Ricoh Aficio SP 5100N, Service Manual

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The Causes and Solutions of Bad Discharge
G186 4-16 SM
4.3.4 JAM 2
Description:
1. Recording paper is jammed in front of or inside the fuser.
2. Recording paper is stuck in the discharge roller and in the fuser just after passing
through the Actuator-Feed.
Check and Cause Solution
1. If the paper is completely fed out of the
printer, but Jam 2 occurs: Exit sensor is
defective.
ƒ After the paper is completely
discharged, actuator Exit
should return to the original
position to shut the
photo-sensor. Sometimes it
takes longer than it should and
does not return.
2. If the paper is rolled in the Fuser Roller:
ƒ This occurs when a Guide
claw is broken away or
transformed.
ƒ It occurs when the Spring of a
Guide claw is broken away or
transformed.
ƒ
It occurs when the Heat-Roller
or Pressure-Roller is seriously
1. Check if the exit sensor actuator is
defective.
ƒ Check if the actuator exit is
deformed (Check if the lever
part is deformed).
ƒ Check whether burrs occur in
the assembly part of the
actuator exit or not and if the
actuator is smoothly operated.
ƒ Check if foreign matter and
wire get caught in the actuator
exit's operation.
2. If the paper is stuck in the fuser:
disassemble the fuser and remove the
jammed paper, and clean the surface
of the pressure roller with dry gauze.
3. Remove the jammed paper after
disassembling the fuser: Clean the
surface of the pressure roller with dry