After a lot of work arounds and great help from here
The overall big problem with the C1 IS................
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The DEV units.
Found the K is the least of the problems
No color scale to worry about.
BUT........the color dev's......
Good for the first75-100k and the "brush" along with the
dispersant will get used up fast when full bleeds are used
all the time.
There is just NOT enough room for more in each unit
Then all the error codes, clumping,streaking,banding,
just show up on 1 color and the rest follow is short time.
The New quality is great at first but ck the toner waste after 60K
not just pure toner but the dev dispersant" iron oxide" is there.
some is normal but when you have such small dev units to start with,
thats where is going downhill.
Way to much$$$$ to replace the dev units so fast.
what would be a good fix is a small "refresh" of the dev.
The toner/dispersant % can be a real bear of a problem.
In the past I have found that the mag roll can have a little extra "iron oxide" powder. Now too much and you have a mess and a jam.
One way to do this is to take apart the dev unit and tap the bottom in a level table and look for the screw assy front and back.
The prim screw assy under the mag roll is the one to look for.
This is where you can ADD JUST the "dispersant (iron oxide powder)"
OR REFRESH KIT if you can find it.
The Powder is the thing.
DO NOT ADD TONER
After 75K you will see not much in the bottom.
there can be a fill of 3/4 of the powder there to work just fine,
AFTER it is mixed................you can turn it by hand to do that and look for that "brush" and turn is a few times.
then reassemble
Its messy if you dont watch to fill and waste holes when turning
the unit over ...............This in a MUST do to act like the drum when in
the copier. then spin the mag wheel for the "brush" and look for the color to be even across the mag roll.
DO NOT ADD TONER
Then let the copier add the toner itself.
Better to be short of toner at this point and let the Image patch /ATR sensors do the toner add.
This is not for rookies but will over come the dev unit problem.
It's a design problem from the start as a "proof" machine and not a production color copier.
Just my 2 cents
The overall big problem with the C1 IS................
.................................................. ................
.................................................. ................
The DEV units.
Found the K is the least of the problems
No color scale to worry about.
BUT........the color dev's......
Good for the first75-100k and the "brush" along with the
dispersant will get used up fast when full bleeds are used
all the time.
There is just NOT enough room for more in each unit
Then all the error codes, clumping,streaking,banding,
just show up on 1 color and the rest follow is short time.
The New quality is great at first but ck the toner waste after 60K
not just pure toner but the dev dispersant" iron oxide" is there.
some is normal but when you have such small dev units to start with,
thats where is going downhill.
Way to much$$$$ to replace the dev units so fast.
what would be a good fix is a small "refresh" of the dev.
The toner/dispersant % can be a real bear of a problem.
In the past I have found that the mag roll can have a little extra "iron oxide" powder. Now too much and you have a mess and a jam.
One way to do this is to take apart the dev unit and tap the bottom in a level table and look for the screw assy front and back.
The prim screw assy under the mag roll is the one to look for.
This is where you can ADD JUST the "dispersant (iron oxide powder)"
OR REFRESH KIT if you can find it.
The Powder is the thing.
DO NOT ADD TONER
After 75K you will see not much in the bottom.
there can be a fill of 3/4 of the powder there to work just fine,
AFTER it is mixed................you can turn it by hand to do that and look for that "brush" and turn is a few times.
then reassemble
Its messy if you dont watch to fill and waste holes when turning
the unit over ...............This in a MUST do to act like the drum when in
the copier. then spin the mag wheel for the "brush" and look for the color to be even across the mag roll.
DO NOT ADD TONER
Then let the copier add the toner itself.
Better to be short of toner at this point and let the Image patch /ATR sensors do the toner add.
This is not for rookies but will over come the dev unit problem.
It's a design problem from the start as a "proof" machine and not a production color copier.
Just my 2 cents
yep just replace the transport bed ass'y to fix the jams.. If you run it with the front cover off you will see the paper stopping on the belt. Good Luck
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