Mpc-3000 weird pattern

[TONERINMYNOSE]

I have this issue on the first copy intermittently, i have no idea help!

[Eric1968]

If the prints are OK, I would think of a bad exposure lamp or a defective lamp stabilizer.

[TONERINMYNOSE]

Both prints and copies

[Zeldaman]

Hi there!
1.Check & clean the ID-sensors (right beneath the fusing unit)
2.Check & (if possible) change the transfercleaningunit.
Greetings...

[Fearless V K]

Looks like a bad xfer cleaning unit

[TONERINMYNOSE]

This pattern is not in the print data, it gets cleaned off after the first copy, its as if the machine just decides that this pattern is part of the image, but only for the first copy, like there is an issue somewhere in image processing. If it were cleaning unit the image would stay, no?

[Jomama46]

I think the first copy is out of the RAM DIMM and subsequent copies are from the HD. I would reseat the DIMM or try a different stick.

[tcs04]

Looks like the old problem on the AF1224 when the transfer cleaning didn't work for the first few copies. This looks like a MUSIC pattern. I wonder of the transfer cleaning blade is deformed and not cleaning this strip.

[teebee1234]

Looks like the old problem on the AF1224 when the transfer cleaning didn't work for the first few copies. This looks like a MUSIC pattern. I wonder of the transfer cleaning blade is deformed and not cleaning this strip.

Correct, that is the MUSIC pattern for color registration. From the image it looks like the cleaning blade is scraping lines in it, so I would look at the condition of the belt and xfer cleaning unit as others have suggested.

[TONERINMYNOSE]

thanks guys i figure it was some sort of read pattern, ill try messing with the cleaning unit

[Donk54]

Re: Mpc-3000 weird pattern

I have the same color bands on a MPC5000 except there at the rear of 8 1/2 x 11 LEF on color print job . have replaced ITB and cleaning unit, and calibrated the colors ok But inconsistent.

[slot]

Re: Mpc-3000 weird pattern

Donk54 make sure the tansfer roller moves away from the belt it sound like it is contact all the time

[NeoMatrix]

Re: Mpc-3000 weird pattern

Has there been and office or xmas parties done around the copier lately ?
Has anyone done a copy with glitter all over the original ?

Check that you don't have xmas card glitter or silver in or around the lense or the CDD in the optics.

Could it be a moisture or glue artifact of some kind in the optics ? The image you supplied shows you are getting a prism effect which means that white light is being bent or lensed through a curve surface. Like a rainbow effect after a storm. Could it be vermin defication on the mirror or lense ?

[Donk54]

Re: Mpc-3000 weird pattern

Donk54 make sure the tansfer roller moves away from the belt it sound like it is contact all the time

I will check the transfer roller,

Thank you for the input.

[butcher]

Re: Mpc-3000 weird pattern

Yep, Definitely a music pattern.Change cleaning unit/ITB unit