Kyocera TASKalfa 180, TASKalfa 220 Service Manual

KYOCERA TASKalfa 180 is a robust and reliable copier that offers exceptional performance and versatility. With its user-friendly operation panel, it can handle various copy tasks with ease. Whether you need to make single or multiple copies, the TASKalfa 180 delivers sharp and vibrant results. Its compact design makes it ideal for space-constrained environments, while its energy-saving features help reduce operating costs.

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TASKalfa 180

TASKalfa 220

SERVICE

MANUAL

Published in October 2009

842KL113

2KLSM063

Rev.3

2KL/2KK

CONTENTS

1-1 Specifications

1-1-1 Specifications......................................................................................................

1-1-2 Parts names........................................................................................................

(1) Body ..............................................................................................................

(2) Operation panel.............................................................................................

1-1-3 Machine cross section ........................................................................................

..................1-1-1

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1-2 Installation

1-2-1 Installation environment .....................................................................................

1-2-2 Unpacking and installation ..................................................................................

(1) Installation procedure ....................................................................................

(2) Setting initial copy modes..............................................................................

..................1-2-1

..................1-2-2

................1-2-10

1-2-3 Installing the key counter (option) .........................................................................................................1-2-11

1-2-4 Installing the cassette heater (option) ...................................................................................................1-2-16

1-3 Maintenance Mode

1-3-1 Maintenance mode .................................................................................................................................1-3-1

(1) Executing a maintenance item ..........................................................................................................1-3-1

(2) Maintenance mode item list...............................................................................................................1-3-2

(3) Contents of maintenance mode items...............................................................................................1-3-5

1-3-2 Management mode ...............................................................................................................................1-3-65

(1) Using the management mode .........................................................................................................1-3-65

(2) Job accounting ................................................................................................................................1-3-66

(3) Default setting .................................................................................................................................1-3-66

1-4 Troubleshooting

1-4-1 Paper misfeed detection .........................................................................................................................1-4-1

(1) Paper misfeed indication ...................................................................................................................1-4-1

(2) Paper misfeed detection conditions ..................................................................................................1-4-2

(3) Paper misfeeds .................................................................................................................................1-4-8

1-4-2 Self-diagnosis .......................................................................................................................................1-4-15

(1) Self-diagnostic function ...................................................................................................................1-4-15

(2) Self diagnostic codes ......................................................................................................................1-4-16

1-4-3 Image formation problems ....................................................................................................................1-4-21

(1) No image appears (entirely white)...................................................................................................1-4-22

(2) No image appears (entirely black)...................................................................................................1-4-22

(3) Image is too light. ............................................................................................................................1-4-23

(4) Background is visible.......................................................................................................................1-4-23

(5) A white line appears longitudinally. .................................................................................................1-4-23

(6) A black line appears longitudinally. .................................................................................................1-4-24

(7) A black line appears laterally...........................................................................................................1-4-24

(8) One side of the copy image is darker than the other.......................................................................1-4-24

(9) Black dots appear on the image......................................................................................................1-4-24

(10) Image is blurred...............................................................................................................................1-4-25

(11) The leading edge of the image is consistently misaligned with the original. ...................................1-4-25

(12) The leading edge of the image is sporadically misaligned with the original. ...................................1-4-25

(13) Paper creases. ................................................................................................................................1-4-25

(14) Offs ................................................1-4-26

(15) Ima ................................................1-4-26

(16) Fus

(17) Ima

................................................1-4-26

(18) Image center does not align with the original center. ......................................................................1-4-27

1-4-4 Electric problems ..................................................................................................................................1-4-28

1-4-5 Mechanical problems ............................................................................................................................1-4-32

1-5 Assembly and Disassembly

1-5-1 Precautions for assembly and disassembly............................................................................................1-5-1

(1) Precautions .......................................................................................................................................1-5-1

(2) Drum..................................................................................................................................................1-5-1

(3) Toner .................................................................................................................................................1-5-1

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(4) How to tell a genuine Kyocera Mita toner container......................................

1-5-2 Paper feed section ..............................................................................................

(1) Detaching and refitting the separation pulley ................................................

(2) Detaching and refitting the forwarding pulley and paper feed pulley.............

(3) Detaching and refitting the paper conveying unit ..........................................

(4) Detaching and refitting the MP paper feed pulley and MP separation pad ...

..................1-5-2

..................1-5-3

..................1-5-6

..................1-5-9

................1-5-11

(5) Detaching and refitting the left registration roller...........................................

(6) Detaching and refitting the right registration roller.........................................

................1-5-14

................1-5-15

1-5-3 Optical section ......................................................................................................................................1-5-17

(1) Detaching and refitting the exposure lamp......................................................................................1-5-17

(2) Detaching and refitting the scanner wires .......................................................................................1-5-19

(2-1) Detaching the scanner wires ...................................................................................................1-5-19

(2-2) Fitting the scanner wires .........................................................................................................1-5-22

(3) Detaching and refitting the ISU (reference).....................................................................................1-5-26

(4) Detaching and refitting the laser scanner unit .................................................................................1-5-28

(5) Adjusting the longitudinal squareness (reference) ..........................................................................1-5-33

1-5-4 Drum section.........................................................................................................................................1-5-34

(1) Detaching and refitting the drum unit ..............................................................................................1-5-34

(2) Detaching and refitting the drum separation claws .........................................................................1-5-35

(3) Detaching and refitting the main charger unit..................................................................................1-5-36

1-5-5 Developing section................................................................................................................................1-5-37

(1) Detaching and refitting the developing unit .....................................................................................1-5-37

1-5-6 Transfer section ....................................................................................................................................1-5-38

(1) Detaching and refitting the transfer roller ........................................................................................1-5-38

1-5-7 Fuser section ........................................................................................................................................1-5-40

(1) Detaching and refitting the fuser unit...............................................................................................1-5-40

(2) Detaching and refitting the press roller............................................................................................1-5-42

(3) Detaching and refitting the fuser heater ..........................................................................................1-5-44

(4) Detaching and refitting the heat roller separation claws..................................................................1-5-47

(5) Detaching and refitting the heat roller .............................................................................................1-5-48

(6) Detaching and refitting the fuser thermistor ....................................................................................1-5-50

(7) Detaching and refitting the fuser thermostat ...................................................................................1-5-51

(8) Adjusting front position of the fuser unit (adjusting lateral squareness) ..........................................1-5-52

1-5-8 Others ...................................................................................................................................................1-5-53

(1) Detaching and refitting the eject unit ...............................................................................................1-5-53

(2) Direction of installing the principal fan motors.................................................................................1-5-55

1-6 Requirements on PWB Replacement

1-6-1 Upgrading the firmware...........................................................................................................................1-6-1

1-6-2 Adjustment-free variable resistors (VR) ..................................................................................................1-6-2

1-6-3 Remarks on main/engine PWB replacement ..........................................................................................1-6-2

1-6-4 Upgrading the printing system firmware .................................................................................................1-6-3

(1) Upgrade using PC/USB.....................................................................................................................1-6-3

(2) Upgrade using DIMM ........................................................................................................................1-6-3

2-1 Mechanical construction

2-1-1 Paper feed section ..................................................................................................................................2-1-1

2-1-2 Optical section ........................................................................................................................................2-1-3

(1) Image scanner section ......................................................................................................................2-1-3

(2) Laser scanner section .......................................................................................................................2-1-5

2-1-3 Drum section...........................................................................................................................................2-1-7

2-1-4 Developing section..................................................................................................................................2-1-9

(1) Single component developing system.............................................................................................2-1-11

2-1-5 Transfer and separation sections..........................................................................................................2-1-12

2-1-6 Fuser section ........................................................................................................................................2-1-13

2-1-7 Eject and switchback sections ..............................................................................................................2-1-15

2-1-8 Duplex section ......................................................................................................................................2-1-17

2-2 Electrical Parts Layout

2-2-1 Electrical parts layout..............................................................................................................................2-2-1

(1) PWBs ................................................................................................................................................2-2-1

(2) Switches and sensors .......................................................................................................................2-2-3

(3) Motors ...............................................................................................................................................2-2-4

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(4) Others................................................................................................................................................2-2-5

2-3 Operation of the PWBs

2-3-1 Power source PWB.................................................................................................................................2-3-1

2-3-2 Main/engine PWB ...................................................................................................................................2-3-3

2-3-3 Cassette PWB.......................................................................................................................................2-3-11

2-3-4 Operation PWB .....................................................................................................................................2-3-14

2-4 Appendixes

Maintenance parts list .............................................................................................................................2-4-1

Periodic maintenance procedures ..........................................................................................................2-4-2

Chart of image adjustment procedures...................................................................................................2-4-5

Wiring diagram........................................................................................................................................2-4-7

INSTALLATION GUIDE

DOCUMENT PROCESSOR

PAPER FEEDER

DUPLEX UNIT

Printing System (Z)

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1-1-1 Specifications

Type ................................................ Desktop

Printing system ............................... Indirect electrostatic system

Supported original types ................. Sheets, books and three-dimensional objects

Maximum original size: A3/Ledger

Original feed system ....................... Fixed

Paper weight................................... Cassette: 64 - 105 g/m 2

MP tray: 45 - 160 g/m 2

Paper type ...................................... Cassette: Plain, Rough, Recycled, Preprinted, Bond, Color (Colour), Prepunched,

Letterhead, High Quality, Custom 1 to 8

MP tray: Plain, Transparency (OHP film), Rough, Vellum, Labels, Recycled,

Preprinted, Bond, Cardstock, Color (Colour), Prepunched, Letterhead,

Thick, Envelope, High Quality, Custom 1 to 8

Paper size....................................... Cassette: A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5, B5R, A5R, Folio, Ledger, Legal, Letter, LetterR,

StatementR, Oficio II, 8K, 16K

MP tray: A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5, B5R, A5R, B6R, A6R, Folio, Ledger, Legal, Letter,

LetterR, Statement, Oficio II, 8K, 16K

A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5, B5R, A5R, B6R, A6R, Folio, Ledger, Legal, Letter,

LetterR, Hagaki, Oufuku Hagaki, Envelope DL, Envelope C5, Envelope C4,

Envelope #10 (Comm. #10), Envelope #9 (Comm. #9), Envelope #6

(Comm. #6 3/4), Envelope Monarch, ISO B5, Youkei 2, Youkei 4, Executive,

Statement, Oficio II, 8K, 16K, 16KR,

Zoom level ...................................... Manual mode: 25 to 400%, 1% increments

Auto mode: Preset zoom

Printing speed................................. 18 ppm model

A4/Letter: 18 sheets/min.

A4R/LetterR: 13 sheets/min.

A3/Ledger: 8 sheets/min.

B4/Legal: 8 sheets/min.

B5:

B5R:

16 sheets/min.

13 sheets/min.

A5R:

22 ppm model

10 sheets/min.

A4/Letter: 22 sheets/min.

A4R/LetterR: 13 sheets/min.

A3/Ledger: 10 sheets/min.

B4/Legal: 11 sheets/min.

B5: 20 sheets/min.

B5R:

A5R:

13 sheets/min.

10 sheets/min.

First copy time ................................ 5.7 s or less

Warm-up time ................................. Room temperature 22 ° C/71.6 ° F, 60% RH

Power on: 17.2 s

Low power mode:10 s

Sleep mode: 17.2 s

Paper capacity ................................ Cassette: 300 sheets (80 g/m 2 ),

150 sheets (90 g/m 2 or more)

Output tray capacity....

Continuous copying ....

MP tray: 100 sheets (A4/Letter or less),

25 sheets (B4/Legal or more)

Light source ................

Scanning system ............................ lat bed scanning by CCD image sensor

Photoconductor............................... OPC (drum diameter 30 mm)

Image write system......................... Semiconductor laser

Charging system............................. Single positive corona charging

Developing system .........................Single component developing system

Toner: magnetism toner

Toner replenishing: Automatic from a toner container

Transfer system .............................. Transfer roller

Separation system .......................... Curvature separation and separation electrode

Cleaning system ............................. Blade and cleaning roller

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Charge erasing system................... Exposure by cleaning lamp

Fusing system................................. Heat roller

Heat source: Halogen heaters

Abnormally high temperature protection devices: thermostats

Main memory .................................. Standard: 32 MB

Maximum: 160 MB

Interface.......................................... USB interface connector: 1 (USB Hi-speed)

Network interface: 1 (10 BASE-T/100 BASE-TX)

Resolution....................................... 600 x 600 dpi

Operating environment ................... Temperature: 10 to 32.5

° C/50 to 90.5

° F

Humidity: 15 to 80% RH

Altitude: 2500 m/8,202 ft maximum

Brightness: 1500 lux maximum

Dimensions ..................................... 568 (W) x 546 (D) x 502 (H) mm (main body only)

22 3/8 " (W) x 21 1/2 " (D) x 19 3/4 " (H) (main body only)

Weight............................................. 33 kg/72.8 lbs

Space required................................ 838 mm (W) x 546 (D) mm (using MP tray)

33" (W) x 21 1/2 " (D) (using MP tray)

Power source.................................. 120 V AC, 60 Hz, 9.7 A

220 to 240 V AC, 50 Hz, 5.1 A

Options ........................................... Document processor, paper feeder, duplex unit, key counter, printer kit and expansion memory

Duplex unit

Type ................................................ Internal type

Paper weight................................... 64 - 105 g/m 2

Paper type ...................................... Plain, Recycled

Paper size....................................... A3, B4, A4, A4R, B5, B5R, A5R, Folio, Ledger, Legal, Letter, LetterR,

StatementR, Oficio II, 8K, 16K

Power source.................................. Electrically connected to the machine.

Dimensions ..................................... 363 (W) x 54 (D) x 181 (H) mm

14 5/16 " (W) x 2 1/8 " (D) x 7 1/8 " (H)

Weight............................................. 0.5 kg or less / 1.1 lbs or less

NOTE: These specifications are subject to change without notice.

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1-1-2 Parts names

(1) Body

9 10 7

17 15

18 16

1. Original co

2. Output tra

3. Operation panel

4. Cassette

5. Paper width adjusting tab

6. Paper length adjusting tab

7. Left cover handle

Fi 1 1 1

10. Slider

11. Contact glass

12. Original size indicator plates

13. Left cover

14. Front cover

15. Toner container release lever

16. Toner container

17. Charger cleaner rod

18. Waste toner box

19. Handles for transport

20. Main power switch

21. Main power switch cover

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TASKalfa 180

TASKalfa 220

PARTS LIST

Published in May 2009

2KLPL070

842KL120

First Edition

NOTES

1. Indicate parts number and parts description together with the machine model name when placing an order.

e.g.

Parts Number Parts Name Machine Model Quantity

302KK34050

302KK34040

LABEL EMBLEM GDI 18 (18ppm)

LABEL EMBLEM GDI 22 (22ppm)

TASKalfa 180

TASKalfa 220

2. Symbols in the "Parts Number" column.

• Parts with "•" are component parts or sub-assemblies of the assembly appearing immediately above them.

e.g.

Parts Number

302KK94450

Parts Name

PARTS BYPASS PAD ASSY SP

Parts Number

• 302KK08180

Parts Name

MOUNT BASE MPF PAD

• 302KK08200 SPRING MPF PAD

• Parts with "••" are component parts or sub-assembly with "•" appearing immediately above them.

e.g.

Parts Number Parts Name Parts Number Parts Name

•302KK93080 MC-460 •• 2C910040

•• 302C968290

GRID

CORONA WIRE MCH SP

• Parts with " " indicate regular maintenance parts.

3. Items indicated in Description column as (OPTION) are Consumable parts.

CONTENTS

FIG. 1 Covers ...................................................................... 2

FIG. 2 Frames 1 .................................................................. 4

FIG. 3 Frames 2 .................................................................. 6

FIG. 4 Paper Feed Section 1 ............................................... 8

FIG. 5 Paper Feed Section 2 ............................................. 10

FIG. 6 Paper Cassette ....................................................... 12

FIG. 7 Scanner Section 1 .................................................. 14

FIG. 8 Scanner Section 2 .................................................. 16

FIG. 9 Laser Scanner Section ........................................... 18

FIG. 10 Image Formation Section ....................................... 20

FIG. 11 Developing Section ................................................. 22

FIG. 12 Fuser Section ......................................................... 24

FIG. 13 Drive Section 1 ....................................................... 26

FIG. 14 Drive Section 2 ....................................................... 28

FIG. 15 Exit Section ............................................................. 30

FIG. 16 Electrical Components 1 ......................................... 32

FIG. 17 Electrical Components 2 ......................................... 34

FIG. 18 Electrical Components 3 ......................................... 36

FIG. 19 Operation Section ................................................... 38

FIG. 20 Options 1 ................................................................ 40

FIG. 21 Options 2 & Tools ................................................... 42

FIG. 22 DU-420 ................................................................... 44

FIG. 23 PRINTING SYSTEM(Z) .......................................... 46

• INDEX .................................................................. 48

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FIG. 1 Covers

104

102

104

102

101

104

2 11

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103

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Key features

Fast copy speeds of up to 18 ppm
High-quality copies with a resolution of up to 600 dpi
Versatile paper handling options with a 250-sheet main tray and a 50-sheet bypass tray
User-friendly operation panel for easy navigation
Compact design for space-saving
Energy-saving features to reduce operating costs
Optional features such as a key counter and a cassette heater for added functionality

Frequently asked questions

Maintenance mode allows users to execute various maintenance tasks, such as cleaning the machine, troubleshooting issues, and managing settings.

To enter maintenance mode, press the [Clear Modes] key while holding down the [Additional Function] key, then press [1], [6], and [3] consecutively, followed by pressing the [Start] key.

Kyocera TASKalfa 220 offers a wide range of maintenance items, including cleaning the fixing unit, cleaning the paper feed roller, replacing the toner bottle, and performing self-diagnostics.

To troubleshoot paper misfeeds, check the paper size and type settings, ensure the paper is properly loaded, and inspect the paper feed path for obstructions or damage.

Common image formation problems include no image appearing, image too light, background visible, and white or black lines. Solutions involve checking toner levels, cleaning the laser scanner unit, and adjusting image density settings.