Lexmark Monochrome Laser Help Menu Pages - Page 15

Paper Size, Paper Type, Toner Darkness

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Print quality and troubleshooting Page 4 of 5 Problem The job prints, but the top and side margins are incorrect. Action • Make sure the Paper Size setting in the Paper Menu is correct. • Make sure the margins are set correctly in your software application. ABC DEF Ghost images appear. • Make sure the Paper Type setting in the Paper Menu is correct. • Replace the photoconductor kit. Gray background prints • The Toner Darkness setting may be too dark. Change the Toner Darkness setting in the Quality Menu. See the Menus and Messages Guide on the publications CD for more information. • The toner cartridge may be defective. Replace the toner cartridge. Repeating defects appear Either the toner cartridge, the photoconductor kit, or the fuser is defective. See "Print quality troubleshooting" for more information. Some of the print is cut off Move the guides in the tray to the proper positions for the size loaded. on the sides, top, or bottom of the media. Print is skewed, or inappropriately slanted. Transparency print quality • Use only transparencies recommended by the printer manufacturer. is poor. • Make sure the Paper Type setting in the Paper Menu is set to Transparency.

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Print quality and troubleshooting
Page 4 of 5
The job prints, but the top
and side margins are
incorrect.
Make sure the
Paper Size
setting in the Paper Menu is correct.
Make sure the margins are set correctly in your software application.
Ghost images appear.
Make sure the
Paper Type
setting in the Paper Menu is correct.
Replace the photoconductor kit.
Gray background prints
The
Toner Darkness
setting may be too dark. Change the
Toner Darkness
setting in the
Quality Menu. See the
Menus and Messages Guide
on the publications CD for more
information.
The toner cartridge may be defective. Replace the toner cartridge.
Repeating defects appear
Either the toner cartridge, the photoconductor kit, or the fuser is defective. See “Print quality
troubleshooting” for more information.
Some of the print is cut off
on the sides, top, or bottom
of the media.
Move the guides in the tray to the proper positions for the size loaded.
Print is skewed, or
inappropriately slanted.
Transparency print quality
is poor.
Use only transparencies recommended by the printer manufacturer.
Make sure the
Paper Type
setting in the Paper Menu is set to Transparency.
Problem
Action
ABC
DEF
ABC
DEF