Maintenance Guide - Ricoh

1 EN USA G139-8504 Copyright 20051 Maintenance GuideRead This 3 How to Read This Manual .. 4 Paper and Other MediaPaper and Other Media Supported by This 5 Paper 9 Loading Paper .. 9 Storing Paper .. 9 Types of Paper and Other Media .. 9 Paper not supported by this printer .. 12 Print Area .. 13 Loading Paper .. 15 Loading Paper in Tray 1 and the optional paper feed unit .. 15 Loading Paper in the Bypass Tray .. 20 Switching between Paper 26 Replacing Consumables and Maintenance KitReplacing the Toner Cartridge .. 28 Replacing the Waste Toner 32 Replacing the Photo Conductor Unit .. 35 Replacing the Fusing 44 When Replace Fusing Unit Appears on the Display .. 49 When Replace Fusing Unit soon Appears on the Display .. 49 Replacing the Intermediate Transfer 512 When Replace Transfer Belt Appears on the Display.

2 57 When Replace Transfer Belt soon Appears on the 58 Cleaning and Adjusting the PrinterCautions to Take When Cleaning .. 59 Adjusting the Color 60 Correcting the Color Gradation .. 62 Set the Gradation Correction Value .. 62 Viewing the Color Calibration Sample Sheet and Gradation Correction Sheet .. 65 Resetting the gradation correction value to the initial 67 Adjusting the Image 69 Adjusting Tray 71 TroubleshootingError & Status Messages on the Control Panel .. 74 Printer Does Not Print .. 83 Checking the port 84 Other Printing Problems .. 87 Additional Troubleshooting .. 93 Removing Misfed PaperRemoving Misfed Paper .. 95 When Remove Misfeed A: Internal Path Appears .. 96 When Remove Misfeed B: Fusing Unit Appears .. 99 When Remove Misfeed Y: Paper Tray 102 When Remove Misfeed Z: Duplex Unit Appears.

3 104 AppendixMoving and Transporting the 106 Moving the Printer .. 106 Transporting the Printer .. 107 Consumables .. 108 Toner Cartridge .. 108 Waste Toner Bottle .. 109 Photo Conductor 109 Intermediate Transfer Unit (Transfer Unit) .. 111 Mainframe .. 113 Read This 20053 TrademarksMicrosoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of MicrosoftCorporation in the United States and/or other Printer Language Emulation Copyright 1999-2000 Oak Technolo-gy, Inc., All rights is a registered trademark of the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. product names used herein are for identification purposes only and mightbe trademarks of their respective companies. We disclaim any and all rights tothose proper names of the Windows operating systems are as follows: Microsoft Windows 95 operating system Microsoft Windows 98 operating system Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) The product names of Windows 2000 are as follows:Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced ServerMicrosoft Windows 2000 ServerMicrosoft Windows 2000 Professional The product names of Windows XP are as follows:Microsoft Windows XP ProfessionalMicrosoft Windows XP Home Edition The product names of Windows ServerTM 2003 are as follows:Microsoft Windows ServerTM 2003 Standard EditionMicrosoft Windows ServerTM 2003 Enterprise EditionMicrosoft Windows ServerTM 2003 Web Edition The product names of Windows NT are as follows.

4 Microsoft Windows NT Server Windows NT Workstation This First4 How to Read This ManualThe following set of symbols is used in this symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation that might result in deathor serious injury when you misuse the machine without following the instructionsunder this symbol. Be sure to read the instructions, all of which are described inthe Safety Information symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation that might result in minoror moderate injury or property damage that does not involve personal injurywhen you misuse the machine without following the instructions under this sym-bol. Be sure to read the instructions, all of which are described in the Safety In-formation section.* The statements above are notes for your this instruction is not followed, paper might be misfed, originals might be dam-aged, or data might be lost.

5 Be sure to read symbol indicates information or preparations required prior to symbol indicates precautions for operation, or actions to take after symbol indicates numerical limits, functions that cannot be used together,or conditions in which a particular function cannot be symbol indicates a reference.[ ]Keys that appear on the machine's and buttons that appear on the computer's display.{ }Keys built into the machine's control on the computer's 20055 Paper and Other MediaPaper and Other Media Supported by This PrinterThis section describes the paper size, feed direction, and the maximum amountof paper that can be loaded into each paper tray in this printer. The following symbols and terminology are used to represent the feed direc-tion. Be careful of the paper feed direction.

6 The direction is determined for each pa-per size. Input Paper Sizes (Metric version)In this manualOn the displayPaper feed directionK (Feed direction)A4 (210 x 297)8 1/2 x 11 Short-edge feed directionFeed directionSize (mm)Bypass TrayTray 1 Paper Feed Unit (Tray 2/3)A4K210 297B5 K182 257A5K148 210A6K105 148 Legal (LG, 81/2 14 inches)K216 356 Letter (LT, 81/2 11 inches) K216 27951/2 81/2 inchesK140 216 Executive (Exec., 71/4 101/2 inches)K184 276 Folio (81/4 13 inches)K210 330 Foolscap (F4, 81/2 13 inches)K216 330F/GL (8 13 inches)K203 330 Com#10 Env (4 1/8 9 1/2 inches) Env ( inches)K162 229 Paper and Other Media6 The size is supported and the printer selects it automatically. The size is supported, but it should be selected using the control panel.

7 The size is supported, but it should be set as a custom size using the con-trol supported size may differ depending on the printer language you as a custom size setting using the control following sizes are supported: Bypass Tray: approximately 90 - 216 mm in width, and 148 - 356 mm inlength. The size is not supported. Input Paper Sizes (Inch version)C6 Env ( inches)K114 162DL Env ( inches)K110 220 Monarch Env (3 7/8 7 1/2 inches) Size--16K ( 101/2 inches)K195 267 Feed directionSize (inch)Bypass TrayTray 1 Paper Feed Unit (Tray 2/3) Feed directionSize (mm)Bypass TrayTray 1 Paper Feed Unit (Tray 2/3)Paper and Other Media7 The size is supported and the printer selects it automatically. The size is supported, but it should be selected using the control panel.

8 The size is supported, but it should be set as a custom size using the con-trol supported size may differ depending on the printer language you as a custom size setting using the control following sizes are supported: Bypass Tray: approximately - inches in width, and - in length. Legal (LG)K81/2 14 Letter (LT) K81/2 11 5 1/2 8 1/2 inchesK51/2 81/2 Executive (Exec.)K71/4 101/2 FolioK81/4 13 Foolscap F4 K81/2 13 F/GLK8 13 Com#10 EnvK4 1/8 9 1/2 C5 C6 DL Monarch EnvK3 7/8 7 1/2 Custom 101/2 Feed directionSize (inch)Bypass TrayTray 1 Paper Feed Unit (Tray 2/3)Paper and Other Media8 The size is not supported. Paper weight and number of sheets to be setCheck that the top of the stack is not higher than the limit mark inside the paper weightMaximum number of sheets (plain paper)Tray 1 Paper Feed Unit (Tray 2, Tray 3) - g/m2 (16 - 28 lb.)

9 530 (80 g/m2, 20 lb.)Bypass - 199 g/m2 (16 - 53 lb.)100 (80 g/m2, 20 lb.)Paper and Other Media9 Paper RecommendationsLoading Paper Do not use ink-jet printer paper because it may stick to the fusing unit andcause a paper misfeed. Set the paper as described below Tray 1, Paper Feed Unit (Tray 2, Tray 3): Print side facing up Bypass Tray: Print side facing down Print quality cannot be guaranteed if paper other than the ones recommendedis used. For more information about recommended paper, contact your salesor service representative. Do not use paper that has already been printed onto by other Paper Paper should always be stored properly. Improperly stored paper might resultin poor print quality, paper misfeeds, or printer damage. Recommendationsare as follows: Avoid storing paper in humid areas.

10 Avoid exposing paper to direct sunlight. Store on a flat surface. Keep paper in the package in which the paper of Paper and Other MediaPlain PaperPaper - g/m2 (16 - 28 lb.) [Thin]: - g/m2 (16 - 24 lb.) [Normal]: - g/m2 (24 - 28 lb.)Printer setupMake the following two settings using the control panel: Press [Paper Input] menu, [Paper Type], and then [Plain Paper]. Press [ Maintenance ] menu, and then [Thin] or [Normal]. Printer driver setupClick [Plain] or [Plain & Recycled] in the [Type:] paper feeding tray Any input tray can be and Other Media10 Thick PaperAdhesive labelsOHP transparenciesNumber of sheets that can be set Tray 1: 530 Tray 2, Tray 3 (Paper Feed Unit Type 3000): 530 Bypass Tray: 100 Make sure paper is not stacked higher than the upper limit mark (T) inside the tray.