Color laser printer off register, help!

LabRat · 09-09-2008, 01:22 PM

Our color laser printer (Lexmark C510) is printing it's colors off register. Sort of like this.

A quick google search hasn't helped, and I am crunched for time. Has anyone ever successfully corrected this problem themselves? It prints fine, just off register. It was doing this just before I replaced the photodeveloper, on which part of the green shiny part had actually torn at the edge. Did this muck something up?? I just put in a brand new photodeveloper yesterday and that didn't help. The fuser says it has 60+% left. Power cycling it didn't help, neither did reseating all the toner cartridges. I have the sinking feeling it's toast.

Halp!!

lookout123 · 09-09-2008, 01:24 PM

i think the rats are getting better at sabotauge.

footfootfoot · 09-09-2008, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by LabRat

Our color laser printer (Lexmark C510) is printing it's colors off register. Sort of like this.

A quick google search hasn't helped, and I am crunched for time. Has anyone ever successfully corrected this problem themselves? It prints fine, just off register. It was doing this just before I replaced the photodeveloper, on which part of the green shiny part had actually torn at the edge. Did this muck something up?? I just put in a brand new photodeveloper yesterday and that didn't help. The fuser says it has 60+% left. Power cycling it didn't help, neither did reseating all the toner cartridges. I have the sinking feeling it's toast.

Halp!!

pm'd you

SteveDallas · 09-09-2008, 02:07 PM

Are you sure it's not just printing in 3-D and and you lost your glasses?

LabRat · 09-09-2008, 03:19 PM

Har. Har.

Upon further inspection, when the pd is removed, the transfer roller has a black plastic covering that appears to have slightly walked off the roller. It's all cracked on the one side. I'd take a pic, but camera at home. Maybe tomorrow.

I suspect this is what caused the other pd to tear, and that's why replacing it hasn't fixed the problem. $300 to buy a new transfer roller, plus the $225 we've already spent on the new pd. Grrrr. These things are worse than automobiles.

footfootfoot · 09-09-2008, 03:28 PM

[evilrat].. You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have a printer with a frickin' laser attached to it! [/evilrat]

lookout123 · 09-09-2008, 03:41 PM

you know what would be cooler? sharks with lazers on their heads. or maybe dolphins, but definitely with lazers.

footfootfoot · 09-09-2008, 03:54 PM

or lazyboys. Waxing the dolphin in a lazyboy. that would prolly rewl

barefoot serpent · 09-10-2008, 10:40 AM

time to take it outback with a Louisville slugger...

wtf is pd load letter?

Elspode · 09-13-2008, 07:48 PM

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

LabRat · 09-26-2008, 10:37 AM

I can't believe I have been fucking with this printer for over 2 weeks. I needed to either a) replace the transfer unit for $350 or b) just buy a whole new (same) printer for around $550. We decided to just go with a new printer, and use this one for parts as needed since we just put a $200 part into it, plus have a full set of brand new toners for it.

Pffft.

I tried to buy a new one, but all of the places that said they had it, in fact did not when I actually tried to purchase it. (It is a discontinued model). Then I found one on ebay for less than the cost of the transfer unit. I lost the auction.

So, Monday, ordered the replacement part, and it came today. Without installation instructions. OK, guess I'm going to wing it. Turns out, it was an insanely easy fix. Open the back, unscrew 2 screws, pull out the old TU, put in the new one, screw it in and close the back door. I just finished installing it, and so far everything seems fixed.

J.H.C that was a pain in the butt.

09-09-2008, 01:22 PM	#1
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Color laser printer off register, help! Our color laser printer (Lexmark C510) is printing it's colors off register. Sort of like this. A quick google search hasn't helped, and I am crunched for time. Has anyone ever successfully corrected this problem themselves? It prints fine, just off register. It was doing this just before I replaced the photodeveloper, on which part of the green shiny part had actually torn at the edge. Did this muck something up?? I just put in a brand new photodeveloper yesterday and that didn't help. The fuser says it has 60+% left. Power cycling it didn't help, neither did reseating all the toner cartridges. I have the sinking feeling it's toast. Halp!! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

09-09-2008, 01:24 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i think the rats are getting better at sabotauge. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-09-2008, 03:19 PM	#5
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Har. Har. Upon further inspection, when the pd is removed, the transfer roller has a black plastic covering that appears to have slightly walked off the roller. It's all cracked on the one side. I'd take a pic, but camera at home. Maybe tomorrow. I suspect this is what caused the other pd to tear, and that's why replacing it hasn't fixed the problem. $300 to buy a new transfer roller, plus the $225 we've already spent on the new pd. Grrrr. These things are worse than automobiles. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

09-09-2008, 03:28 PM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	[evilrat].. You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have a printer with a frickin' laser attached to it! [/evilrat] __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-09-2008, 03:41 PM	#7
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	you know what would be cooler? sharks with lazers on their heads. or maybe dolphins, but definitely with lazers. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

09-09-2008, 02:07 PM	#4
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Are you sure it's not just printing in 3-D and and you lost your glasses?

09-09-2008, 03:54 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	or lazyboys. Waxing the dolphin in a lazyboy. that would prolly rewl __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

09-10-2008, 10:40 AM	#9
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	time to take it outback with a Louisville slugger... wtf is pd load letter? __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

09-13-2008, 07:48 PM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Damn it feels good to be a gangsta. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-26-2008, 10:37 AM	#11
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I can't believe I have been fucking with this printer for over 2 weeks. I needed to either a) replace the transfer unit for $350 or b) just buy a whole new (same) printer for around $550. We decided to just go with a new printer, and use this one for parts as needed since we just put a $200 part into it, plus have a full set of brand new toners for it. Pffft. I tried to buy a new one, but all of the places that said they had it, in fact did not when I actually tried to purchase it. (It is a discontinued model). Then I found one on ebay for less than the cost of the transfer unit. I lost the auction. So, Monday, ordered the replacement part, and it came today. Without installation instructions. OK, guess I'm going to wing it. Turns out, it was an insanely easy fix. Open the back, unscrew 2 screws, pull out the old TU, put in the new one, screw it in and close the back door. I just finished installing it, and so far everything seems fixed. J.H.C that was a pain in the butt. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

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