Lexmark THE SCANNER GLASS MAY BE DIRTY, THE COPY IS TOO LIGHT OR TOO DARK, C HECK THE QUALITY OF THE ORIGINAL , U NWANTED TONER IS IN THE , PATTERNS (MOIR) APPEAR IN THE OUTPUT, TEXT IS LIGHT OR DISAPPEARING, THE OUTPUT APPEARS WASHED OUT OR OVEREXPOSED, THE PRINT IS SKEWED

THE SCANNER GLASS MAY BE DIRTY
Clean the scanner glass with a clean, lint-free cloth dampened with water. If your printer has an ADF, be sure to
clean the ADF scanner glass as wel l. For more information, see : “Cleaning the scanner glass ” on page 144.
THE COPY IS TOO LIGHT OR TOO DARK
Adjust the copy darknes s setting.
CHECK THE QUALITY OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT
Make sure the quality of the original document is sati sfactory.
CHECK THE DOCUMENT PLACEMENT
•Make sure the document or photo is loaded facedown on t he scanner glass in the upper left cor ner.
•If you previously loaded your orig inal document into the A DF, try loading it on the s canner glass.
UNWANTED TONER IS IN THE BACKGROUND
•Adjust the darkness to a lighter setting.
•Change the Background Removal setting in the Copy Settings menu.
PATTERNS (MOIRÉ) APPEAR IN THE OUTPUT
•From the printer control panel, press the Content button until the light comes on next to Text/Photo.
•Rotate the original document on the scanner glass.
•From the printer control panel, press the Scale button and adjust the setting.
TEXT IS LIGHT OR DISAPPEARING
From the printer control panel, press the Content button until the light comes on next to Text or Text/Photo.
THE OUTPUT APPEARS WASHED OUT OR OVEREXPOSED
•From the printer cont rol panel, press the Content button unti l the light comes on next to Text/Photo or Photo.
•From the printer control panel, press the Darkness button and change to a darker setting.
THE PRINT IS SKEWED
Notes:
•If you are loading your original document in the ADF, adjust the ADF paper guides so they touch the edges
of the pages to be scanned.
•Check the paper trays to make sure the guides touch the edges of the loaded paper.
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