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I would check the transferbelt/wastebox/cleaning unit to see if it is full or have a problem with cleaning.
If it is full it will make a soundt as some toner is forced out of the wastebox. I've seen a few examples of cleaning blades that does not clean smoothly too. When the blade moves toner scatters.
It it is full, empty the wastebox and change the cleanin blade.
If not, check the drum and the drum cleaning. I've had a "jumping" cleaning blade on the drum too, also resulting in toner scattering inside the machine. It that is the case, the blade must be changed.
In order to make this machine run kind of OK, you need to keep it super clean, change developer and other parts at least as often as Ricoh says in the service manual.
Make sure you have the latest firmware model, and the right toner.
It is a machine that runs dirty, and based on the POS Adonis series of machines from Ricoh.
For other viewers here, stay away from the Ricoh Aficio 350/450, 1035/45, 2035/45 and newer models like the MP 3500/4500.
You will notice companies that sell copiers from differente brands often have decided not to sell this model from Ricoh, and just choose a different make/brand as their machines (in this segment) are better.
I ended up taking out the toner bottle completely and just running copies (with no toner in place) until they came out crisp. This used up the toner that was floating around. I was able to make about 700 copies before I needed to put the toner back in. But a **** of paper is still much cheaper than getting a service tech.
43,000 copies/bottle (based on 5% coverage). For the extremely low cost per page of toner usage, why bother with toner save - you lose substantial quality
remove the toner bottle, open the back cover and look for the small DIP Switch turn on and off, by doing this you are forcing the machine to come out from add toner condition. Then you do 20 sky shoot.
Unfortunately the newer ricoh equipment may include a chip like the HP toner. This allows the printer to track the usage so the printer can "intelligently" determine how much toner remains in the bottle. The chip overides all other factors on the remaining toner. Hence, if the chip "thinks" that the toner bottle has little or no toner left, it will give you a false toner low message. Presently, you can only replace the toner with a new bottle.
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