Epson Stylus Pro 10000 Series, Service Manual

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EPSON Stylus Pro 10000/10000CF Revision B
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Based On Printout 112
5. If after following the above steps the printout quality has not improved, verify the
following.
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Head angle adjustment
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Head height adjustment
3.4.3 Smudged or Marred Printout (Front)
The front, or top, side of the paper can become smudged or marred if it rubs against the
printhead surface. If this happens, verify the following.
1. If the smudged area is just around the front or rear edge of roll paper, make sure the
margins (top and bottom) are set to 15mm on the control panel.
(When printing high-duty print jobs with the top and bottom margins set to 3mm, the
high volume of ink can cause the paper to warp and rub against the printhead surface.)
2. If the weak form that is not able to pass inside smoothly, select the "Low" of suction
fan control from User paper setting menu.
3. Smudged or marred because of the late dryness with the user form.
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Adjust the "Dry time (the printing end to paper cut time) " from User paper setting
menu. (Dry time :default 0 minute. Maximum is 30 minutes).
4. In the case that it is not able to solve the faulty with the above method, wipe the ink
that adhered to the cap and also vacuum cleaner head of the cleaning unit.
3.4.4 Smudged or Marred Printout (Reverse side)
Confirm the following item, in the case that the dirt by ink occurs to the form back.
1. It confirms whether ink is not adhering on the form conveyance path and wipe in the case
that there is ink adhesion.
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Sub platen surface
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PF roller surface
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Paper guide L surface
2. Because the following factor is conceivable, as the cause that ink adhered to the above
part it confirms.
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Form obliqueness line in the printing (1 page improving point in)
3.4.5 White or Black Banding
If white or black banding (lines across the page) appear on your printout, try the following.
1. Printing run of "the nozzle checking pattern"
In the case that it is normal, perform the head slant adjustment (Refer to “Head
slant adjustment” on page 200.)
2. In the case that it is not a causing from dot missing. Perform the following adjustment.
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Head inclination adjustment
White between shading/raster line occurs, by the overlapping or location
difference of the raster line that are composed/print by each nozzle, when each
nozzle line absent to direct location to carriage run direction.
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Head slant adjustment
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Bi-D adjustment
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Head Gap adjustment
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Head Rank input
C H E C K
P O I N T
When using the “Adj.B (or C) Head Slant” as well as the “Adj:PG
Check Height” functions, always perform the Gap Adjustment or Bi-
directional Position Adjustment operation.
C A U T I O N The printing is carried out to the platen face, when the form size
binding of the user is not correct, in the case that "Printer binding"-
>"Panel binding menu"->"Form depth detection"/"the obliqueness
line error detection" the binding is off.