Ricoh AP305 operating instructions Ing the Charger

	Other Printing Problems
Status	Possible Causes, Descriptions, and Solutions
Black or white lines appear	The charger and dust-proofing glass are dirty. Clean
on the print side.	the charger and dust-proofing glass. ⇒ P.80 “Cleaning
	the Charger” and P.81 “Cleaning the Dust-proofing glass”
Smeared toner appears on	The charger is dirty. Clean the charger. ⇒ P.80 “Clean-
the printed side.	ing the Charger”
Part of the printout is blurred	If the message "Add Toner XXX" is on the panel dis-
or light.	play, replace the toner cartridge for the indicated color.
	⇒ P.85 “Replacing the Toner Cartridge”
Toner is not fused well when	The printer is not in "Thick Paper" or "OHP Transpar-
printing on thick paper or	ency" mode. Select [Thick Paper] or [OHP Transparency] in
OHP transparencies.	the [Paper Type] box of the printer driver's [Setup] tab.
	See the printer driver's online help for details about
	changing the settings on this tab.
The color of the printout	The toner based color system used by the printer is dif-
does not match the color on	ferent from the light based color system of the comput-
the computer's display.	er screen. ⇒ P.vi “Color Guide”
	Turning on the [Toner Saving] feature of the printer
	driver's [Quality Setting] tab can cause color irregulari-
	ties. See the printer driver's online help for details
	about changing the settings on this tab.
	Check the settings of the printer driver's [Color Setting]
	tab. See the printer driver's online help for details
	about changing the settings on this tab.
The printout does not match	Certain applications or image creation methods pro-
the image on the computer	duce images that cannot be printed exactly as they ap-
screen.	pear on the computer screen.
	Checking the [Print as bitmap_] item of the printer driv-
	er's [Setup] tab causes the print data to be converted to
	image data before it is sent to the printer, which pro-
	duces a printout that is closest to what appears on your
	computer screen. See the printer driver's online help
	for details about changing the settings on this tab.

Note

❒The setting also causes large-volume print jobs which take longer to print because of the required conversion process.

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