Aficio GX3050 GelSprinter: Error 999 appears. When machine starts up, machin...

I using gelprinter recoh gx 3050, how i can refill this cartage
any branch in India give me gel ink & refillable cartage
pl. give advice abou

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Push the menu key.
Push enter key three times.
Turn printer off then on

See my video at www.condetv.com
Search for waste ink.

http://www.ricoh-usa.com/downloads/downloads.asp?tsn=Ricoh-USA&path=http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/rc2/model/gx305/gx305en.htm

Just pick your operating system and you can dowload the drivers direct from Ricoh.
Good Luck and Thank You for using Fixya.

You can download the printer software from this link.

http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/re/model/gx305/gx305en.htm

Sounds like a dirty platen (that cylindrical roller thing). If you can get to it, use isopropyl alcohol on a rag.

BULLETIN NUMBER: J001/J003/J006/J007/J010/J011 – 021 07/02/2008
APPLICABLE MODEL:
GESTETNER – GX3000/GX3050n/GX5050n
LANIER – GX3000/GX3050n/GX5050n
RICOH – GX3000/GX3050n/GX5050n
SAVIN – GX3000/GX3050n/GX5050n
SUBJECT: SC999 OCCURS
SYMPTOM:
An SC999 (Maintenance Stepper Motor Home Position Error) occurs.
CAUSE:
Some of the ink in the machine has dried, and as a result the maintenance stopper motor cannot rotate or
the levers come loose.
NOTE: The following conditions make it easy for the ink to dry up (See Appendix 3 for more details):
- Low humidity
- Long intervals between machine usage
- Total period of usage is long
- Low Print Volume

COPY QUALITY
Fixed ink Stepper Motor
Right Flushing Gate
Levers
Tech Service Bulletin No. J001/J003/J006/J007/J010/J011 – 021
Page 2 of 5
SOLUTION:
Production Countermeasure:
The shapes of some parts in the Maintenance Unit have been changed in two steps ("Step 1" and "Step 2"
below).
NOTE:
See Appendix 1 for the details of the Step 1 and Step 2 modifications.
See Appendix 2 for the visual differences among the unmodified unit, the Step 1-modified unit, and
Step 2-modified unit.
See UNITS AFFECTED for the Serial Number cut-in of Steps 1 and 2.
Field Countermeasure:
1. Cycle power OFF/ON.
2. Install one of the modified Maintenance Units ("Step 1" or "Step 2").
NOTE: For customers experiencing a SC999, have them contact 1-800 Ricoh38 for replacement.

this is a problem caused by the gel that is not supplied anymore in the printer. certainly the waste ink collector behing the machine is full. by replacing it i solved the problem sometimes, sometimes it is more serious ans the sparepart of the supply must be replaced by crafted man.
hope it can help !

change the ink collector located in the rear of the machine

ink collection tank full .

100% agreed with rrrdddrrrddd. In addition:
Go to Menu->System->INK CU Replace. You will get a warning that overflow may occur(and it's really a messy job), reset the counter and everything should be OK.