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Troubleshooting

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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. Use the following table to find solutions to print quality problems.

Symptom

Cause

Solution

White lines

• The printhead lens is dirty.
• Either the toner cartridge or the

fuser is defective.

Try the following in this order:

1 Clean the printhead lens.

(See

“How to clean the

printhead lens” on page 118

.)

2 Replace the toner cartridge.

3 Replace the fuser

*

.

Streaked horizontal lines

The toner cartridge or fuser may
be defective, empty, or worn.

Replace the toner cartridge or
fuser

*

as needed.

Streaked vertical lines

• Toner is smeared before fusing

to the paper.

• The toner cartridge is defective.

• If paper is stiff, try feeding from

another tray or the manual
feeder.

• Replace the toner cartridge.

Print irregularities

• Paper has absorbed moisture

due to high humidity.

• You are using paper that does

not meet the printer
specifications.

• The fuser is worn or defective.

• Load paper from a fresh

package in the paper tray.

• Avoid textured paper with rough

finishes.

• Make sure the printer driver

paper type setting matches the
type of paper you are using.

• Replace the fuser

*

.

*

To replace the fuser, call a service technician.

This setting can be changed using the Local Printer Setup Utility. See

“Using the Local Printer Settings

Utility” on page 99

for more information.

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