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26 – Output Quality Problems
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Troubleshooting Steps
Light Print or Fade
Specks
Dropouts
Lines
Gray Background
Toner Smear
Loose Toner
Repeating Defects
Misformed
Characters
Page Skew
Curl or Wave
Wrinkles or Creases
Troubleshooting Steps
(Follow the steps in the
order they are listed.)
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1. Print a few more pages
to see if the problem
will correct itself.
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2. Clean the inside of the
printer or use the
printer’s cleaning
page.
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3. Make sure
EconoMode is off.
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4. Turn over the stack of
paper in the tray. Also
try rotating the paper
180°.
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5. Check the paper (or
other print media) type
and quality.
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6. Check the printer’s
environmental
specifications.
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7. Make sure paper is
loaded correctly and
that the guides are not
too tight or too loose
against the paper
stack.
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8. Print to a different
output bin.
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9. Adjust the toner
density setting.