Sharp AR-203E operation manual Troubleshooting the Unit

7 TROUBLESHOOTING THE UNIT

This chapter describes misfeed removal and troubleshooting.

TROUBLESHOOTING

If any problem occurs, check the list below before contacting your authorised service representative.

For problems with the printer function or the scanner function, see the online manual or the Help file for the printer/scanner driver.

Problem	Possible cause	Solution	Page
	Unit plugged in?	Plug the unit into a grounded outlet.	13
Unit does not	Power switch on?	Turn the power switch on.	13
	Side cover closed securely?	Gently close the side cover.	47
operate.
	Front cover closed?	Gently close the front cover and then	47
		close the side cover.
	Is the original placed face	Place the original face down on the
	down on the document glass	document glass or face up in the SPF.	15
Blank copies	or face up in the SPF?
	Is the scan head locking	Unlock the scan head locking switch.	57
	switch locked?
	Is original image too dark or	Adjust the exposure manually.	17
	too light?
Copies are too	Is the unit in the automatic	Adjust the automatic exposure level.	18
dark or too light.	exposure mode?
	Is the unit in the photo	Cancel the photo exposure mode.	17
	exposure mode?
Dust, dirt,	Original table or original	Clean regularly.	48
	cover dirty?
smudges appear
	Original smudged or
on copies.		Use a clean original.	–
	blotchy?
Striped copies	Is transfer charger clean?	Clean the transfer charger.	49
		Use standard paper. If using special
	Non-standard paper used?	papers, feed the paper through the	7
		multi-bypass tray.
	Paper curled or damp?	Store paper flat in the wrapper in a dry	–
Paper misfeeds		location.
frequently.	Pieces of paper inside unit?	Remove all pieces of misfed paper.	52
	Paper guides in the paper	Set the guides properly depending on	8
	tray not set properly?	the paper size.
	Too much paper in the paper	Remove excessive paper from the	8
	tray or multi-bypass tray ?	tray.
	Is the paper too heavy?	Use paper within the specified range.	7
	The fusing temperature is	In the user programs, set "Fusing
Images rub off the	not appropriate.	temperature setting when the bypass tray	44
		is used" (program 29) to "2 (High)".
copy easily.
	Paper damp?	Replace with dry paper. If the unit is
		not used for long time, remove the	2
		paper from the paper tray and store it
		in its wrapper in a dry location.
Printing is not	The fusing temperature is	In the user programs, set "Fusing
uniform between	not appropriate.	temperature setting when the bypass
the edges of the		tray is used" (program 29) to "1 (Low)".	44
paper and the
center.

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