Date : Mar.

11, 2008

DIGITAL COPIER(OPTION): MX-M350N/M450N, etc. No. : ARE-885

Technical Report

PREVENTING THE DRUM FROM BEING SCRATCHED

DUE TO INSERTION/REMOVAL OF THE PROCESS UNIT.

1.Model Name: MX-M350N/M350U/M450N/M450U

AR-M351N/M351U/M355N/M355U/M451N/M451U/M455N/M455U/M312U/M420U
AR-M280N/M280U/M300N/M300U/P350/M350/M350N/M350U/P450/M450/M450N/M450U
DM-3500/3501/3551/4500/4501/4551

2.Symptom: When inserting and removing the process unit, there are very rare cases where the drum
front PG comes in contact with the drum, causing the drum to be scratched.

3.Description: To prevent the drum front PG from coming in contact with the drum, the bending dimension
of the drum front PG is changed in the direction of separating from the drum. Because the
drum front PG is bent towards the transfer front PG, the clearance between the transfer
front PG and the drum front PG is narrowed. As a result, it becomes difficult to make sheets
pass through the portion between the transfer front PG and drum front PG, causing the
possibility of oblique feeding. To reserve the clearance between the transfer front PG and
the drum front PG, transfer front PG spacers are added to the PS paper guide A.

Drum front PG

Transfer front PG spacer

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 Places where the transfer front PG spacers are to be attached

4.Action: From mid-January 2008 production

5.Parts Action:
Current parts New parts Inter-
Ref. Model Price Effective
Version P/G No. Parts name change- Number
No. name rank time
Parts code Parts code ability
MX-M350N
MX-M350U
MX-M450N
MX-M450U
AR-M351N
AR-M351U
AR-M355N
AR-M355U
3-40 CGIDH1961FC01 CGIDH1961FC02 AQ Drum front PG 1
AR-M451N
AR-M451U
AR-M455N
AR-M455U
AR-M312U
AR-M420U
AR-M280N
AR-M280U 2008/1
1 ALL 5
AR-M300N Mid
AR-M300U
AR-P350
AR-M350
AR-M350N
AR-M350U
AR-P450
AR-M450 Transfer front
3- --- PSHEP5953FCZZ AA 2
AR-M450N PG spacer
AR-M450U
DM-3500
DM-3501
DM-3551
DM-4500
DM-4501
DM-4551
<Interchange>
1. Interchangeable. 4. Not interchangeable.
2. Current type can be used in place of new type. 5. Interchangeable if replaced with same types of
New type cannot be used in place of current type. related parts in use.
3. Current type cannot be used in place of new type.
6. Others.
New type can be used in place of current type.
Parts marked with " " is important for maintaining the safety of the set. Be sure to replace these parts with
specified ones for maintaining the safety and performance of the set.

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