Table of Contents

much borrowed from stencil.wiki and updated for the ME machine.

https://www.stencil.wiki/how-convert-z-type-color-drums

Inkless Cylinder Installation 

Convert drum to a new color

Procedure for converting the color of a Z-type drum. Steps 1 - 9 also work when machine does not recognize a correctly installed ink tube. Only for when the kind  of color is changing (i.e. green to teal)

Steps

1/ Insert new ink tube

Turn the Riso on in Test Mode

Hold down the left and right position arrows for drum 1 while turning on the power. For ME machines, use first position drum arrows

2/ Enter 117

This tells it that it is a ledger size drum

2b/ Push “Start” x 2

3/ Push “Stop”

4/ Enter 890

This tells the Riso to recognize newly installed ink tube

5/ Push “Start” x 2

6/ Push “Stop”

7/ Press "Reset" to return to exit Test Mode

8/ Open the glass top lid and take a "sky shot"

A "sky shot" is simply a scan with nothing on it. Sometimes it helps to put a 1" - 2" strip of paper on the feed side of the scanner to help prevent the printed image from wrapping around the drum because of too much ink on the lead edge.

The ink colors will blend now. you can clean the drum, or deal w it!

Run as many copies as it takes to fully convert drum to the new color

Usually more than 500.

Ink Color Codes - Rename Color Drums

Very useful to rename custom color drums !

Step 1

Start up in Test Mode: Press and hold the "Left" & "Right" registration buttons on the left drum while turning on the printer until Test Mode shows. Make sure the drum you want to change the color code of is inside the Riso in position 1, and nothing in position 2

Step 2

Enter code "117"

 and Press the green Start button (2x)

Enter code "890"

 and Press the green Start button.

Step 3

Turn off and restart up in Test Mode 

Step 4

Enter "951"

Press the green Start button.

Step 5 (Ink color Codes)

Enter the code and Press the green Start button.

0 (not specified)

64 (Black)

65 (Blue)

66 (Blue2)

67 (Blue3)

68 (Blue4)

69 (Red)

70 (Red2)

71 (Red3)

72 (Red4)

73 (Green)

74 (Green2)

75 (Green3)

76 (Yellow)

77 (Yellow2)

78 (Brown)

79 (Brown2)

80 (Purple)

81 (Purple2)

82 (Gray)

83 (Gray2)

84 (Light Gray)

85 (Light Gray2)

86 (Orange)

87 (Orange2)

88 (Gold)

89 (Gold2)

90 (Silver)

91 (Silver2)

92 (Pink)

93 (Pink2)

94 (Special Color)

Step 6

Restart the machine normally.