4.2 Print Quality Problems

Printed Results

 

 

 

 

Corrective Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black or white vertical streaks

 

 

 

 

Check the operator panel for toner.

 

 

 

 

 

If the Toner low (C/M/Y/K) message is dis-

 

 

 

 

 

played with color description, install a new toner kit

 

 

 

 

 

for the color. To replace the toner container, see

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 5 Maintenance, section 5.1 Toner Con-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tainer Replacement on page 5-2.

 

 

 

 

 

Direction

 

of Paper

 

Feed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean the main charger.

 

 

 

 

 

Open the printer front cover. Pull the green cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

knob slowly in and out a few times. For full details,

 

 

 

 

 

see Chapter 5 Maintenance, section 5.3.2 Cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

the Main Charger Unit on page 5-12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have a service person check the fuser unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faint or blurred printing

 

 

 

 

Clean the main charger.

 

 

 

 

 

Open the printer front cover. Pull the green cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

knob slowly in and out a few times. For full details,

 

 

 

 

 

see Chapter 5 Maintenance, section 5.3.2 Cleaning

 

 

 

 

 

the Main Charger Unit on page 5-12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the primary transfer unit for jammed paper

 

 

 

 

 

remaining.

 

 

 

 

 

For removal of jammed paper, see Paper Jam —

 

 

 

 

 

Paper Transfer Unit on page 4-17.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure the paper type setting is correct the paper

 

 

 

 

 

being used. See Chapter 3 Using the Operator

 

 

 

 

 

Panel, section 3.10.4 Setting the Cassette Paper

 

 

 

 

 

Type on page 3-73.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conduct color calibration either by switching the

 

 

 

 

 

printer off then on or using the printer operator

 

 

 

 

 

panel (MENU). For full details, see Chapter 3

 

 

 

 

 

Using the Operator Panel, section 3.13.12 Color

 

 

 

 

 

Calibration on page 3-100.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try adjusting the color control settings using the

 

 

 

 

 

printer driver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try switching the tone mode between Normal and

 

 

 

 

 

Fine using the operator panel (Menu>Print Qual-

 

 

 

 

 

ity>Tone).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check the operator panel. If the Toner low (C/

 

 

 

 

 

M/Y/K) message is displayed with color descrip-

 

 

 

 

 

tion, install a new toner kit for the color. To replace

 

 

 

 

 

toner, see Chapter 5 Maintenance, section 5.1

 

 

 

 

 

Toner Container Replacement on page 5-2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moisture condensation may have been occurred on

 

 

 

 

 

the primary transfer unit. Open the printer front

 

 

 

 

 

cover, draw the paper transfer unit out, and draw the

 

 

 

 

 

primary transfer unit. Allow approximately 2 hours

 

 

 

 

 

until the condensation dries up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 4-2 (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

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Kyocera FS-C8008DN, FS-C8008N manual Faint or blurred printing, Ity Tone