Afinia L901 - Page 71

L801LabelPrinter
Troubleshooting 71
Mixedormuddycolors Theprintheadisdirty. 1. RunExtendedcleaningcyclefromthecontrol
panel( (
Config ) MAINTENANCE 
CLEAN  Extended ).
Ifprintqualityshowssomeimprovement,
repeatExtendedcleaninguntiltheprint
qualityissatisfactory.
2. Ifprintqualitydoesnotimprove,openthe
clamshellandcheckforpatchesofwetinkon
theprinthead.
3. Usealint‐freeclothtoabsorbtheink.Avoid
touchingtheneighboringnozzles.
4. Checktheprint
quality.RunExtended
cleaningcycleifnecessary.
Colorinkcartridgesaredirty. 1. Removetheyellow(Y)inkcartridgefromthe
printer.
2. Checkthecoloroftheinkthroughtheink
levelprism.
Iftheinkcolorisverydark(black)insteadof
yelloworiodine,replaceallthreecolorink
cartridges.
Positionofprinted
imagedriftsvertically
TopofFormpositionneeds
adjustment.
AdjusttheTopofFormoffsetfromthecontrol
panelorprinterdriver.SeeAdjustingAlignment
forPrintingonpage30.
Themediaisnotloaded
properly.
Reloadthemedia.SeeLoadingMediaon
page17.
Themediaisnotsuitable
for
useinthisprinter.
Replacethemedia.SeeChoosingLabelMedia
onpage24.
Theprinterisunableto
correctlydetecttheinter‐label
gaporblackmark.
Adjustthesensitivityofthesensors.See
AdjustingSensorSensitivityonpage77.
Problem PossibleCause Solution
inklevelprism