil getting in to "the mix"!