Lexmark 20K1100 User's Reference - Page 84

Solving print quality problems, Collation, Print Timeout

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Troubleshooting Symptom Large jobs do not collate. Unexpected page breaks occur. Cause Solution Collate is not set to On. Set Collation to On in the Finishing Menu or through the printer driver. The job is too complex. Reduce the complexity of the print job by eliminating the number and size of fonts, the number and complexity of images, and the number of pages in the job. The printer does not Add printer memory or an optional hard disk. have enough memory. Refer to the Setup Guide for information on selecting memory options to install. The job has timed out. Set Print Timeout to a higher value from the Setup Menu. Solving print quality problems You can solve many print quality problems by replacing a supply or maintenance item that has reached the end of its intended life. Check the operator panel for a message about a printer consumable. See Determining the status of supplies for information about other ways to identify consumables that need to be replaced. Use the following table to find solutions to print quality problems. Symptom Repeating defects Cause Solution Either the toner cartridges, the photodeveloper cartridge, or the fuser are defective. Marks occur repeatedly only in one color and multiple times on a page: Replace the item if the defects occur every: 35 mm (1.38 in.) for the toner cartridges You may want to print the Print Quality Test Pages to look for defects. See Printing the Print Quality Test Pages for more information. Marks occur down the page repeatedly in all colors: Replace the item if the defects occur every: 35 mm (1.38 in.) or 95 mm (3.74 in.) for the photodeveloper cartridge 95 mm (3.74 in.) or 128 mm (5.04 in.) for the fuser Solving print quality problems 84

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Solving print quality problems
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Troubleshooting
Solving print quality problems
You can solve many print quality problems by replacing a supply or maintenance item that has
reached the end of its intended life. Check the operator panel for a message about a printer
consumable. See
Determining the status of supplies
for information about other ways to identify
consumables that need to be replaced.
Use the following table to find solutions to print quality problems.
Large jobs do not
collate.
Collate is not set to
On.
Set
Collation
to On in the
Finishing Menu
or
through the printer driver.
The job is too
complex.
Reduce the complexity of the print job by eliminating
the number and size of fonts, the number and
complexity of images, and the number of pages in the
job.
The printer does not
have enough memory.
Add printer memory or an optional hard disk.
Refer to the
Setup Guide
for information on selecting
memory options to install.
Unexpected page
breaks occur.
The job has timed out.
Set
Print Timeout
to a higher value from the
Setup
Menu
.
Symptom
Cause
Solution
Repeating defects
Either the toner cartridges, the
photodeveloper cartridge, or
the fuser are defective.
Marks occur repeatedly only in one color
and multiple times on a page:
Replace the item if the defects occur every:
35 mm (1.38 in.) for the toner cartridges
You may want to print the Print Quality Test
Pages to look for defects. See
Printing the
Print Quality Test Pages
for more information.
Marks occur down the page repeatedly in all
colors:
Replace the item if the defects occur every:
35 mm (1.38 in.) or 95 mm (3.74 in.) for the
photodeveloper cartridge
95 mm (3.74 in.) or 128 mm (5.04 in.) for the
fuser
Symptom
Cause
Solution