Technical Bulletin  PAGE: 1/5 
Model: Taurus-C1a/C1b (D074/D075) Date: 25-Apr-12 No.: RD074062 
 
 
Subject: Summary of Troubleshooting Banding/Jitter  Prepared by: Shinnosuke Sasaki 
From: 1st PP Tech Service Sec., PP Tech Service Dept., 
 Troubleshooting 
 Mechanical 
 Paper path 
 Part information 
 Electrical 
 Transmit/receive 
 Action required 
 Service manual revision 
 Retrofit information 
Classification: 
 Product Safety    Other ( )   Tier 2 
 
This RTB has been issued to summarize the 3 types of banding issues and their 
countermeasures respectively with the purpose to allow easy identification of the 
symptoms. 
For details, refer to the original RTB released for each symptom. 
 
Definition 
Definitions of the terms used in this RTB are as follows: 
 
Banding 
Bands appear in the main scan direction, periodically 
 
Shock jitter 
Bands appear in the main scan direction, at the same location on the 2
nd
 or 3
rd
 page and 
later of a job 
 
Contents 
This RTB covers the following 3 symptoms. 
 
1.  2-3mm pitch banding 
2.  50mm pitch banding 
3.  Shock jitter on thick paper