IBM 1454 Print quality guide, Abcde, Symptom, Cause, Solution, Repeating defects, misregistration

Print quality guide

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Print quality guide

You can solve many print quality problems by replacing a supply or maintenance item that has reached the end of its intended life. Check the operator panel for a message about a printer consumable.

Use the following table to find solutions to print quality problems.

Symptom	Cause	Solution
Repeating defects	Either the print cartridges are defective,	Marks occur repeatedly only in one
	the image transfer unit and transfer	color and multiple times on a page:
	roller are defective, or the fuser is	• Replace the cartridge if the defects
	defective.
		occur every:
		– 48 mm (1.9 in.)
		– 97 mm (3.8 in.)

		Marks occur down the page
		repeatedly in all colors:
		•	Replace the transfer roll if the defects
			occur every 60 mm (2.4 in.)
		•	Replace the image transfer unit if the
			defects occur every 101 mm (4 in.)
		•	Replace the fuser if the defects occur
			every 148 mm (5.8 in.)
		Marks occur on every third or sixth
		page in any color:
		•	Replace the image transfer unit.
Color	Color has shifted outside of the	Top to Bottom or Left to Right:
misregistration	appropriate area or has been	1	Re-seat the cartridges by removing
	superimposed over another color area.
ABCDE			them from the printer and then
			reinserting them.
ABCDE		2	Adjust the Color Alignment under the
		3	Utilities Menu.
			Align the image transfer unit.
White or colored	Either the print cartridges are defective,	1	Replace the color print cartridge
line	the image transfer unit and transfer		causing the line.
ABCDE	roller are defective, or the fuser is	2	If you still have the problem, replace
	defective.
ABCDE			the image transfer unit and transfer
		3	roller.
ABCDE			If you still have the problem, replace
			the fuser.
Streaked	The print cartridges, the transfer roller,	Replace the print cartridge, the transfer
horizontal lines	image transfer unit, or fuser may be	roller, the image transfer unit, or fuser
ABCDE	defective, empty, or worn.	as needed.
ABCDE
ABCDE