Ricoh AP204 Operator's Manual page 88

Status
Part of the printout is blurred
or light.
White lines appear on the print If white lines appear only within a particular color,
side.
Toner is not fused well when
printing on thick paper.
Toner is not fused well when
printing on the OHP trans-
parencies.
The color of the printout does
not match the color on the
computer's display.
The printout does not match the Certain applications or image creation methods produce
image on the computer screen.
Possible Causes, Descriptions, and Solutions
Make the image density darker. => P.77 "Adjusting the
Image Density"
Check if the toner cartridge or photoconductor unit is
installed correctly. => P.80 "Replacing the Toner Car-
tridges" and P.82 "Replacing the Photoconductor Unit"
Check if the paper tray is set correctly. If not, set it cor-
rectly.
You might use paper not supported by this printer. Use
the appropriate type of paper. => P.49 "Paper not sup-
ported by this printer"
Check if the surface where the printer is located is level,
and not angled in anyway.
remove and reinstall the corresponding toner cartridge.
=> P.80 "Replacing the Toner Cartridges"
The printer is not in "Thick Paper" mode. Select
[Thick Paper] in the [Paper Type] box of the printer driver's
[Setup] tab.
The printer is not in "OHP Transparency" mode.
Select [OHP transparency] in the [Paper Type] box of
the printer driver's [Setup] tab.
The toner based color system used by the printer is
different from the light based color system of the com
puter screen. => P.iv "Color Guide"
Turning on the [Toner Saving] feature of the printer
driver's [Quality Setting] tab can cause color irregularities.
See the printer driver's online help for details about
changing the settings on this tab.
Check the settings of the printer driver's [Color Setting]
tab.
See the printer driver's online help for details about
changing the settings on this tab.
images that cannot be printed exactly as they appear on
the computer screen.
Checking the [Print as bitmap] item of the printer driver's
[Setup] tab causes the print data to be converted to image
data before it is sent to the printer, which produces a
printout that is closest to what appears on your com-
puter screen.
Note
This setting also causes large-volume print jobs to
take longer to print because of the required conver-
sion process.
Other Printing Problems
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