Re: IBM Infoprint 21 -- 454 FUSER ERROR

Rick, what a quick response! :-)
Perhaps I was wrong ridiculing your company.

RickE <ekblaw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Andrei Ivanov wrote:
>> Does anyone have IBM Infoprint 21 Service Guide (G544-5702-00)?
>
> Sure... but it really doesn't tell you much for a 454 error, basically
> it tells you to order a usage kit and replace the fuser.

Sure thing, I'll replace it by myself.

> There are three likely causes of a 454 error (and a handful of unlikely
> causes). The highest probability cause is a failed or failing
> thermistor, second highest is a failed thermal switch, and in third
> place is a failed heater lamp. Check the fuser immediately after the
> 454 is posted -- if it is warm, you can bet that the thermistor is the
> culprit. If it is cold, you'd need to disassemble the fuser to see if
> the switch or the lamp has failed. However, unless you have some spare
> fuser parts in hand, you'll probably need a replacement fuser because
> there are no service parts available from IBM for the fuser. We've had
> IP21 fusers fail on printers with less than 5K prints on them, so I'd
> guess that "less than normal life" is typical for IP21 fusers.

So, you're saying that new fuser will cure the thing?

Did I choose the correct part, 38L1411QC (Usage Kit)?
Or is there something simpler, and less expensive,
like "fuser kit", or something to that tune?

Thanks, Rick!
--
andrei
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