Ricoh MP171 does not have a waste toner container. It recycles used toner back in the developer unit - where it is mixed with new toner and developer powder, and can be used for printing again.
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You could check if the contacts on the toner cartridge and in he printer are clean and shiny. Perhaps just a bit of glue or a scrap of plastic is on a contact, making it impossible for the printer to read the status.
Hello!
Your machine have 2 waste bottles.
The bottle 1 is placed in the front door. (See the picture). You can empty it or replace it.
(is less expencive to empty it)
The secund waste bottle is in the left. See this picture
Now, you just need to make sure what waste bottle is mentioned in the display.
not a solution - but a problem... i emptied the toner waste bottle in my MPW2400 and a new error message appears...says there is no toner and it keeps dumping toner from the new cartridge until it is coming out of every orifice of the machine. What is that about?
Hi there,
You can just empty the waste toner bottle. here is what you need to do.
Here is also a manual for your machinehttp://support.ricoh.com/bb_v1oi/html/oi/re/model/cl3500/cl3500en.htm
Detailed instructions on cleaning the Waste toner bottle on Page 32 of the Maintenance Guide. Instead of replacing just empty it. Just be careful as the toner is toxic so you can also vacuum the toner out of the Waste Toner Bottle.
Regards,
You're going to get a little bit dirt with the trick, but there is no need to buy a empty waste toner bottel
Empty the waste toner bottle inside a plastic bag, the dust is kind of azard!!!, when the bottle is empty, clean it from the outside.
Place the bottle in the printer, (This is just for reference only), in the right side of the bottle you're going to see a plastic tag all dirty (You see it?) OK!!, remove the bottle from the printer, and then very carfully remove that plastic tag from the bottle taking care of not ripping it off, now clean the plastic tag, and put it in place again, and now your printer is ready to work!!!!!
Where's the trick?, The printer has a Photo sensor that is "looking" trugh this plastic tag, when the plastic tag is full of toner, the sensor can't get the signal, and then it says that the waste bottle is full..!!!
Couple of things to try:
- If you just emptied the waste cartridge then you have to take the bottle back out and clean the insides as well. The sensor sees the toner on the walls and still thinks it?s full. FYI as typical the manufacturer recommends replacing the bottle with a brand new one.
- If not that then you may have toner covering the optical sensor. Try blowing the area where the waste bottle attaches to the printer with canned air.
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