My experience is that at over 400k the updated fusers don't look quite as smooth and shiny as the web fuser, but at 3x PM does it really matter? Kind of like the difference between a B064 fuser using a web and the previous model with the oil roller. You might be losing 50 or 100k on the hot roller, but it takes a lot less time changing a hot roller every 3rd PM cycle instead of every 4th than it does to change that web every 160k. In any case, as long as it still makes it well over its rated PM life Ricoh really can't complain, and your customers will be happier when you get to your next call a half hour earlier than if you had to rebuild a web.
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It sounds very interesting! I will give it a try. Thanks for the PDF! Job well done!Comment
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I am with shadow1. Willing to sacrifice a few thousand to avoid the web replacement. However, If the oil roller yields a 160K UFR, no thank you.Comment
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It's yielding 400k+ so far as I can tell with no noticeable fuser jamming or copy quality problems.Kittens give Morbo gas.
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Sure they can, because that's less parts being sold!
I know where everyone is coming from on this... My manager just hasn't let us do it yet. I might just change two over come Monday, because we have two webs at the shop waiting to be rebuilt, but no webs. And both owners are off to the Savin Connections meeting in Vegas. Sounds like time to take matters into our own hands.sigpic
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Cool mod but I doubt I will ever do it I am too by the book. Thanks to whoever pointed out that you can run the machine without a web unit it in. Today while I spent 15 minutes replacing a web I threw the fuser back in so the customer could still use the machine.Comment
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This is great. I have been waiting for one of these webs to run out to try this and today i got the chance. So much easier and time efficient. Thank you very much.I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~Thomas EdisonComment
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Cool idea, I might just have to give this a try. Got a lot of 4000's and 5000's so this would definitely cut down on service time. Those hot rollers run great, so even if the oil roller doesn't provide the same level of cleaning and lubrication that the web does, it shouldn't be a noticeable difference.-----------------------------------------------
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Been nearly a full year since I did my first one of these mods. Have 5 machines now, all running a dream with the oil rollers. Thanks again.I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~Thomas EdisonComment
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I don't even carry the web or web assembly anymore - just been updating everything with an oil roller. I do set the PM counters back to near default so it will ask for a new "web" somewhere between 150 and 200k (about every other developer change - even with the updated dev assy and new toner.)
I have found some springs that work much better than clipping the old ones, maybe I'll get around to updating my PDF sometime soon, but the part number is: AA06352973 DE W5SSJComment
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Thank you for the mod!Nobody is perfect..Comment
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So, who's gonna be the one to try this on an 1107/1357?“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” (Isaac Asimov)Comment
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Re: Ricoh "Field Tech Bulletins"
Just got a new MP5002 and it still has the same oil webs. Have heard that the MPC6000 oil rollers work too. Have not tried that yet though...Kittens give Morbo gas.
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Re: Ricoh "Field Tech Bulletins"
Well done!
just this morning one of our techs was cursing while rebuilding just such a unit! He is going to "kiss your feet" once he sees this document!
This is the beauty of a forum like this! We are doing all the R&D for Ricoh these days it seems!
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