Turn the power off. Hold down the exposure button, and turn the power on. All the lights except the ready light will come on. Release the exposure button.
Press the exposure button again and hold for 10 seconds, until the three exposure lights come on. Release the exposure button. Once the ready light comes on the counter is reset. Turn the power off then back on to lock in the new settings.
counter is reset. (The lever doesn't move much). This can and should be done with the power off. The old style OPC cartridge came with a metal bar that you can set so that it protrudes from the cartridge. The bar would hit the lever and reset the counter. Newer cartridges have a small piece of black plastic that will hit the lever and be crushed in. These cartridges cannot be reset. You must manually reset the counter inside the copier.
Sharp Z30 OPC/Xerox 5220/XC520
Series
Xerox # 20E18410, Sharp # ZT30DR
OEM Stated Yield: 20,000
NOTE: This procedure should be used by qualified technicians only! Placing the jumper wire in the wrong spot can damage the copier! This procedure should never be done with out rebuilding the drum unit/waste chamber first.
Turn the power off. Remove the front cover; the main board is now visible. Place a jumper wire across pins 2 & 3. (Located under the variable resistors). Turn the copier on for 5 seconds then off. Remove the jumper and close up the copier. The counter is reset.
Sharp Z50/Z70 OPC
Sharp # ZT50DR, Xerox 5008 (13R50),
5009 (13R55)
OEM Stated Yield: 10,000
Inside the copier on the back wall behind where the drum cartridge fits is a small black box. This box contains a mechanical counter with a lever that sticks out the top. Press the lever back and the
Sharp Z-835/ Xerox XC-800 OPC
Cartridges
Sharp OPC Part # ZT81DR , Xerox OPC Part #
13R544
OEM Stated Yield: 20,000
Both of the above cartridges are different, and not interchangeable but the reset procedures are the same. (These procedures are the same for the XD-
If the cartridge is not a "Starter cartridge", there is a small gear with a flag on it located on the gear side of the cartridge bottom right. Remove the gear and replace so that the flag is at the 1 O’clock position. If this gear is missing, the cartridge is a starter cartridge, and the following procedure must be used.
To reset the starter cartridge, or any cartridge through the menu, do the following:
Enter the diagnostics menu by turning the machine on, and within 4 seconds, press "CLEAR", "EXPOSURE MODE", "CLEAR", "EXPOSURE MODE". (EXPOSURE MODE is the button on the far left). All of the display will go blank. Using the 10 and 1 buttons (copy quantity), enter "24" press "PRINT", enter "7" press "PRINT" again. The counter is now set to Zero!
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