Ricoh B230 Service Manual

							 
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(77 mm/s): 2nd Side 
003 Paper Transfer: FINE: 1st 
Side *ENG
004 Paper Transfer: FINE: 
2nd Side *ENGNot used 
005-008 Adjusts the environment coefficient for each mode. When the environment is 
detected as HH, SP2851 is multiplied by these SP values. 
005 Separation DC: Thick 1 
(77 mm/s): 1st Side *ENG
006 Separation DC: Thick 1 
(77 mm/s): 2nd Side: *ENG[10 to 250 / 80 / 5%/step] 
007 Separation DC: FINE: 1st 
Side *ENG
008 Separation DC: FINE: 
2nd Side *ENGNot used 
 
[OPC Drum Brake Time]  
2901 
Adjusts the time when the OPC drum motor reverses from normal rotation after 
job end. DFU 
001 Plain  *ENG
002 Thick 1  *ENG
003  Thick 2 & FINE  *ENG[100 to 1500 / 500 / 10 msec/step] 
 
[OPC Drum Reverse Time]  
2902 
Adjusts the time for how long the OPC drum motor reverses after job end. DFU
001 All: BW  *ENG
002 All: FC  *ENG[0 to 200 / 40 / 10 msec/step]  
						

							 
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[Image Transfer Roller Brake Time]  
2903 
Adjusts the time when the image transfer belt motor reverses from normal 
rotation after job end. DFU 
003 Plain  *ENG
004 Thick 1  *ENG
005  Thick 2 & FINE  *ENG[100 to 1500 / 500 / 10 msec/step] 
 
[OPC Drum Reverse Time]  
2904 
Adjusts the time for how long the image transfer belt motor reverses after job 
end. DFU 
003 All  *ENG
[0 to 200 / 30 / 10 msec/step] 
 
[ACS Setting (FC to Bk)]  
2907 Adjusts the threshold for moving away the image transfer belt from the color 
PCUs. This SP moves the image transfer belt away from the color PCUs when 
the number of B/W image printouts reaches the number of sheets specified 
with this SP after consecutive full color image printouts in the full color mode. 
If this SP is set to 0, the image transfer belt does not move away. 
001  Continuous Bk Pages  *ENG
[0 to 10 / 0 / 1 sheet/step] 
 
[GainAdjust] Gain Adjustment of Image Transfer Belt Motor 
2908 
DFU 
001 154 mm/sec  *ENG
002 138 mm/sec  *ENG
003 115 mm/sec  *ENG
004 77 mm/sec  *ENG[0 or 1 / 1 / 1/step]] 
0: High speed (Low level) 
1: Low speed (High level)  
						

							 
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[Motor Start Control] 
2909 
Not used 
001 On  *ENG[0 to 1 / 0 / 1 sheet/step] 
0: normal, 1: synchro 
 
[Motor Stop Control] 
2910 
Not used 
001 On  *ENG[0 to 1 / 0 / 1 sheet/step] 
0: normal, 1: synchro 
 
[Drum Stop Timing] OPC Drum Motor Stop Timing Adjustment 
2911 
Not used 
001 Bk  *ENG
002 MCY  *ENG[0 to 360 / 30 / 6 deg/step] 
 
[Gear Phase Control Result] 
2912 
DFU 
001 Bk - M  *ENG
[–180 to 180 / 0 / 1 deg/step] 
 
[Gear Phase Control] 
2913 
Enables or disables the OPC gear phase adjustment after job end. 
001 Job End  *ENG[0 or 1 / 1 / 1/step] 
0: OFF, 1: ON 
 
2914 [Dust Shield Shutter Motor]   
						

							 
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001  Stop Delay: Open  *ENG
002  Stop Delay: Close  *ENGDFU 
[1 to 50 / 38 / 1 ms/step] 
003 Open Execution  *ENGOpens the shutter on the laser optics 
housing unit manually for test purposes. 
004 Close Execution  *ENGCloses the shutter on the laser optics 
housing unit manually for test purposes. 
007 Presence  *ENG Not used 
 
[GainAdjust] Gain Adjustment of OPC Bk Drum Motor 
2915 
DFU 
001 154 mm/sec  *ENG
002 138 mm/sec  *ENG
003 115 mm/sec  *ENG
004 77 mm/sec  *ENG[0 or 1 / 0 / 1/step] 
0: TGAIN: High, 1: GAIN: Low 
 
[GainAdjust] Gain Adjustment of OPC MCY Drum Motor 
2916 
DFU 
001 154 mm/sec  *ENG
002 138 mm/sec  *ENG
003 115 mm/sec  *ENG
004 77 mm/sec  *ENG[0 or 1 / 0 / 1/step] 
0: TGAIN: High, 1: GAIN: Low 
 
[SecondaryFB: Threshold] Paper Transfer Roller Feed-back: Threshold 
Adjustment 
2930 
Adjusts the threshold between high resistance (division 1) and low resistance 
(division 2) at the paper transfer roller. This SP affects SP2931 to SP2939.  
						

							 
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001 Voltage  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: Plain]  
2931 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for plain paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: Thin]  
2932 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for thin paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: Special 1]  
2933 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for special 1 paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: Special 2]  
2934 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for special 2 paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
  
						

							 
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[SecondaryFB: Thick 1]  
2935 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for thick 1 paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: Thick 2]  
2936 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for thick 2 paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: Thick 3]  
2937 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for thick 3 paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: OHP]  
2938 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only 
used for OHP paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
[SecondaryFB: Special 3]  
2939 
Adjusts the upper limit voltage for the paper transfer roller. These SPs are only  
						

							 
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used for special 3 paper use in full color mode. 
001  Limit Voltage: Division 1  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 6000 / 10 –V/step] 
002  Limit Voltage: Division 2  *ENG
[0 to 7000 / 5000 / 10 –V/step] 
 
SP3-XXX (Process) 
3011 [Process Cont. Manual Execution]  
001 Normal   Executes the normal process control 
manually (potential control). 
Check the result with SP3-325-001 and 
3-012-001 after executing this SP. 
002 Density Adjustment   Executes the toner density adjustment 
manually. 
003 Pre-ACC   Executes the process control that is 
normally done before ACC.   
The type of process control is selected with 
SP3-041-004. 
004 Full MUSIC   Executes the process control that is 
normally done at the same time as MUSIC. 
This SP does the MUSIC (line position 
adjustment) twice. 
005 Normal MUSIC   Executes the process control that is 
normally done at the same time as MUSIC. 
This SP does the MUSIC (line position 
adjustment) once. 
 
[Process Cont. Check Result] Process Control Self-check Result 
3012 Displays the result of the latest process control self-check. 
All colors are displayed. The results are displayed in the order “Y C M K”   
e.g., 11 (Y) 99 (C) 11 (M) 11 (K): The self-check for Cyan failed but the others 
were successful.  
						

							 
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See the troubleshooting section for details. 
001 History: Latest  *ENG
002  Result: Latest 1  *ENG
003  Result: Latest 2  *ENG
004  Result: Latest 3  *ENG
005  Result: Latest 4  *ENG
006  Result: Latest 5  *ENG
007  Result: Latest 6  *ENG
008  Result: Latest 7  *ENG
009  Result: Latest 8  *ENG
010  Result: Latest 9  *ENG[ 11111111  t o  99999999 / - / 1/step] 
 
3013 [T Sensor Initial Set: Execution] Developer Initialization Setting 
001 Execution: ALL  - 
002  Execution: COL (MCY)  - 
003 Execution: Bk  - 
004 Execution: M  - 
005 Execution: C  - 
006 Execution: Y  - DFU  
 
3014 [T Sensor Initial Set Result: Display] Developer Initialization Result: Display 
Display: YCMK  *ENG[0 to 9999 / - / - ] 
1: Success 
2 to 9: Failure 
001 
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meaning of each code. 
All colors are displayed. Values are displayed in the order Y C M Bk. 
e.g., 1 (Y) 2 (C) 1 (M) 1 (Bk): Initialization of Cyan failed but the others 
succeeded. 
 
3015 [Forced Toner Supply] Forced Toner Supply ([Color]) 
001 Execution: ALL  - 
002  Execution: COL (MCY)  - 
003 Execution: Bk  - 
004 Execution: M  - 
005 Execution: C  - 
006 Execution: Y  - Executes the manual toner supply to the 
development unit. 
 
[Forced Toner Supply: Setting] Forced Toner Supply Setting ([Color]) 
3016 
Specifies the manual toner supply time for each color. 
001 Supply Time: Bk  *ENG
002 Supply Time: M  *ENG
003 Supply Time: C  *ENG
004  Supply Time: Y  *ENG[0 to 30 / 4 / 1 sec/step] 
 
[Vt Limit Error]  
3020 
DFU 
001 Delta Vt Threshold  *ENG
[0 to 5 / 5 / 0.01 V/step] 
002 Upper Threshold  *ENG
[0 to 5 / 4.7 / 0.01 V/step] 
003 Threshold Number of 
Upper counter *ENG
[0 to 99 / 20 / 1 time/step]  
						

							 
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004 Lower Threshold  *ENG
[0 to 5 / 0.5 / 0.01 V/step] 
005  Number of Lower counter *ENG
[0 to 99 / 10 / 1 time/step] 
006  Upper Counter: Bk  *ENG
007  Upper Counter: M  *ENG
008  Upper Counter: C  *ENG
009 Upper Counter: Y  *ENG
010  Lower Counter: Bk  *ENG
011  Lower Counter: M  *ENG
012  Lower Counter: C  *ENG
013 Lower Counter: Y  *ENG[0 to 99 / 0/ 1 time/step] 
 
[TD Sensor Initial Set] Developer Initialization Setting 
3021 
Specifies the developer agitation time for each color at the developer 
initialization. DFU 
001 Agitation Time: Bk  *ENG
002 Agitation Time: M  *ENG
003 Agitation Time: C  *ENG
004 Agitation Time: Y  *ENG[0 to 200 / 30 / 1 sec/step] 
005-008 
Sets the execution flag of the developer initialization for each color. DFU 
005  Execution Flag: Bk  *ENG
006  Execution Flag: M  *ENG
007  Execution Flag: C  *ENG
008 Execution Flag: Y  *ENG[0 or 1 / 0 / 1/step] 
0: Flag OFF, 1: Flag ON 
This flag is cleared after executing TD 
sensor initialization. 
009  Prohibition  *ENG Enables or disables developer initialization.