Xerox WorkCentre 5945 / 5955 & AltaLink B8090 Families Repair Procedures – an Anatomy Lesson – Part 2 WC-5945, 5955, AL-B8090, B8075, B8065, B8055, B8045

We’re going to continue our exploration of these models where we left off last month. As you saw, they’re easier to work on than one might expect, with just a few eccentricities and tricks to be aware of. We’ll take a look at how to remove the power supply unit, as well as the
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An Anatomy Lesson: Xerox WorkCentre 5945/5955 and AltaLink B8090 Families Repair Procedures, Part 1

WC-5945, 5955, AL-B8090, B8075, B8065, B8055, B8045 In many ways, the WorkCentre 5945 and 5955 MFP monochrome copiers, as well as the newer AltaLink B8090 family, are good, solid machines. On the positive side, they’re relatively simple. The only major drawback is that problems
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Rebuilding the Duplex Transports: Xerox DCP 700 & J75 Families Xerox Digital Color Press DCP-700/700i/770 and Color Press C75/J75; also similar to Versant V80, V180

It’s time for a good two-sided adventure. When they’re working right, the duplex transports on the DCP700 and C75/J75 do a wonderful job moving paper. However, when something starts slipping and pages start jamming (often intermittently), it can lead to frustration for a
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Xerox (Versant) V80/V2100 IBT Cleaning Assemblies

Repairing and Rebuilding the Transfer Belt Cleaners for the V80, V180, V2100, & V3100 Continuing along the lines of going green, saving some green and keeping stuff out of landfills, let’s see what we can fix this month. A few months back, we rebuilt the heat belt units…
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Xerox WC-3655/3615 & B405/B400 – Fuser Modules: Repairing and Rebuilding the Fusers for the WorkCentre 3655/3615, Phaser 3600 and VersaLink B405/B400

This issue, we’re exploring this specific set of machines due to the sheer volume of them sold in the field. They’re great for being compact, relatively quick (especially the 55 ppm 3655) and reliable. The knock against them is that they are not good for printing on envelopes.
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Rebuilding Decurler Transports: Xerox DCP 700, J75 and V80 Families—Part 2

Xerox Digital Color Press DCP-700/700i/770, Color Press C75/J75 and Versant V80, V180, V2100, V3100 In the previous article published in the March 2019 issue on these decurler transports, we went as far as replacing the four little white gears on the front end of the assemblies.
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Rebuilding Decurler Transports: Xerox DCP 700, J75 and V80 Families—Part 1

Xerox Digital Color Press DCP-700/700i/770, Color Press C75/J75 and Versant V80, V180, V2100, V3100 While it hasn’t been an option in the past, it’s finally becoming possible to rebuild or repair decurler transport assemblies. Foam decurler rollers are spared in the J75 parts
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Solving Communication & Memory Corruption Problems

Demystifying the Magic of a Nifty Little Invention Known as Stabilant 22 Well known in the automobile, audio equipment and aerospace industries, Stabilant 22 remains relatively unknown among copier- and printer-repair technicians. So this month, we’ll look at why it’s so valuable
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Xerox WorkCentre 5945/5955 & B8090 Families of MFP Copiers: Introduction Part 2

WC-5945, WC-5955, AltaLink B8090, B8075, B8065, B8055, B8045 The WorkCentre 5945 & 5955 MFP copiers are starting to show up on the secondary markets as more of them come off lease agreements. At the same time, the new AltaLink B8090 family continues to roll off the production
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Xerox AltaLink B8090 Family and WorkCentre 5945 Drum Cartridges

Repairing and Rebuilding the Print Cartridges for the WC-5945/5955 and the new B8045/B8055/B8065/B8075 & B8090 The new AltaLink B8090 family uses an extremely similar drum/developer cartridge as its predecessor models (WC-5945/5955), only with a different CRUM chip. We did
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Resetting Fault Codes for the Families in the Xerox DC250 Style

Xerox Families: 550/C70, DCP700, J75/C75, DC250/DC260, WC-7675 and WC-7775 An increasingly common topic, which has been asked about many times over, has to do with resetting fault codes from diagnostics on the more recent families in the DC250 style. In a previous article, we
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Xerox WorkCentre 7120 style Tech Info Sheets Part 2: Copy Quality Adjustments

Xerox WorkCentre 7120, 7125, 7220, 7225 Last month we took a first glance at the Xerox WorkCentre 7120 Style, one of Xerox’s mid-sized, full-color copiers/MFPs. We covered the supply items and listed the more-valuable fault codes, briefly touching on how to use the diagnostic
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A Deeper Dive into Xerox WorkCentre 7120 Series WC 7120, 7125, 7220, 7225

In prior articles, we’ve covered the drum cartridges and fusers for this series of full-color MFP copiers. Now let’s see what makes these machines tick—we’ll cover the Fault Code meanings and take a first stab at how to get around in diagnostic mode. As a refresher, these
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Repairing and Rebuilding Xerox (Versant) V80 Fuser Heat Belt Units Units for the V80, V180, V2100 and V3100

The newest “Cadillac” of full-color Xerox copiers is increasing in popularity in leaps and bounds. The Versant series are phenomenal machines in general. Of course, as with any newly introduced equipment, there are challenges to overcome. One early complaint relates to the
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Xerox Drum Cartridges –Updated Designs

Color 550, DCP700, J75, DC250, WC-7675, W-7775 Families, WC-7556, WC-7855 and WC-7970 Families We’ve looked at the rebuilding and repair procedures of quite a variety of drum cartridges in the pages of ENX over the years. Of late we’re seeing a number of important updates to the
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