
If You Cannot Make Copies as You Want
If You Cannot Make Copies as You Want
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Copies appear dirty. | The image density is too dark. | Adjust the image density. | |
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| ☛ See page 39. |
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| Adjust the background density. |
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| ☛ See page 132. |
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| The exposure glass (platen glass) or | Clean them. ☛ See page 200. | |
| document feeder belt is dirty. |
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The reverse side of an original image | The image density is too dark. | Adjust the image density. | |
is copied. |
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| ☛ See page 39. |
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| If you select Black & White Copy mode |
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| or Single Color mode, place a black |
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| paper in the backside of the original |
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| and select Auto Image Density mode. |
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| Lighten the background density. |
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| ☛ See page 132. |
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A shadow is copied when copying a | The image density is too dark. | Adjust the image density. | |
pasted original. |
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| ☛ See page 39. |
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| Adjust the background density. |
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| ☛ See page 132. |
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| Set the original in a different direction. |
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| Put mending tape on the bound part. |
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Copies are too light. | The original has a low contrast image. | Adjust the image density. | |
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| ☛ See page 39. |
| The image density is too light. |
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| Damp or rough grain paper is used | Use dry paper without rough grain. | |
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Copy image is not clear. | The original image type is not selected | Select the proper original image type. | |
| properly. | ☛ See page 44. | |
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| Adjust the sharpness of the image with |
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| the Soft/Sharp function. |
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| ☛ See page 132. |
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The same copy area is dirty whenever | The exposure glass (platen glass) or | Clean them. ☛ See page 200. | |
making copies. | document feeder belt is dirty. |
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When using Enlarge mode, shadows | Shadows may appear because the | Select the Border Erase mode. | |
appear on the margins of copies. | whole surface area of the exposure | ☛ See page 81. | |
| glass was scanned in. |
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Copies are blank or parts of the im- | The original is not set correctly. | Set the originals correctly. | |
age are not copied. |
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| ☛ See page 31, 32 or 33. |
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| An improper paper size is selected. | Select the proper paper size. | |
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| The selected reproduction ratio does | Select the proper reproduction ratio. | |
| not match the paper size. |
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