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Ricoh MPC3500

Troubleshooting. Electrical Component Defects 2

Sensors

Note: • The CN numbers in the following table are the connector numbers on the IOB.

No. Sensor Name/ Sensor Board Name Active CN Condition Symptom
SW5 Tray 1 Set Switch L CN209/A9 Open Tray 1 is not detected when tray 1 is set.
Shorted Tray 1 is detected when tray
1 is not set.
S15 By-pass Paper Size Sen­sor L CN215/
B16, B17,
B19, B20
Open/
Shorted
Paper size error
S11 By-pass Paper Detection Sensor L CN215/
A17
Open Paper on the by-pass tray is not detected when paper is set.
Shorted Paper on the by-pass tray is detected when paper is not
set.
S12 Fusing Entrance Sensor L CN215/B6 Open Jam C (Jam 18)
Shorted Jam C (Jam 1)
S9 Duplex Entrance Sensor L CN215/A8 Open Jam Z (Jam 26/27)
Shorted Jam Z (Jam 1)
S10 Duplex Exit Sensor L CN215/
A11
Open Jam Z (Jam 25)
Shorted Jam Z (Jam 1)
S48 TD Sensor - K A CN219/A7 Open/
Shorted
SC372
S49 TD Sensor - M A CN219/
A15
Open/
Shorted
SC373
S50 TD Sensor - C A CN219/B7 Open/
Shorted
SC374
S51 TD Sensor - Y A CN219/
B15
Open/
Shorted
SC375
S5 Fusing Exit Sensor L CN232/13 Open Jam C (Jam 19)
Shorted Jam C (Jam 1)
S18 Waste Toner Sensor H CN209/A5 Open Waste toner near full indi­cated when it is not near full.
Shorted Waste toner near full can­not be detected when the waste toner bottle is nearly full.
SW4 Waste Toner Bottle Set Switch L CN209/A7 Open Waste toner bottle is not de­tected when the waste toner
bottle is set.
Shorted Waste toner bottle is detec­ted when the waste toner
bottle is not set.
SW6 Tray 2 Paper Size Switch L CN209/
A11, A12,
A13, A14
Open/
Shorted
Paper size error
S16 Temperature/
Humidity Sensor
A CN205/1, 3 Open/
Shorted
SC498
Printed image has some problems such as rough im­age, dirty background, weak image or poor fusing.
S47 Thermopile A CN218/3 Open/
Shorted
SC541
TH2 Thermistor
- Heating Roller
A CN217/5 Open/
Shorted
SC551
TH1 Thermistor
- Pressure Roller
A CN217/3 Open/
Shorted
SC561
S4 Paper Exit Sensor L CN231/10 Open Jam C (Jam 20)
Shorted Jam C (Jam 1)
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