DIFFICULTY

SUGGESTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Print Quality Difficulties (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toner scatters and stains

Adjust the print conditions by setting the Print

the printed page.

Density setting. Remove the drum unit and clean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the machine’s interior. (See Routine Maintenance,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page 19-18,Cleaning the Printer, page 19-18and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleaning the Drum Unit, page 19-19.) Make sure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that you use paper that meets specifications. (See

Scattering Toner

pages 2-6.) If you still have scattered toner and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LCD shows CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the drum unit with a new one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the machine’s environment. Conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

such as humidity and high temperatures may cause

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this print defect to occur.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The whole page is

Wipe the electric terminals referring to page 19-18.

printed black.

Also, do not use heat-sensitive paper because it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will cause this problem. After cleaning, if the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

printed pages are still black and the LCD shows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the drum unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with a new one.

 

Black Page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing is printed on

Make sure that the toner cartridge is not empty.

the page.

Wipe the electric terminals. (See Routine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance, page 19-18,Cleaning the Printer, page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19-18and Cleaning the Drum Unit, page 19-19.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure that a torn piece of paper does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

remain on the scanner window.

 

White page

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printed pages are

Marks may disappear by themselves. Try copying

marked at regular

multiple pages to clear this problem. Marks may

intervals.

occur if the machine has not been used for a long time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A possible cause is that the surface of the drum is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scratched. You must then replace the drum unit with

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a new one. If the marks do not disappear, it may be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that the drum was marked or damaged by excessive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Example of Regular

exposure to light. In this case, replace the drum unit

 

Marks

with a new one.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G A N D R O U T I N E M A I N T E N A N C E 19 - 13