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  • Pinguino
    • Jun 2025
    #1

    Sharp MX 310 Light Prints

    Hi!

    I have a Sharp MX-310 that is printing light prints. I've seen this problem on other systems and have used the cleaning wand to clean the laser glass but I do not see it on this unit.

    We changed the toner cartridge but the images still look light.

    Any suggestions on this one?

    Thanks!
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    • JustManuals
      Field Supervisor

      5,000+ Posts
      • Jan 2006
      • 9838
      #2
      Re: Sharp MX 310 Light Prints

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      Paul@justmanuals.com

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        • Akitu
          Legendary Frost Spec Tech

          Site Contributor
          2,500+ Posts
          • Oct 2010
          • 2595
          #3
          Re: Sharp MX 310 Light Prints

          As soon as you said you changed the toner, I cringed a little. So you're an end user, it's okay! We can still try to help you.

          Firstly - don't change your toner unless the machine says "Toner empty, change toner". Else you're just throwing away perfectly good toner. This isn't an inkjet piece of crap, it is not as simple as "it's getting light, must be time to change the ink!". Your service technician should have explained that...

          Secondly, because fixing this requires taking out pieces of the machine, I would highly recommend a trained Sharp technician should be the one to work on it, if the drum unit or developer units get damaged for one reason or another, your repair will be much more costly than a 30 second cleaning.

          Lastly, the parts in the MXM310 are designed around 100k cycles, at 100,000 copies/prints the drum unit, charge unit, cleaning blade and developer need to be changed, and every 100k after that. The fuser is the only exception, still designed around the smaller 75k cycle, however it's a durable part, and has thusly been rated for 150k pages before replacement is recommended.

          Contact your local Sharp representative and ask them if they can come clean up your machine for you.
          Cthulhu for president! Why settle for the lesser evil?

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            • Nachoman4life
              Trusted Tech

              Site Contributor
              100+ Posts
              • Oct 2007
              • 212
              #4
              Re: Sharp MX 310 Light Prints

              Going through your back posts, are you a re manufacturer?
              Where the heck is my spring hook?

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                • oldrn
                  Trusted Tech

                  100+ Posts
                  • Apr 2008
                  • 166
                  #5
                  Re: Sharp MX 310 Light Prints

                  Are you using Sharp toner or a generic?

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                    • lky1978
                      Trusted Tech

                      250+ Posts
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 482
                      #6
                      Always clean the td sensor with cloth while changing developer, run sim 25-2.
                      Andromeda series never has printing quality issue.

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