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!
  • TonerMunkeh
    Professional Moron

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    • 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
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        #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
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          100+ Posts
          • Aug 2008
          • 114

          #5
          i think its the lubricant or cleaning roller you must be seeing.

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          • iMind
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            • 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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