Mixed Colors - Ricoh D124-17 Service Manual

6. Troubleshooting

Mixed Colors

Mixed colors in printout
Mixed colors means two ink colors and one color seeps into the track of another color. This can occur
only at the YM print head because the print head is shared.
Print heads clogged
1. Print a Nozzle check.
2. Clean the YM (Magenta/Yellow) print head.
3. Print another Nozzle Check.
4. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 twice.
5. If cleaning the print heads three times does not solve the problem, flush the print head.
Faulty Maintenance Unit
• Clean the maintenance unit
• Replace maintenance unit.
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, or Nozzle Check Pattern