Ricoh Aficio 2232C Technical Bulletin Download Page 4

 

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 December 2007: 

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Model: 

Jupiter-C1

 Date: 

15-Sep-04

 No.: 

RB149000h

 

 

1. Image Quality 

Subject Symptom 

RTB 

Cause 

Solution  Note 

Cold offset 
(poor 
fusing) 

Normally occurs between 
the second and fifth copy 
when all of the following 
conditions are met: 

  The machine is turned 

on in low-temperature 
conditions 

  The weight of the 

paper in the tray is 
near the upper limit for 
plain paper (e.g. 
100g/28lb) 

  Copies made in B&W 

mode (185 mm/s). 

007 The 

heat 

distribution 
across the 
fusing belt is 
not uniform 

Install the latest engine 
firmware (ver 1.11 or later) 

 

Cold offset 
(poor 
fusing) 

When the machine is 
turned on in low-
temperature conditions 

001a Engine 

firmware 

Install the latest engine 
firmware (ver 1.11 or later) 

 

Black or 
coloured 
bands, 
broken 
main scan 
lines 

  Main scan lines broken 

(print mode) 

  Thick band down the 

page (print mode, scan 
to e-mail) 

  Bands across the page 

(copy mode) 

008 Controller 

RAM 

access error 

Replace the controller 
board. 

 

Separator 
line printed 
in wrong 
color 

Occurs in Magazine or 
Combine originals mode 

003b System 

firmware 

Install the latest system 
firmware (ver. 1.19 or later) 

 

Separator 
line printed 
in wrong 
color or 
missing 

Occurs in Magazine or 
Combine originals mode, 
sent from Web Image 
Monitor or Desk Top 
Binder 

016a WebDocBox 

firmware 

Install the latest 
WebDocBox firmware (ver. 
1.04 or later) 

 

Vertical 
black lines 

 035 

Paper 

dust 

or 

silica particles 
on the charge 
roller 

Replace the PCU, or clean 
the charge roller (see the 
cleaning procedure in RTB 
035) 

 

Vertical 
lines 
(KCMY) 

On the rear side after at 
least 200 sheets are 
printed out 
continuously. 

038 Setting 

powder 

stuck on ITB or 
edge of 
cleaning blade 

Replace the cleaning blade 
or the ITB. 

 

Offset 

The operator makes high-
volume print jobs on a 
daily basis 
The operator sometimes 
makes high P/J print jobs 

041 The 

machine 

cannot supply 
enough fusing 
oil to the fusing 
unit. 

Install the new Oil Supply 
Unit. P/N: B1499500

 

 

Install only if ACV/APV is 
15K prints or more. 
Do not install this unit if 
operators use the machine 
at normal print volume. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for Aficio 2232C

Page 1: ... Mechanical Paper path Part information Electrical Transmit receive Action required Service manual revision Retrofit information Other This bulletin is a troubleshooting guide for symptoms that have occurred in the past all with known solutions For most items below there are related MBs and RTBs containing modification details and adjustment procedures Note This RTB is numbered 000 since the infor...

Page 2: ...ccess Code dialogue box remains displayed Near End messages for oil and waste toner are only displayed when the display language is English or Japanese Tray full not displayed Toner near end is displayed but there is toner in the cartridge Add paper to Tray1 2 shows even if there is paper in paper tray 1 2 Oil Near Full shown in Swedish instead of Oil Near End 5 SC 7 220 1 285 385 386 387 388 389 ...

Page 3: ...ommunication error Rx alarm cannot be disabled Fax unit cannot be detected 10 Network 11 Some workstations not displayed J C1 is not shown in the Mac chooser Address book data not updated MIB Document server DHCP Incorrect machine status displayed RCGate 11 Others 12 Meter charge counter Hard disk initialization and data loss after switching the machine on External counter counts up incorrectly Re...

Page 4: ...roller RAM access error Replace the controller board Separator line printed in wrong color Occurs in Magazine or Combine originals mode 003b System firmware Install the latest system firmware ver 1 19 or later Separator line printed in wrong color or missing Occurs in Magazine or Combine originals mode sent from Web Image Monitor or Desk Top Binder 016a WebDocBox firmware Install the latest WebDoc...

Page 5: ...bs are different and the 1st job is set for stapling under unsupported conditions e g only one sheet in the stack 001a Engine firmware Install the latest engine firmware ver 1 11 or later Jam in the duplex unit 024 Mylars not installed correctly Mylars not the correct shape Replace seven Mylars P N G3484682 See the RTB for the replacement procedure Jam in the fusing unit The operator makes high vo...

Page 6: ... ver 1 19 or later Tray full not displayed The Tray Full error message is not displayed when the destination output tray has reached capacity 013 Netfile firmware Install the latest Netfile firmware ver 1 02 or later Toner near end is displayed but there is toner in the cartridge When the machine was not used for a long time 029 Insufficient toner agitation Remove the toner cartridge from the mach...

Page 7: ...late can bend if a development unit K Y is not set correctly Do some steps before you turn on the main switch See RTB 027a for details If the SC occurs after you install a new dev unit check for toner scattering and make sure that the dev unit is pushed in fully 387 On machines that print primarily in B W mode total color to B W page ratio of 1 100 022 Small amounts of color toner used during proc...

Page 8: ...color toner used during process control and power on are not replenished Adjust SP 3 125 003 and 3 125 005 471 After a jam is removed 043 When the user opens the vertical transport unit to clear a jam the guide Mylar at the entrance of the transfer unit slips under the cover Replace the guide Mylar at the entrance of the transfer unit with P N B1803908 503 Stack does not move smoothly from left to...

Page 9: ...ct Symptom RTB Cause Solution Note Slow printing Printing slows when jobs of more than 1Mb are sent through a Windows 2000 Standard TCP IP port Raw protocol only 014 NIB firmware Install new NIB firmware ver 4 13 or later Excel cell shading not printed Cell shading specified using the pattern settings is not printed when using Excel for Win2K XP 021 Printer firmware Install the latest printer firm...

Page 10: ... set to 0 8 or higher OR to a negative value 020a Scanner IPU firmware Install the latest scanner IPU firmware ver 1 11 03 or later 8 E mail Subject Symptom RTB Cause Solution Note E mail received in an SC condition The machine accepts an incoming email while in an SC error condition but the bit switch setting does not allow this 018 FCU firmware Install new FCU firmware ver 07 00 00 or later LDAP...

Page 11: ...r MIB Wording error in information from MIB 003f System firmware Install the latest system firmware ver 1 23 or later Document server A blank screen on the PC if the operator tries to download JPEG or TIFF files from the Document Server Occurs when Web Image Monitor is used with Internet Explorer 6 0 with SP1 013a Netfile firmware Install the latest Netfile firmware ver 1 03 or later DHCP If a hos...

Page 12: ...printer firmware ver 1 03 1 or later Remote service system Concorde captures the Development Counter data instead of the Page Counter 003c System firmware Install new system firmware ver 1 20 or later Total counter The value for the single color counter is not included in the value for the printer total counter 003f System firmware Install new system firmware ver 1 23 or later Noise Booklet finish...

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