Estudio 230 intermittant jams/no codes

[Desert Rat]

So far, the smallest drive I can find is the 2gig. Will this work?

Dr

[Harry]

i try a dicom 1 gb and it would not work. now i use a very old verbatim stick with only 128mb and it works fine.So you have to try out
good luck

[ToshibaTech]

You can try 2GB, 2GB can be formatted FAT which is the key (can not use FAT32.)

[fireater]

by the way these machines have a pm support mode.... hold down 9 start and turn on power.

enter 103 ---press start --prints pm list
enter 106 --- press start --prints error codes including jams

other things i had on these machines with jamming.....

missing guides on paper feed side. when attaching the paper desk careles techs damaged them and threw them away.

missing sensor on side door ... machine would work but couldnt clear jam without cycling power ... same reason as above (damn idiot tech)

faulty high-low clutches in copier -----(may result in intermittant Z-fold while copying)

[Desert Rat]

Thanks Firestarter, The sensor on the side of the door is not missing and
the machine is not getting "z" fold jams. It did how ever seem to change
the paper setting in the lower of two trays from Ltr to Ltr-R. Once the
customer change the paper to Ltr-R it runs fine.
I will see if it will print out the error and jam log. But their is nothing in
there to print under 253. High low clutches, are those like registration
clutches?
I have not located a 256mb thumb drive to reload the firmware. Anyone
have a good source for this item?

Thanks

DR

[fireater]

i gig usb or smaller will work

[Desert Rat]

I think the smallest I have foune at Frys electonics is 2gig. I will call
around town and look for the 1gig.

Thanks Fireater

DR

[ToshibaTech]

I use a SD card and reader, works fine on ebridge 1, 2, 3... You can try different combinations of SD cards and readers.

[Desert Rat]

ToshibaTech,
I'm afraid I have not heard of that method. What is the SD card and
reader? And ebridge sounds like some type of software?
I have not had the benifit of going to any of the Japanese factory schools
or dealer classes. Is that similar to the flash card used by ricoh?

DR

[emujo]

I'de like to hear a little more of the sd method... did not know this was possible except with USB drive. EMujo

[fireater]

u need a usb to sd card stick.... tried it once didnt work for me ... wallmart usually has 1 gig flash drives for 10 bux

[ToshibaTech]

It's hit and miss you just have to try what you have but yes USB card readers will work (probably not all brands) we have a customer that prints right off their camera SD cards on a newer machine using a reader. I have heard that you can also use USB HDDs. There's not a whole lot of point to that, but I just use the SD card reader because I had it and it happened to work. Funny thing is the card reader would not work on my laptop but works on another computer and in all the toshibas... hit and miss like I say.

[fireater]

um desert rat ebridge is what toshiab has called there machines since the estudio 3511 / 350 series

3511 350 280 = ebridge 1
351c 352 282 = ebridge 2
etc

[Desert Rat]

ToshibaTech,
I have a flash card with my compaq laptop. Not sure on how to use it
tho. I will have to look into it. As far as walmart that is good to hear.
I will have a look today if I get the chance.

There is so much to these machines now a days it hard to keep up with,
I mean it really bites into my fishing and camping time.

Thanks for your inputs. At the moment I have other fires to put out.
And will fall back on this in a day or two.

DR