[Misc] Upgrade ricoh 551 to 700

[Guest]

cheers mates,

I am in production printing and so far working on 2090 & 700, gem of machines!!
I have few Ricoh 551, I have researched and found most of the parts are same. Can anyone pls guide me to upgrade them to 700, Do I have to upgrade the firmware, have never done it so kindly guide me how to do it
thnx

[teebee1234]

Don't bother, you will spend more in labor and parts cost then replacing the entire box. Besides all of the boards being different (PSU, MCU, I/O), there are multitudes of individual parts that are different (pulleys, belts, brackets) due to the difference in speed.

[Jimbo1]

That's the same machine except for speed and they aren't really that far apart. As for that 2090, hope you have some training because they get intersting.

[kelvin3892]

Nothing different with parts, that only 1 jumper wire can upgrade to af700

[teebee1234]

Don't bother, you will spend more in labor and parts cost then replacing the entire box. Besides all of the boards being different (PSU, MCU, I/O), there are multitudes of individual parts that are different (pulleys, belts, brackets) due to the difference in speed.

My apologies, when I checked my parts guide, they also listed the B098 (ld055) on the same manual with different part numbers. I assumed that was the 700 (we know what they say about assuming). Any way, what jumper would that be that has to be cut?

[shlo1]

you need to jumper two wires if you still need it i wiil check and send you the exact one.

[ccchuah]

Open the back cover, look for the IO Board, behind it , you will see a connector board (A293-5140). Find a four pin connector with a three brown and one white wire, solder the first brown and second brown wire together.

[Printerjunkey]

@cchuah.

Thanks for the tip, shall update you guys on the outcome,