(6) White banding (at right angles to feeding direction)

Feeding direction

Step

Cause/Defect area

Check items

Measures

 

 

 

 

1

Process unit (developer)

Developing bias terminals (pro-

Clean terminals.

 

 

cess unit) and corresponding ter-

 

 

 

minals (main body) stained?

 

 

 

 

 

2

Transfer charger unit

Transfer charger unit securely in-

Re-install transfer charger unit securely.

 

 

stalled?

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

Transfer charger wire terminals

Clean terminals.

 

 

and corresponding terminals

 

 

 

stained?

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Is guide roller stained or rotating

Clean guide roller.

 

 

improperly?

Ground shaft properly.

 

 

Guide roller stained or rotating

When guide roller rotates improperly, replace

 

 

improperly? Guide roller shaft

transfer charger unit.

 

 

grouded improperly?

 

 

 

 

 

5

Process unit (drum)

Any abnormalities on drum sur-

Replace process unit or drum.

 

 

face?

 

 

 

 

 

6

Fuser unit

Toner on heat roller surface?

Clean heat roller. If problem persists, replace

 

 

Scratches on heat roller surface?

heat roller.

 

 

 

 

7

Gear and roller

Check each gear or roller for pa-

Replace defective gear or roller.

 

 

per feed and transport is dam-

 

 

 

aged?

 

 

 

 

 

8

HVPS (main charger,

High-voltage output defective?

Adjust output from HVPS, or replace defec-

 

transfer charger and

 

tive HVPS.

 

developer bias)

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

If problem persists after measures

Replace process unit or transfer charger unit.

 

 

are applied, or there is no prob-

 

 

 

lem found in above check, follow

 

 

 

procedure described in right col-

 

 

 

umn.

 

 

 

 

 

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Toshiba e-Studio250, e-Studio200, e-Studio160 manual Minals main body stained? Transfer charger unit