Print Quality Problems

Print Quality Problems

As the following table shows, there are many possible causes of print quality problems, such as blank output as. The troubleshooting procedure for each type of problem is explained below. If you still can not solve the problem, contact your Kyocera Mita dealer.

Printed Results

Corrective Action

Completely blank printout

Check the developer unit.

 

 

 

Open the printer top cover and check that the developer

 

 

 

unit is inserted correctly and check that the developer’s

 

 

 

connector is connected properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the toner container.

 

 

 

Open the printer top cover and check that the toner

 

 

 

container is correctly installed in the printer. See Toner

 

 

 

Container Replacement on page 3-2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All-black printout

Check the charger unit.

 

 

 

Open the printer left cover and check that the charger

 

 

 

unit is correctly installed.

 

 

 

 

Dropouts, horizontal streaks, stray dots

Clean the charger wire.

 

 

 

Open the printer left cover. Pull the cleaning knob (green

 

 

 

colored) slowly in and out a few times. See Cleaning on

 

 

 

page 3-9.

 

 

 

 

Black or white vertical streaks

Check the operator panel.

 

 

 

If the Toner low message is displayed and the

 

 

 

ATTENTION indicator is flashing, install a new toner kit.

 

 

 

See Toner Container Replacement on page 3-2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean the charger wire.

 

 

 

Open the printer left cover. Pull the cleaning knob (green

 

 

 

colored) slowly in and out a few times. See Cleaning on

 

 

 

page 3-9.

 

 

 

 

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Kyocera FS-1920 manual Print Quality Problems