6 TROUBLESHOOTING

This chapter provides solutions to possible printing problems. See the following table of contents to locate the appropriate page for your question or problem.

PROBLEMS RELATED TO MACHINE OPERATION

• Specified machine functions cannot be used.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

• The operation panel cannot be used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

• Printing is not possible or stops during a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

• The original size is not automatically selected or the wrong size is selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

• The displayed bypass tray paper size is not correct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

PROBLEMS RELATED TO PAPER FEEDING AND OUTPUT

• The original misfeeds (automatic document feeder). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

• The paper misfeeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

• Paper does not feed from the paper tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

• The image on paper is skewed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

• The automatic document feeder does not operate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

PROBLEMS RELATED TO QUALITY / PRINT RESULTS

• Lines appear in the scanned image.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

• Smudges appear on printed output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

• Toner does not adhere well or creases appear in the paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

• Print quality is poor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

• Part of the image is cut off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

• Printing takes place on the wrong side of the paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

PROBLEMS RELATED TO PERIPHERAL DEVICES

• The connected USB device cannot be used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

• The finisher / saddle unit / saddle stitch finisher / inserter / folding unit does not operate.. . . . . . . . . . 90

• Stapling does not take place (including saddle stitch). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

• Punching does not take place. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

• The stapling position or punch position is not correct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

OTHER PROBLEMS

• The touch panel screen is difficult to view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• You were logged out without having performed logout yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

• You forgot the administrator password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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