c200,c253 & c353 IU

[akd]

the above seem to be interchnageable as long as chip is changed. Has anyone had success with this ?

[emujo]

With the intro of the PPLM mod, re-chipping is time consuming and a waste of money...now the consumables run til failure. If you don't have access to KM firmware you're pretty much screwed, but that's another topic. Emujo..PS I have always been against re-rechipping as you are telling the MFP you just put in a new unit so it will try to make its CQ adjustments based on what it thinks is a new IU...how can this be anything but trouble down the road...at least with the PPLM mod, the MFP is still making decisions based on "real" info..and I apply this theory to the IU and x-fer belt only, not the fuser.

[EarthKmTech]

I agree with Emujo, however, if it is a brand new imaging unit and for marketing reasons is just "not allowed" to go into a machine thats basically the same, I'd have no issues with re-chipping.

FYI, c253 & c353 use different toners and imaging units. I'd assume the difference is only the chip, but i wonder if there is any difference with the actual toner ?

[akd]

FYI, c253 & c353 use different toners and imaging units. I'd assume the difference is only the chip, but i wonder if there is any difference with the actual toner ?[/QUOTE]

Earthtech, you second paragraph is exactly what I am asking. Yes thye use differnet toners but most aftermarket manufacturers supply one to cover all models. if you check out health & safety data from Km everything is the same including particle size which is what KM say is different.

I have a c253 with old colour IU,s a high mileage c353 with good colour can I swap them into? the chips have to be swapped changed.

Has anyone done this?

Alos the c353 units are 20% more than the c253.

emujo thanks for you comments, I am a KM dealer.

[Hansoon]

With the intro of the PPLM mod

Forgive me if the question is dumb but I'm not that familiar (yet) with this range of machines: What's the PPLM Mod?

Hans

[ogaliandy]

yes you can interchange the units, as well as the chip, the toners and Iu's for C 203,253 and 353 are all the same except for the C 353 the chip is different, but the unit is the same

[Shadow]

17892

[ogaliandy]

17892

thank you for this info, this very helpful

[Shadow]

your welcome