MPC4500 without fusing belt? Could I be dreaming?

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  • mrwho
    Major Asshole!

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    • Apr 2009
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    #1

    MPC4500 without fusing belt? Could I be dreaming?

    I've been at a propective customer examining his machine - a Ricoh MPC4500, which I never had the chance to see before - and at the shop, while examining the machine's manuals, I noticed that the fuser is supposed to have a fusing belt - but I can swear I saw a grey roller instead on the fusing unit.

    Could I be dreaming? Or is it possible that the machine is another model rebranded as a MPC4500? Or has a modified fuser?

    Anyone here can elucidate me?
    ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
    Mascan42

    'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
    Ibid

    I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!
    Tags: 250, 500, 5000, apollo, before, belt, customer, error, fuser, fusing, fusing belt, fusing unit, grey, heavily, lubricant, manuals, model, modified, mpc, mpc4500, ricoh, roller, rollers, shop, smoking, unit
    • TonerMunkeh
      Professional Moron

      2,500+ Posts
      • Apr 2008
      • 3865
      #2
      Yeah, I think you've been on the sauce again lol

      It might be that it's an Apollon-C2 (MPC4000/5000), they use rollers instead of a belt. Either that or it's a heavily modified fuser someone's had a play with.
      It's 106 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses.

      Hit it.

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        • zyqwiz
          Trusted Tech

          250+ Posts
          • Jun 2009
          • 333
          #3
          The MPC2000/2500/3000/3500/4500 and also the later MPC2800/3300 have a black fuser belt - the later MPC4000/5000 has an orange roller which is like a fuser belt glued to a sponge roller. The MP3500/4500 (mono) has a roller but it is black unless it has a non OEM roller in it. If the belt is missing, one of the internal rollers is grey but the machine would come up with a fuser error if there was no belt at all.

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            • mrwho
              Major Asshole!

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              • Apr 2009
              • 4299
              #4
              Or maybe I saw a non-OEM grey fusing belt and thought I was looking at a teflon roller.

              Thank you both for your replies. If I ever find out what I really saw, I'll post back here.
              ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
              Mascan42

              'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
              Ibid

              I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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                • CANCOUNTRY TECH
                  Trusted Tech

                  100+ Posts
                  • Aug 2008
                  • 114
                  #5
                  i think its the lubricant or cleaning roller you must be seeing.

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                    • iMind
                      Vacuum Cleaning Expert

                      1,000+ Posts
                      • Mar 2008
                      • 1116
                      #6
                      I thing you smoking weed, hehehe
                      sigpicWe can all Win, but at the end we all loose. Save the greyhound

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