ARBC320 poor copy quality.

[bdcrandall13]

Ok.... just recalibrated again, ran a bunch of test prints to compare with after we made a few more adjustments and most everything looked ok. it was just when we ran anything with a really light shade of any color that you noticed some defects, especially grey. Everything still looked a tad bit yellow.
Like i said before, we have an ARBC260 here as well but do not use the color part of it at all. But we decided to swap out cartridges just for the hell of it, even though brand new ones were already in the BC320. Here are the results... Notice the green. Yellow and cyan blend much better. There is still a little cyan but it is much much better. This is a change made only by changing the toners. It really psises me off that we've spent all this time messing with this machine only to have the biggest problem caused by peice of sh*t cartridge design. The sharp test chart down below would be considered acceptable to me on one of the newer MX machines. Who knows how long it will last though...

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[jprecht]

I'd say you are pushing the limits of this box, with your test prints. when you say you recalibrated what sims did you use? your exposure ajstments are in sim 46. but you can change "other things" as well. when you swapped the new toners did you recalbrate each color? these boxes have a tendency towards red / yellow you can only tweak them so far. good luck!
jon

[OMD-227]

I had a former longtime tech just email me this morning about this and mentioned that it could be a memory issue as well. Any thoughts on that?

No way is this a memory issue. If you have ICU memory problems, the color testchart copy will look completely distorted, with either missing parts or sections in the wrong place. Its an obvious fault. If you have MFP memory problems, the machine will either sit there ripping for an extended period of time, or simply drop the job (like its hot) out of its memory and clear itself.
I assure you this is no memory issue. Had too many c/q calls on these boxes to know that for sure. What everyone has already said about the machines ability to match any sort of decent quality is totally correct. Its already been mentioned that the toners can cause this. I know you said you put new ones in the machine, but I've seen too many bad ones out of the box myself.
This is an LED printer, not laser, so getting decent quality on a constant basis is difficult.
As for box 7 on the testchart, either adjust sim 46 as jprecht has said, and check the exposure settings in system settings is default.
How long will this last............ I've always found that those cartridges start playing up not long after installing them, to some degree. Either blockages around the mg roller causing fine void lines lead to trail or cartridges seizing up causing void bands front to rear. The calibration levels will last quite a while, although once the toners start playing up and the transfer belt ID sensor cannot read the patches correctly due to poor toner coverage, the calibration quickly changes.
This is a series of machine that cannot be placed in a color-critical environment, nor would you want to not have this on contract because too many half-used, faulty cartridges equals angry clients.

As I've said earlier, what you had before the latest cartridges, and what you have now is bloody great. You've done a great job in getting this box to that sort of quality, and although you were warned about attempting the focus & skew adjustments and what a PITA it is to do, you've done really good. Leave it as it is, dont touch it anymore. You're only going to return soon anyway with other c/q issues.

[blackcat4866]

I agree with wazza. I had a couple dozen Whales and few looked this good. You did a great job of calibrating it. It takes a lot of patience. Congratulations! =^..^=