QMS PS 410, User Manual

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Dark Vertical Lines
1. Install a new EP-L cartridge.
Sharp Horizontal Black Lines (across feed direction)
1. Place a service call.
Blurred Horizontal Stripes
1. Remove the toner cartridge and rotate it as you do before
installing a new cartridge. This redistributes the toner inside
the cartridge.
2. Install a new toner cartridge.
White Horizontal Shapes on a Black Print
1. Replace the paper in the printer with dry paper.
2. If you are using transparencies, remember they should be the
type recommended in chapter 2, “Printer Use.”
White Vertical Lines on a Black Page
1. Remove the EP-L cartridge and rotate it as you would when
installing a new cartridge. This redistributes toner inside the
cartridge.
2. Make sure your software and printer settings match. If you are
printing an HP file in either an HP or ESP mode and you get
a pattern of white lines, then the problem is most likely a
mismatch of parity settings.
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