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08-20-2008, 06:27 PM
A minolta di250 gave the error message "the imaging unit needs to be changed. call your technical representative" the local school decided they were about ready for a new copier anyway after 300,000 prints so would just throw the di250 away. My neighbour though this was wastefull and built in obscelesance as it worked fine until the error message stopped it. This is why I now have my neighbours photocopier in our shed for the last year under a dust cover.
So I though while he was on holiday I might have a bash at it. Photocopying might be nice to have next door and if I can get it to work it would be a nice suprise and I could get him to share. I have read around on the internet and come to the conclusion I need to either buy a new imaging unit, around £120 which is a lot for a bit of old copying. Or reset the imaging units fuse which might let it go a few more thousand copies. This is what I am trying to do at the moment.
I can see the katun reset fuses available for $5 in the USA but I can not see them in the UK. I did read someone say they managed to just use a bit of wire. So I unscrewed the little box bit with the fuse and put a paperclip into the clear plastic jacket sleeve so it bypassed the fuse but touched the wire on either side. My thinking was it would then think the fuse was working and the imaging unit was ok.
This got me away from the service error message screen and to an enter four digit "access key" screen. I don't know the key and can't find out for a week till my neighbour returns. I tried 1234 and 1066 and after a few guesses I recieved error message c13c0 however when I turned off the machine and started it again it went back to the enter access key screen so I'm hoping its just the error code for "you have entered too many wrong access keys" rather then the "you've just killed the copier with a paper clip you idiot" code.
I tried removing the paper clip and the machine went back to the "change imaging unit" message. Which is odd as I thought if I had rest it succesfully it would now stay good for 60,000 copies? Reading more it suggests perhaps you have to have a working fuse which then blows and then that tells the copier it has a new imaging unit? Which seems odd but perhaps? So should I try and insert the imaging unit with the fuse box hanging loose and try and start the copier, then remove the paperclip after a few seconds to simulate a fuse going? Or is this a stupid idea?
Cleary I don't know much about electronics or copiers but its make it work or take it to the tip. So I would greatly appreciate any tips on how to proceed.
Can I reset it with a paperclip or other piece of wire or is this on the wrong track?
If not does anyone know were I can get a reset fuse in the United Kingdom? I looked for a generic equivelent and these mini axial fuses were the closest looking I could find eBay.co.uk Shop - Fuses uk: Micro miniature axial fuses: (http://tinyurl.com/649q54) eBay.co.uk Shop - Fuses uk: Micro miniature axial fuses: (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Fuses-uk_All-fuses_Micro-miniature-axial-fuses_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ13785931QQftidZ2QQtZk m)
might a 125ma one do? Is there a specific ampage I should look for?
Oh and if there is reset switch or something to clear the copiers access codes and service codes that would be nice.
Does anyone know what the worrying error code c13c0 actually means?
Thankyou very much for any help.
(Incidentally if anyone else is looking for this problem I found the instrucions for the reset fuse here
http://www.katun.com/downloads/mn-di200-iu-ri.pdf
and a possible di250 manual here which is for a hitatchi but they seem very similar
http://www.rpsa.ricoh.com/techsup/manuals/DDC35n/DDC35n-UserGuide-Europe.pdf
So I though while he was on holiday I might have a bash at it. Photocopying might be nice to have next door and if I can get it to work it would be a nice suprise and I could get him to share. I have read around on the internet and come to the conclusion I need to either buy a new imaging unit, around £120 which is a lot for a bit of old copying. Or reset the imaging units fuse which might let it go a few more thousand copies. This is what I am trying to do at the moment.
I can see the katun reset fuses available for $5 in the USA but I can not see them in the UK. I did read someone say they managed to just use a bit of wire. So I unscrewed the little box bit with the fuse and put a paperclip into the clear plastic jacket sleeve so it bypassed the fuse but touched the wire on either side. My thinking was it would then think the fuse was working and the imaging unit was ok.
This got me away from the service error message screen and to an enter four digit "access key" screen. I don't know the key and can't find out for a week till my neighbour returns. I tried 1234 and 1066 and after a few guesses I recieved error message c13c0 however when I turned off the machine and started it again it went back to the enter access key screen so I'm hoping its just the error code for "you have entered too many wrong access keys" rather then the "you've just killed the copier with a paper clip you idiot" code.
I tried removing the paper clip and the machine went back to the "change imaging unit" message. Which is odd as I thought if I had rest it succesfully it would now stay good for 60,000 copies? Reading more it suggests perhaps you have to have a working fuse which then blows and then that tells the copier it has a new imaging unit? Which seems odd but perhaps? So should I try and insert the imaging unit with the fuse box hanging loose and try and start the copier, then remove the paperclip after a few seconds to simulate a fuse going? Or is this a stupid idea?
Cleary I don't know much about electronics or copiers but its make it work or take it to the tip. So I would greatly appreciate any tips on how to proceed.
Can I reset it with a paperclip or other piece of wire or is this on the wrong track?
If not does anyone know were I can get a reset fuse in the United Kingdom? I looked for a generic equivelent and these mini axial fuses were the closest looking I could find eBay.co.uk Shop - Fuses uk: Micro miniature axial fuses: (http://tinyurl.com/649q54) eBay.co.uk Shop - Fuses uk: Micro miniature axial fuses: (http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Fuses-uk_All-fuses_Micro-miniature-axial-fuses_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ13785931QQftidZ2QQtZk m)
might a 125ma one do? Is there a specific ampage I should look for?
Oh and if there is reset switch or something to clear the copiers access codes and service codes that would be nice.
Does anyone know what the worrying error code c13c0 actually means?
Thankyou very much for any help.
(Incidentally if anyone else is looking for this problem I found the instrucions for the reset fuse here
http://www.katun.com/downloads/mn-di200-iu-ri.pdf
and a possible di250 manual here which is for a hitatchi but they seem very similar
http://www.rpsa.ricoh.com/techsup/manuals/DDC35n/DDC35n-UserGuide-Europe.pdf