Print Defects and Potential Remedies

Print Quality Problem

Common Causes

Potential Remedies

 

 

 

Back-Side Contamination

There is excess toner in

To clean up any

Toner has been

the paper path:

residual toner, print

 

blank sheets of paper.

deposited on the

 

 

 

non-imaged side of a

The fuser has

If the problem

print.

 

contamination.

persists, inspect the

 

 

fuser for excess toner

 

 

and replace.

0730-50

Color Misregistration

Color has shifted outside of the designated area or has been superimposed over another color area.

An LED bar may be

Open the printer’s top

misaligned.

cover and slowly close

 

it; the printer performs

 

an automatic

 

registration.

An imaging drum may be misaligned.

The transfer belt may be misaligned.

Reseat the Imaging Drum of the color that has misregistered.

Reseat the Transfer Belt if all the colors have misregistered.

Replace if necessary.

Print Quality

0730-51

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Phaser 1235 Color Printer

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Xerox 1235 manual Back-Side Contamination