6.5.3Image troubleshooting

When the printout images are not satisfactory as shown below, follow the troubleshooting procedures given in this section.

 

 

 

Printout problem

Flowchart No.

 

 

Light or blurred images, or images in inappropriate color tone (Figure 6.2- A )

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dark background (Figure 6.2- B )

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No images on print output (Figure 6.2- C )

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Band/stripes in black or color in the longitudinal direction (Figure 6.2- D )

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Band/stripes in white or irregular color in the longitudinal direction (Figure 6.2- F )

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor fusing (Images are blurred or peeled off when touched with a hand.)

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cyclical printout defects (Figure 6.2- E )

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missing characters

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color misalignment

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printout colors different from the original

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Light or blurred

B Dark background

C Blank paper

D Black stripes in the

images as a whole

density

 

vertical direction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E Cyclical defect

F White belts or

 

streaks in the

 

vertical direction

Figure 6.2

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