Print Quality Difficulties (Continued)

Difficulty

Suggestions

 

 

Printed pages are

Clean the machine’s interior and the primary

stained corona with

wire of the drum unit. (See Routine toner

or have vertical

Maintenance and Cleaning the Drum Unit, on

stripes.

pages 11-12 and 11-14.) Make sure that the tab

 

of the corona wire is at the home position.

 

If after cleaning, you still see dark stripes or

 

toner stains and the display shows CHANGE

Dark Stripes or

DRUM SOON, replace the drum unit with a

new one.

Toner Stains

 

 

 

Printed pages have

Make sure that you use paper that meets the

white spots in black

specifications. Rough surface or thick media can

text and graphic areas.

cause the problem. If you still see white spots

 

and the display shows CHANGE DRUM

 

SOON, replace the drum unit with a new one.

 

Check the machine’s environment; conditions

 

such as high humidity may cause this situation

White Spots

to occur.

 

 

Toner scatters and

Adjust the print conditions by setting the Print

stains the printed

Density function. Remove the drum unit and

page.

clean the machine’s interior. (See Routine

 

Maintenance, Cleaning the Printer and

 

Cleaning the Drum Unit, on pages 11-12 and

 

11-14.) Make sure that you use paper that

 

meets specifications. (See page 2-5.) If you

 

still have scattered toner and the display shows

 

CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the drum

Scattering Toner

unit with a new one. Check the machine’s

environment; high temperature and high

 

 

humidity may cause this condition to occur.

 

 

The whole page is

Clean the machine’s interior and the primary

printed black.

corona wire of the drum unit. (See pages

 

11-17~19.) Also, do not use heat-sensitive paper

 

as it will cause this problem. After cleaning, if

 

the printed pages are still black or the display

 

shows CHANGE DRUM SOON, replace the

Black Page

drum unit with a new one. The drum unit may be

 

damaged.

 

 

Nothing is printed on

Make sure that the toner cartridge is not empty.

the page.

Wipe electric terminals referring to Routine

 

Maintenance, Cleaning the Printer and

 

Cleaning the Drum Unit, on pages 14-12 and

 

11-14. Make sure that a torn piece of paper

White Page

does not remain on the scanner window.

 

 

 

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DCP1200 specifications

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