TONER DUCT CLEANING JIG

[mike_hartung]

I just found this parts bulletin for a toner duct cleaning tool PT#A5COPJGOOO. Has anybody ordered this jig and know how to use it? Is it worth the money because it is about $50.00. I assume it is for cleaning the vent ducts on the color machines to prevent premature failure of the image units. It is bulletin # 11981

[tsbservice]

I just found this parts bulletin for a toner duct cleaning tool PT#A5COPJGOOO. Has anybody ordered this jig and know how to use it? Is it worth the money because it is about $50.00. I assume it is for cleaning the vent ducts on the color machines to prevent premature failure of the image units. It is bulletin # 11981
It's in bulletin...you use it with your vacuum cleaner in place of filter to clear toner ducts from the back.

[srvctec]

We got one a year or two ago and you remove the toner filter and insert the attachment. One would think that you could just slip on the hose end of your toner vac and use it but you can't because the morons that designed it decided to make the nozzle size exactly the same size as the vac hose end. WTF!? So, the only way to use it is to place the vac hose end up to the same diameter opening of the attachment and wrap tape around it. I wish these idiots designing these things would just ask a tech or at least a person with a tiny bit of common sense before they come out with a "solution".

[tsbservice]

We got one a year or two ago and you remove the toner filter and insert the attachment. One would think that you could just slip on the end of your toner vac and use it but you can't because the morons that designed it decided to make the nozzle size exactly the same size as the vac nozzle. WTF!? So, the only way to use it is to place the vac nozzle up to the same diameter opening of the attachment and wrap tape around it. I wish these idiots designing these things would just ask a tech or at least a person with a tiny bit of common sense before they come out with a "solution".

Ah-h-h really. And I was feeling jealous we can't purchase it here :o
I probably can make it better using old toner filter as a base.

[srvctec]

Ah-h-h really. And I was feeling jealous we can't purchase it here :o
I probably can make it better using old toner filter as a base.

Well, that's what I thought but it's a bit difficult because of the transition from smaller rectangle of the filter housing to the round nozzle that is holding me back from fashioning my own. We just have the one between the 3 of us techs and take it on a call when needed.

[tech51]

We got one a year or two ago and you remove the toner filter and insert the attachment. One would think that you could just slip on the hose end of your toner vac and use it but you can't because the morons that designed it decided to make the nozzle size exactly the same size as the vac hose end. WTF!? So, the only way to use it is to place the vac hose end up to the same diameter opening of the attachment and wrap tape around it. I wish these idiots designing these things would just ask a tech or at least a person with a tiny bit of common sense before they come out with a "solution".
Heated the end of my one with a hot air paint stripper gun until the plastic was soft, put the end of my vac hose in and let the plastic cool down.

Perfect fit now!

[progoffice]

How well does the jig work though? Is this to help prevent the magenta and cyan DV units from dumping?

[srvctec]

How well does the jig work though? Is this to help prevent the magenta and cyan DV units from dumping?

It provides a tight fit to the toner duct where the filter goes so you can vac out the whole system in one shot. FYI, I think it's best to at least slide the drums and dev units out a little so the openings that meet up with those components is open and will allow air to be sucked through better to clean out the ducts. Then vac out with them slid in place to finish cleaning out the ducts in the units. Either that or remove the units and vac out the ducts on each of them individually.