faded bottom edge - Ricoh C5300 booklet

[bcr]

Printing some booklets (A4 on SRA3) on a Ricoh C5300, finishing done on the SR5120 inline booklet maker.

First few copies there is very light fading on the bottom edge. By the 25th copy it becomes a lot more pronounced.

See the photo below. Bottom is the 5th copy, top is the 25th. Any ideas on why this is happening?

 

[Bobbreda]

Hi BCR,
Is this machine normally running 1 and same papersize f.e A4, letter, A3?
If so, al few or more of internal rollers been wear out on the edges, which is a common issue with lasermachines, which then creates those lighter edges as the edges off the rollers are not spot on on the sheet.

 

[namelessentity]

How is it running on the sheet? It'd help to know where the bottom of your booklet is relative to the press sheet for troubleshooting.

 

[bcr]

Hi BCR,
Is this machine normally running 1 and same papersize f.e A4, letter, A3?
If so, al few or more of internal rollers been wear out on the edges, which is a common issue with lasermachines, which then creates those lighter edges as the edges off the rollers are not spot on on the sheet.

80% of the printing is A4/A5, with booklets being done in SRA3.

 

[bcr]

How is it running on the sheet? It'd help to know where the bottom of your booklet is relative to the press sheet for troubleshooting.

it's an SRA3 sheet being fed short edge in. the faded edge is the bottom edge.