Fuser too cold

"cvthiel" wrote in message
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: I have a Ricoh 1200 LP Laser printer.
: It printed always verry nice, but now I get the message:
: Fuser to cold.
: I don't know what it is, maybee someoneles.
: Is the fuser is defect, who has a other fuser for me?
:
: friendly regards
: Cor van Thiel

On a laser printer the toner has to be fused (melted) by heat to adhere to
the paper, I DOn't know the details of Ricoh laser printers the fuser
mechanism may be part of the cartidge that contains the toner and you might
solve the proble by replacing the cartridge. SOme lasers have a seperate
fuser mechanism. If the printer is very old say more than 4 years and its
not the type where you replace most of the important parts when you change
cartridges I'd suggest you consider junking it and buying a new one. Any
way you go about it its likely to cost you money.

It is possible that the fuser (heater) has a fuse or circuit breaker but
you'll either have to take it apart or get a service manual. Check Ricoh's
web site.

cheers
claus
:

It may be possible to get the necessary
parts from a copier repair shop.
I used to work as a copier repair tech and fixed laser printers quite
often.

Check to see if the thermistor is good also and that would keep a good
bulb from getting hot.

Go to a used store and hunt down an old one like yours. Keep it for spare
parts. If it works better than yours, keep yours for spare parts.
"cvthiel" wrote in message
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Thanks for the reaction all of you.
I think the fuser is serparated from the tonercartridge and is a quartz
halogen lamp.
The printer is about 8 years old.
The cost of a replacement, if there is still one, is higher then a new
one.
Thanks all
Cor van Thiel
"cvthiel" schreef in bericht
...
I have a Ricoh 1200 LP Laser printer.
It printed always verry nice, but now I get the message:
Fuser to cold.
I don't know what it is, maybee someoneles.
Is the fuser is defect, who has a other fuser for me?

friendly regards
Cor van Thiel

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:10:52 +0200, "cvthiel" wrote:

Thanks for the reaction all of you.
I think the fuser is serparated from the tonercartridge and is a quartz
halogen lamp.
The printer is about 8 years old.
The cost of a replacement, if there is still one, is higher then a new one.
Thanks all
Cor van Thiel

If the printer isn't working you might just disassemble the fuser,
pull the lamp, see if it's burnt. There's likely model numbers on it,
you "might" be able to order a replacement lamp only, if the rest of
the assembly is still in good shape.

As BOBU suggested, you might just need a thermistor or other thermal
cutoff switch, which could be fairly inexpensive to replace if you can
find the appropriate replacement. If it's crimped on, be sure to
re-crimp the replacement, not low-temp solder.


Dave