Light Stripes On Prints: Cleaning The Printhead - Tektronix Phaser 360 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

Light stripes on prints: cleaning the printhead

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Phaser 360 Color Printer
Approximate time to complete: 10 minutes
Symptom: Prints have narrow, lengthwise stripes that are faded or the
wrong color, or prints have missing colors.
Solution: Run the automatic printhead-cleaning sequence from the printerÕs
front panel.
When the Ready message or the printerÕs name appears, press the
1.
Clean button. The printer displays the Þrst selection in the menu:
Clean:Light Stripes
<---- Clean
Press the Clean button again.
2.
A series of front panel messages indicate the condition of the
3.
printer as it progresses through a sequence of automatic cleaning
routines. The printer outputs a Cleaning Page (see page 7-16) at
the end of the cleaning sequence that you may discard as normal
ofÞce waste.
When the cleaning sequence is completed, the printer displays the
4.
following message:
Clean:Light Stripes
<---- Clean
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