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From: chuq@SUN.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
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Subject: Re: LW fuser problems?
Message-ID: <8711242034.AA21602@brillig.umd.edu>
Date: Fri, 13-Nov-87 12:27:13 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 13 12:27:13 1987
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>A recent issue of MacTutor reported that some (heavily used?)
>LaserWriters have been seen to have fuser roller damage caused by
>constant contact with the rubber guides above the roller.  They said
>that there is no known fix for this problem, short of rebuilding the
>engine.  Does anyone know more about the potential for trouble here?

I was amused by this. Here at Sun we tend to beat LW's into the ground
(15,000-20,000 pages a month is not uncommon on the one down the hall). LW's
with 150,000 to 200,000 pages on it are not uncommon. I've never seen
this on the machines here, and I think if this was a 'common' problem it would
have shown up by now.

Mactutor's well known for barking up trees before getting the facts,
especially when it looks like they can get some publicity or make Apple look
bad. I certainly haven't seen any corroborating evidence from any place
outside of Mactutor that makes me believe anyone has seen this except them.

For all we know, they're refilling their cartridges with bad toner or
something, and it's corroding their rollers. I don't think this is a problem
I'll lose sleep over just yet.

Has anyone else seen this problem on a laserwriter? Or is this just
MacTutor's problem?

chuq
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Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach			chuq@sun.COM	Delphi: CHUQ

[[Editor's note: Earlier discussion in laser-lovers reminded us all
that the rated capacity of the CX engine is only 3000 pages per month.
Further, the overall rated lifetime of the print engine is also
relatively small---100,000 pages per month.  The summary of that
earlier discussion is that while you can push the engine well past
that rated volume, it breaks after a while.  	--Rick ]]