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Dot Misplacement (DP)
Dot misplacement can be observed as lines or solid fill areas that are fuzzy.
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DP01: Poor Text Quality
In DP01, text becomes fuzzy or unfocused after many thousands of pages have
printed.
Picture of Dot Misplacement: Text Becomes Fuzzy Over Time
Cause
Asymmetric “wear” of the MEMS heaters over time, after a few tens of millions of
ejections, results in the odd and even nozzle rows having different directionality in the Y-
axis.
Solution
1. Run the maintenance algorithm. TCL › maint_user_recovery 1 If not resolved,
continue to the next step.