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