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Image defects
Unless otherwise specified, all references in this section to horizontal or vertical directions of print
quality problems refer to problems found on A-4 and Letter-sized media. For more information on a
specific image defect, see the page numbers below each image in the following table.
Table 7-7 Image defect table
Background scatter2
(see page 254)
Banding and horizontal lines2
(see page 254)
Black lines
(see page 255)
Black or partially black pages
(see page 255)
Blank or white page(s)
(see page 256)
Blank spots Character voids
(see page 257)
Distorted image
(see page 257)
Dropouts
(see page 257)
Faded print, random faded
areas (see page 258)
Full page ghosting
(see page 258)
Gray background
(see page 258)
Irregular raised spots or stray
toner 2 (see page 259)
Light, dark, faded print
(see page 259)
Light black or no black print
(see page 259)
Loose toner
(see page 260)
Mottled or marbled output
(see page 260)
Random black spots
(see page 260)
Sharkskin
(see page 260)
Single color missing
(see page 260)
Sunburn
(see page 260)
Toner smear
(see page 261)
Vertical lines or streaks
(see page 261)
Wavy characters
(see page 262)
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