I'm in the mood to play around and experiment a little bit. I have a Xerox DC5000, and although I love it, I HATE the oil-based fuser. Everything else about it is awesome, but not the fuser.
I already know that using the newer oil-free toners, like the EA or EA-HG or EA-Eco, works just fine. But of course the fuser itself still requires that dang oil even if the toner doesn't.
I'm wondering... Does the heat roll rubber surface get damaged if you run it without oil? Mine recently did because I don't think my LOW OIL sensor works. So it ran dry, and things turned bad. The belt and the roller got damaged because the toner stuck to them and eventually caused lots of trouble.
My curiosity is, if I purged the system completely of the old toner, and started fresh with new oil-free toner, the toner shouldn't stick to the roller and therefore, maybe the roller would NOT get damaged even if there was no oil...?
The 4110 series B&W machine use a similar coating for their heat roll, but do not use oil. (However, the fuser web on that machine is impregnated with oil, but that is MUCH MUCH less oil than the 5000 and its like use, so shouldn't cause oil streaks on prints.) I could use oil-infused web material in DC5000 series fuser webs and do the same thing.
Another option... I could get the DC5000's heat roll re-coated, but with a oil-free color machine type finish (the orange-ish stuff) rather than the regular material (the gray stuff)...
I enjoy experimenting like this, and it isn't on a machine I rely on for my business of course... Wondering if any of you guys had any thoughts.
If I could create an oil-free DC5000 that used modern toners, I'd be a happy camper.
I already know that using the newer oil-free toners, like the EA or EA-HG or EA-Eco, works just fine. But of course the fuser itself still requires that dang oil even if the toner doesn't.
I'm wondering... Does the heat roll rubber surface get damaged if you run it without oil? Mine recently did because I don't think my LOW OIL sensor works. So it ran dry, and things turned bad. The belt and the roller got damaged because the toner stuck to them and eventually caused lots of trouble.
My curiosity is, if I purged the system completely of the old toner, and started fresh with new oil-free toner, the toner shouldn't stick to the roller and therefore, maybe the roller would NOT get damaged even if there was no oil...?
The 4110 series B&W machine use a similar coating for their heat roll, but do not use oil. (However, the fuser web on that machine is impregnated with oil, but that is MUCH MUCH less oil than the 5000 and its like use, so shouldn't cause oil streaks on prints.) I could use oil-infused web material in DC5000 series fuser webs and do the same thing.
Another option... I could get the DC5000's heat roll re-coated, but with a oil-free color machine type finish (the orange-ish stuff) rather than the regular material (the gray stuff)...
I enjoy experimenting like this, and it isn't on a machine I rely on for my business of course... Wondering if any of you guys had any thoughts.
If I could create an oil-free DC5000 that used modern toners, I'd be a happy camper.