Small classification Sample image Description
Rough image
Color is uneven and small white
spots are visible inside a solid image.
With color copiers, white spots may
not appear when two colors are
overlapped.
• See page 64 "Mottling
(Paper with Indentations and
Other Textured Paper)".
Earthworm shape
White area in a shape similar to an
earthworm.
• See page 104 "River Marks
(Worm Tracks)".
• See page 109 "Worm Marks,
Creases, and Fusing Errors on
Envelopes".
Moire
When superimposed regular pattern,
it is a pattern of striped periodic
possible by pixel to interfere with
each other. Halftones may become
mosaics.
Blur
Image seemingly blurred in all
directions.
• See page 58 "The Areas
around the Images Using the
Special Toner (clear) Blur".
Middle classification: Dirtied printouts
Non-image area is dirtied.
Image Index
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