Any know the yield of Toshiba Estudio 5540C, Color and B/W Developers

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  • Doug James
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    • Jan 2012
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    [Misc] Any know the yield of Toshiba Estudio 5540C, Color and B/W Developers

    I have a customer looking at one of these machines and needs to know the operating cost. Thanks so much for any help
  • mckinley
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    • Dec 2006
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    Re: Any know the yield of Toshiba Estudio 5540C, Color and B/W Developers

    The devs don't have a set life span on the 5540/6540/6550 ( & the previous range 5520 etc... )
    The toner contains 17% dev & there is a section of the dev unit which removes old dev as new toner / dev is supplied. This is the reason these machines must be levelled with a spirit level ( bullseye variety, so that it's level in all directions )

    As long as you dont run the charge grids until they become heavily contaminated, then the devs will last for a very very long time ( ie i have schools that have done 3 million copies without a dev being fitted )

    Regards.
    Happiness Is The Road.

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    • Doug James
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      • Jan 2012
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      Re: Any know the yield of Toshiba Estudio 5540C, Color and B/W Developers

      Originally posted by mckinley
      The devs don't have a set life span on the 5540/6540/6550 ( & the previous range 5520 etc... )
      The toner contains 17% dev & there is a section of the dev unit which removes old dev as new toner / dev is supplied. This is the reason these machines must be levelled with a spirit level ( bullseye variety, so that it's level in all directions )

      As long as you dont run the charge grids until they become heavily contaminated, then the devs will last for a very very long time ( ie i have schools that have done 3 million copies without a dev being fitted )

      Regards.
      This is a HUGE help, Thanks so much !!

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      • excanonguy
        Trusted Tech

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        • Jun 2008
        • 173

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        Re: Any know the yield of Toshiba Estudio 5540C, Color and B/W Developers

        Just be aware that the dev is very expensive if you do have to replace! I had one color on a 5520 give an error code ( I forget now is been a few years) and I ended up having to do the dev for that color it was about $500. for the bottle here in Canada from Toshiba....

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        • blackcat4866
          Master Of The Obvious

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          • Jul 2007
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          Re: Any know the yield of Toshiba Estudio 5540C, Color and B/W Developers

          The book says 248K but I've seen a lot more yield, and a lot less yield. Most notably yellow toner density errors on the third recall (10K total color count), and still hadn't had yellow developer changed.

          I'd like to ask: "What were you waiting for? Obviously doing nothing isn't working." =^..^=
          If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
          1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
          2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
          3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
          4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
          5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

          blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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