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Chapter 1 Troubleshooting
Version 1 2006.11.21
When a print quality trouble arises, obtain print samples to grasp and diagnose the trouble properly,
and then perform an efficient troubleshooting using the image quality FIP for each phenomenon.
When the trouble persists even after the relevant image quality FIP is performed, check again with the
image quality FIP and then try replacing [ESS and possible causative parts] one by one and perform a
troubleshooting according to [Chapter 2 Operation of Diag.] and others.
Image quality FIP covers the typical image quality troubles as follows:
- FIP-1.P1 Faint print (Low contrast)
- FIP-1.P2 Blank print
- FIP-1.P3 Solid black
- FIP-1.P4 Vertical blank lines (White stripes in paper transport direction)
- FIP-1.P5 Horizontal band cross out (White stripes in the horizontal direction)
- FIP-1.P6 Vertical stripes
- FIP-1.P7 Horizontal stripes
- FIP-1.P8 Partial lack
- FIP-1.P9 Spots
- FIP-1.P10 Afterimage
- FIP-1.P11 Background (Fog)
- FIP-1.P12 Skew
- FIP-1.P13 Paper damage
- FIP-1.P14 No fix
- FIP-1.P15 Color Registration (Color Shift)
- FIP-1.P16 Hunting
- FIP-1.P17 Magnification incorrect