[Misc] Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

[spgnet]

Poor Copying on MPC 2500 Mechine.New Scan-20141119172250-00001.jpgNew Scan-20141119172254-00002.jpgNew Scan-20141119172257-00003.jpg

[Elmo]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

Yes you are right that is poor copy quality
what have you done to fix it so far

[spgnet]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

1. Change All PCU
2. Clean Transfer belt blade
3. Setting all setting using SP factory SETT (ask how to print this from mechine)
4. maintainance- color registration
5. Maintanance -Auto calibration

please adviceNew Scan-20141119174730-00001.jpg

[Gift]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

obviously just test copies lol

[Elmo]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

Before changing any parts did you
clean the optics
clean the laser glass

if you print a test page from the machine
printer sp 1103-2 color pattern
what is the quality

[spgnet]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

Print copy is very good 1103-2...problem only on copy. ?.laser glass mean glass surface. ?

[Elmo]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

if print is good then its an optical issue
clean lamp and mirrors the check
sp 4685 1 and 2
sp 4686 1 and 2
sp 4687 1 and 2
are set to factory values

[spgnet]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

Only not yet clean the lamp, glass will do....the problem how to get factory value. ?.4685-7, can print from mechine? .see sample factory set...

[Zeldaman]

[slimslob]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

Turn the machine off. Clean all the mirrors in the scanner unit. Also check for dust under the scale at the end of the glass. When the machine is turned or comes out of energy saver, the white strip on the bottom of the scale is scanned to set the white reference. Dust under the scale or on the mirrors makes the machine think that gray is actually white. The more the dust, the lighter that portion of the scanned document will appear to the machine.

After turning the machine back on, rerun Auto Color Calibration.

[jon.the.tech@gmail.com]

Re: Poor Color copy Ricoh MPc2500

IT guy here, not a copier tech, but my wife talked me into buying a MP C2500 off of craigslist. Got a great deal, $100 for the copier, around 250k pages total and full CMY toner cartridges. The black is low, so I have already ordered a new OEM toner cartridge thanks to some recommendations I've seen here I won't be trying aftermarket toner.

When printing, things come out stellar, but copying looks like the OP's scans, everything comes out with a slight gray wash and there are slight lines that show up across the page when copying in portrait and down the page when copying in landscape.

Mono or color makes no difference. everything just looks dirty when copied.

Printed pages look as good as any I have ever seen from a color laser.

I believe based on what I have found in this forum and others that I'll need to clean the optics to get this working properly.
is there a guide or video I can watch to walk me through this? I'm not afraid to do i myself, I just need to have an idea what I'm doing.

Thanks for looking!
Jon