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6.5. Print Quality Issues
Print quality issues can be grouped into the following categories, as explained in
subsequent sections. Two-letter abbreviations are used as the prefix for each category, so that
they can be reported to the support team and tracked with metrics for further analysis.
• Color Mixing (CM)
• Streak (SR)
• Dot Misplacement (DP)
• Banding (BD)
• Other print quality General Defects (GE)
Color Mixing (CM)
Color mixing (unwanted intrusion of one or more colors in another color’s area) shows in
a range of defects, as illustrated here and detailed in issues with the CM prefix.
Picture of Color Mixing Samples