Blurry Copies, Vertical Banding, or Misalignment
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following causes can be considered.
The print head position is out of alignment.
Align the print head using the Print Quality Adjustment feature.
The bidirectional printing setting is enabled.
If print quality does not improve even aer aligning the print head, disable the bidirectional setting.
During bidirectional (or high speed) printing, the print head prints while moving in both directions, and vertical
lines may be misaligned. Disabling this setting may slow down printing speed but improve print quality.
Select Settings > General Settings > Printer Settings, and then disable Bidirectional on the control panel.
Striped Patterns Appear
The bidirectional printing setting is enabled.
When printing on plain paper, disable the bidirectional setting.
During bidirectional (or high speed) printing, the print head prints while moving in both directions, and vertical
lines may be misaligned. Disabling this setting may slow down printing speed but improve print quality.
Select Settings > General Settings > Printer Settings, and then disable Bidirectional on the control panel.
Solving Problems
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Printing, Copying, Scanning, and Faxing Quality is Poor
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Copy Quality is Poor
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