[Misc] Ricoh CL7300 Diagonal Stripes

[Guest]

Hi everyone,

I have a CL7300 that started giving me diagonal white stripes on a couple of the colours, from memory I think it was cyan and magenta. The stripes started about 3 or 4 inches down the page (the top bit of the page was perfect).

I found on the internet that the problem might be the colour developer units, so I replaced all three. And hoorah, the printer was perfect!

However it is only a couple of months later, and the printer has had relatively light use, (<5000 pages) and the problem has started again... Please see attached image.

I would replace the developers again, but I am sure they should last for more than a few thousand pages, shouldn't they?! Unless there is something else that is causing them to fail?

Any ideas would be welcome?

Andrew.


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[Jomama46]

Re: Ricoh CL7300 Diagonal Stripes

It is the developer but they are being depleted by a defective developer clutch, change the clutch and developer for the affected color.

[mrbarker77]

Re: Ricoh CL7300 Diagonal Stripes

Thanks for your reply Jomama,

I take it the clutch is a job for a technician?

Do you know if it would be an expensive job?

Regards,

Andrew.

[Jomama46]

Re: Ricoh CL7300 Diagonal Stripes

I would expect a couple of hours.

[srv]

Re: Ricoh CL7300 Diagonal Stripes

Definitely dev clutch and I wouldn't recommend a diy If your not in the service game.