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    Unhappy Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Hi All,

    Great Fan of this site as always been,

    Attached are the images of my issues with the printer.
    Its a konica C258,with page count of 62352,
    Drum Average of 55%

    Machine had been printing good. but couple of days now have been facing the yellow toner smear problem. started with a toner change, tried with changing the toner cartridge head as well.
    but have no relief.

    Kindly help with your invaluable suggestions,guidance,knowledge.

    Thank you
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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Time to step up and from great fan befome Contributor
    As Contributors tend to pull the best from experts here.
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    I don't reply to private messages from end users.

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    Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by funkyhead View Post
    Hi All,

    Great Fan of this site as always been,

    Attached are the images of my issues with the printer.
    Its a konica C258,with page count of 62352,
    Drum Average of 55%

    Machine had been printing good. but couple of days now have been facing the yellow toner smear problem. started with a toner change, tried with changing the toner cartridge head as well.
    but have no relief.

    Kindly help with your invaluable suggestions,guidance,knowledge.

    Thank you
    Regards,
    Gautam
    what is " the toner cartridge head "?

    have you got the page counts on ALL supplies?

    when were they install?

    how long have you had it?

    sometimes life % isn't that reliable due to age of the parts.

    how about uploading examples of the issue?

    are you an end user?

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    Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Is the paper being fed LEF or SEF?

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Phil B. View Post
    what is " the toner cartridge head "?

    have you got the page counts on ALL supplies?

    when were they install?

    how long have you had it?

    sometimes life % isn't that reliable due to age of the parts.

    how about uploading examples of the issue?

    are you an end user?
    Yes i am an end user..toner head is the black cap,which could have been faulty and a reason fro toner smear.
    will upload the rest of details tomrw.
    thank you for the reply Phil

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Yes i am an end user..toner head is the black cap,which could have been faulty and a reason fro toner smear.
    will upload the rest of details tomrw.
    thank you for the reply Phil

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    This is a fault with drum, dev, x-fer belt or print head..If you were talking about a 20 year old machine I'd say go for it..but this is pretty new..My advice is to call a certified KM tech..Think you are going to be spending a large amount of money, but this is nothing compared to how badly you can break it trying to DIY..E

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by emujo2 View Post
    This is a fault with drum, dev, x-fer belt or print head..If you were talking about a 20 year old machine I'd say go for it..but this is pretty new..My advice is to call a certified KM tech..Think you are going to be spending a large amount of money, but this is nothing compared to how badly you can break it trying to DIY..E
    I dont want to DIY, Just want to understand what might be the problem, have already called for a technician. just dont want to waste a lot of time keeping the machine shut..loosing business.
    i am a mechanical engineer by academics. so always thrive for problem solutions and knowledge.
    Thanks for the reply.

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    Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Since the yellow bars are through the voids and at about drum interval, I'm going to take a WAG that it fed SEF (short edge feed) and that you've got a primary charge loss situation. Most likely you'll have to replace the yellow imaging unit.

    But first: Confirm that this page was printed LTR-R, SEF. =^..^=
    If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
    1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
    2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
    3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
    4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
    5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.

    blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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    Re: Toner smear,lines on prints..Help!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by blackcat4866 View Post
    Since the yellow bars are through the voids and at about drum interval, I'm going to take a WAG that it fed SEF (short edge feed) and that you've got a primary charge loss situation. Most likely you'll have to replace the yellow imaging unit.

    But first: Confirm that this page was printed LTR-R, SEF. =^..^=
    its SEF fed

    imaging unit? kindly elaborate
    thanks for the reply

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