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Xerox 7120 style Fuser Modules Repairing and rebuilding the fusers for the WC-7120, 7125, 7220, 7225 The WorkCentre 7120 series is a group of full color pure-bred Xerox machines which are worthy of our attention. These fellows share a lot of the basic design hallmarks of the 7425 Read More

Subject: Toshiba e-350 “Network Initializing” Question: Hey guys, I have a Toshiba e-350 with network initializing in the corner of the screen that never goes away. I have tried 08- 669,693,947,1001,1120 and I have updated the firmware. This machine isn’t being used as a printer Read More

Repairing and rebuilding the fusers for WC-7425, 7428, 7435 and Phaser 7500 Hello again! Welcome back for Part 2 on the WC-7425 style Fuser Modules. Last month we took one of these things about half way apart and now we’ll finish the procedure up. First let’s do a quick Read More

Subject: Ricoh 3045 Ghost Image Question: The first 3 copies look good but then the copy starts getting extra images. It becomes increasingly worse from there. I changed out the drum blade and transfer blade, but I still have ghost images. I also cleaned the charge roller and Read More

The Phaser® 7500, and 7800 which followed, make some stunning full color prints. They are also designed with some new innovative technologies which reduce energy consumption. They are well received in the market and there are quite a few of them out there nowadays. Some of the Read More

Subject: Canon IR-C4080 – Blue Background Question: I’m getting blue background on the entire page. It looks kind of wavy too. You can still see the image of what you are copying / printing though. It happens on Full color, Auto Color and all single colors; yes, even when I Read More

Repairing and rebuilding the fusers for the Xerox® Phaser® 3635 & WC3550 The Phaser® 3635 and WorkCentre® 3550 models are rather popular multi-function machines. They are still being sold as new equipment for between $1100 and $1600. Pretty soon the fusers will need servicing Read More

Subject: Samsung SCX 4826 Blank Copies Question: I am getting blank copies. I checked the fuse on the HVPS and it’s good. Does the HVPS go bad on this machine or is there some other place I should be looking? Answer: Did you stop in the middle of the copy process to see if the Read More

Color M500 series – M600 series – CP5525 – CM4540 – M4555 – These firmware files require an interactive update method. You CANNOT update these Product(s)/Model(s) using the traditional FTP, LPR or Port 9100 methods of upgrading. Please use one of the following methods Read More

The WorkCentre 4250 & 4260 are newer models which follow the earlier WC-4150. If you’ve worked on the 4150 fusers, this will look very familiar. The procedure for taking it apart is nearly identical. In this article we’ll compare and contrast this newer fuser with its Read More

Question: How to disable / turn off power save function From the printer control panel select: 1. Administration > 2. General Settings > 3. Energy Settings > 4. Sleep Timer Settings > As seen below, uncheck the box indicatingSleep/Auto off after. Press SAVE Read More