7.1 When the Print Quality Is Low

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Symptom

Possible Cause

Remedy

There are dark specks or spots

The original glass is dirty.

Wipe the glass with a soft dry

throughout the printed output.

 

cloth. (See p. 8-8)

 

 

 

 

The document pad is dirty.

Clean the document pad with a

 

 

soft cloth dampened with a mild

 

 

detergent. (See p. 8-9)

 

 

 

 

The original is very thin or

Place a blank sheet of paper

 

highly translucent.

over the document.

 

 

(See section 1.7 in the

 

 

Advanced Operations volume.)

 

 

 

 

A double-sided document is

If a thin double-sided document

White or black lines on the printout.

being copied.

is being copied, the information

 

on the back side may be

 

 

 

 

reproduced in the copy. Select

 

 

a lighter setting for the

 

 

“Background” parameter.

 

 

(See section 5.8 in the Basic

 

 

Operations volume.)

 

 

 

 

The electrostatic charger is

Use the charger-cleaning tool to

 

dirty.

clean the electrostatic charger.

 

 

(See p. 8-10)

 

 

 

The image is not aligned properly

The document is not positioned

Correctly position the document

on the paper.

correctly.

against the document width

 

 

scale.

 

 

(See section 4.2 in the Basic

 

 

Operations volume.)

 

 

Correctly load the document

 

 

into the duplexing document

 

 

feeder, and then slide the

 

 

document guides against it.

 

 

(See section 4.2 in the Basic

 

 

Operations volume.)

 

 

 

 

The document is not positioned

Open the duplexing document

 

correctly in the duplexing

feeder, and correctly position

 

document feeder.

the document against the

 

 

document width scale.

 

 

(See section 4.2 in the Basic

 

 

Operations volume.)

 

 

 

 

The original glass is dirty (while

Wipe the glass with a soft dry

 

using the duplexing document

cloth. (See p. 8-8)

 

feeder).

 

 

 

 

 

The document guides are not

Slide the document guides

 

positioned along the edges of

against the edges of the paper.

 

the paper.

 

 

 

 

 

Curled paper was loaded into

Flatten the paper before loading

 

the paper drawer.

it.

 

 

 

The printed page is curled.

The paper that was used

Remove the paper from the

 

(recycled paper) was curled.

paper drawer, turn it over, and

 

 

then load it again.

 

 

 

 

 

Replace the paper with paper

 

 

that is not damp.

 

 

 

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