Sharp MX-B200 manual Troubleshooting The Unit, Machine/Copying Problems

9 TROUBLESHOOTING THE UNIT

This chapter describes misfeed removal and troubleshooting.

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

MACHINE/COPYING PROBLEMS

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

Problem	Possible cause	Solution	Page
	Unit plugged in?	Plug the unit into a grounded	Start
		outlet.	Guide
Unit does not	Power switch on?	Turn the power switch on.	7
	Side cover closed	Gently close the side cover.	Start
operate.
	securely?		Guide
	Front cover closed?	Gently close the front cover and	Start
		then close the side cover.	Guide
	Is the original placed face	Place the original face down on
Blank copies	down on the document	the document glass or face up in	26, 27
	glass or face up in the	the SPF.
	SPF?
	Is original image too dark	Adjust the exposure manually.	28
	or too light?
Copies are too	Is the unit in the	Adjust the automatic exposure
	automatic exposure	level.	29
dark or too light.
	mode?
	Is the unit in the photo	Cancel the photo exposure mode.	28
	exposure mode?
Dust, dirt,	Document glass or SPF	Clean regularly.	69
smudges	dirty?
appear on	Original smudged or	Use a clean original.	–
copies.	blotchy?
Striped copies	Is transfer charger clean?	Clean the transfer charger.	70
	Non-standard paper	Use standard paper. If using
	used?	special papers, feed the paper	9
		through the multi-bypass tray.
	Paper curled or damp?	Store paper flat in the wrapper in a	–
		dry location.
Paper misfeeds
	Pieces of paper inside	Remove all pieces of misfed	80
frequently.	unit?	paper.
				9
	Paper guides in the paper	Set the guides properly depending	10, 13
	tray not set properly?	on the paper size.
	Too much paper in the	Remove excessive paper from the
	paper tray or multi-bypass	tray.	10, 12
	tray?

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