Lexmark C782 Troubleshooting Guide - Page 4

Solving print quality, problems - fuser

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See the Card Stock & Label Guide available on the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com for detailed specifications. For information that can help prevent jams from occurring, see the Clearing Jams Guide. You have loaded too much paper or too many envelopes. Make sure the stack of paper you load does not exceed the maximum stack height indicated at the front of the tray or on the multipurpose feeder. Guides in the selected tray are not set to the appropriate position for the size paper loaded. Move the guides in the tray to the correct position. The paper has absorbed moisture due to high humidity. Load paper from a fresh package. Store paper in its original wrapper until you load it. The Paper Jam message remains after you remove the jammed paper. Clear paper from the entire paper path, and then press . The page that jammed does not reprint after you clear the jam. Set Jam Recovery to Auto or On. For more information, see the Menus and Messages Guide Blank pages feed into the output bin. Load the correct type media for your print job, or change the Paper Type to match the type of media loaded. For more information, see the Menus and Messages Guide. Solving print quality problems To help isolate print quality problems, print the Print Quality Test Pages. 1 Turn the printer off. 2 Press and . Hold them while you turn the printer on, and until the Performing Self Test message appears. Config Menu appears. 3 Press until Prt Quality Pgs appears, and then press . The pages are formatted. The Printing Quality Test Pages message appears, then the pages print. The message remains on the operator panel until all the pages print. After the Print Quality Test Pages print, to exit the Config Menu: 4 Press until Exit Config Menu appears, and then press to complete the procedure. Color misregistration Color has shifted outside of the appropriate area or has been superimposed over another color area. Open the printer door, and make sure all four packaging tabs are removed. Top to Bottom or Left to Right: 1 Re-seat the cartridges by removing them from the printer and then reinserting them. 2 Invoke a Color Adjust operation from the Settings  Quality menu. Repeating defects Marks occur repeatedly only in one color and multiple times on a page: • Replace the cartridge if the defects occur every: - 38 mm (1.5 in.) - 48 mm (1.9 in.) - 97 mm (3.8 in.) Marks occur down the page repeatedly in all colors: • Replace the transfer roll if the defects occur every 60 mm (2.4 in.) • Check the first transfer bellcranks and springs or replace the image transfer unit if the defects occur every 101 mm (4 in.) • Replace the fuser if the defects occur every 148 mm (5.8 in.) Marks occur on every third or sixth page in any color: Replace the image transfer unit. White or colored lines 1 Replace the color print cartridge that is causing the line. 2 If you still have the problem, replace the image transfer unit and transfer roller. 3 If you still have the problem, replace the fuser. Streaked horizontal lines Replace the print cartridge, the transfer roller, the image transfer unit, or fuser as needed. From the printer operator panel, print the repetitive defects guide to determine which component needs to be replaced. Streaked vertical lines • If paper is stiff, try feeding from another tray. • Replace the print cartridge that corresponds to the color displayed on the control panel. Print irregularities • Load paper from a fresh package in the paper tray. • Avoid textured paper with rough finishes.

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See the
Card Stock & Label Guide
available on the
Lexmark Web site at
www.lexmark.com
for detailed
specifications.
For information that can help prevent jams from
occurring, see the
Clearing Jams Guide
.
You have loaded too much paper or too
many envelopes.
Make sure the stack of paper you load does not
exceed the maximum stack height indicated at the
front of the tray or on the multipurpose feeder.
Guides in the selected tray are not set to
the appropriate position for the size
paper loaded.
Move the guides in the tray to the correct position.
The paper has absorbed moisture due to
high humidity.
Load paper from a fresh package.
Store paper in its original wrapper until you load it.
The
Paper Jam
message remains
after you remove the jammed
paper.
Clear paper from the entire paper path, and then
press
.
The page that jammed does not
reprint after you clear the jam.
Set
Jam Recovery
to Auto or On.
For more information, see the
Menus and Messages
Guide
Blank pages feed into the output
bin.
Load the correct type media for your print job, or
change the Paper Type to match the type of media
loaded.
For more information, see the
Menus and Messages
Guide
.
Solving print quality
problems
To help isolate print quality problems, print the Print
Quality Test Pages.
1
Turn the printer off.
2
Press
and
. Hold them while you turn
the printer on, and until the
Performing Self
Test
message appears.
Config Menu
appears.
3
Press
until
Prt Quality Pgs
appears,
and then press
.
The pages are formatted. The
Printing
Quality Test Pages
message appears, then
the pages print. The message remains on the
operator panel until all the pages print.
After the Print Quality Test Pages print, to exit
the Config Menu:
4
Press
until
Exit Config Menu
appears, and then press
to complete the
procedure.
Color misregistration
Color has shifted outside of the appropriate area or
has been superimposed over another color area.
Open the printer door, and make sure all four
packaging tabs are removed.
Top to Bottom or Left to Right:
1
Re-seat the cartridges by removing them from
the printer and then reinserting them.
2
Invoke a Color Adjust operation from the
Settings
Quality menu.
Repeating defects
Marks occur repeatedly only in one color and multiple
times on a page:
Replace the cartridge if the defects occur every:
38 mm (1.5 in.)
48 mm (1.9 in.)
97 mm (3.8 in.)
Marks occur down the page repeatedly in all colors:
Replace the transfer roll if the defects occur
every 60 mm (2.4 in.)
Check the first transfer bellcranks and springs
or replace the image transfer unit if the defects
occur every 101 mm (4 in.)
Replace the fuser if the defects occur every
148 mm (5.8 in.)
Marks occur on every third or sixth page in any
color:
Replace the image transfer unit.
White or colored lines
1
Replace the color print cartridge that is causing
the line.
2
If you still have the problem, replace the image
transfer unit and transfer roller.
3
If you still have the problem, replace the fuser.
Streaked horizontal lines
Replace the print cartridge, the transfer roller, the
image transfer unit, or fuser as needed.
From the printer operator panel, print the repetitive
defects guide to determine which component needs
to be replaced.
Streaked vertical lines
If paper is stiff, try feeding from another tray.
Replace the print cartridge that corresponds to
the color displayed on the control panel.
Print irregularities
Load paper from a fresh package in the paper
tray.
Avoid textured paper with rough finishes.