Signs And Measures At Poor Toner Cartridge - Xerox WorkCentre PE16 Service Manual

7.7.3 Signs and Measures at Poor toner cartridge

Fault
Light image and • The printed image
partially blank is light or unclean
image and untidy.
(The life is ended.)
• Some part of the
image is not print-
ed.
• Periodically a noise
as "tick tick" occurs.
Toner • Toner falls on the
Contamination papers periodically.
• Contaminated with
toner on prints part-
ly or over the whole
surface.
WorkCentre PE16
Signs Cause & Check
1. If the image is light or unclean
and untidy printed image -
Shake the toner cartridge and
then recheck.
• Replace the Toner Cartridge
2. Some part of image is not
printed - Shake the toner car-
tridge and then recheck.
• NG : Clean the LSU window
with a cotton swab, then
recheck.
• Replace the Toner Cartridge.
3. Periodically a noise as "tick
tick" occurs - Measure the
cycle.
4. White vertical stripes on the
whole screen or partly.
1. Toner falls on the paper
periodically.
(1)Check the cycle of
falling toner.
(2)Check the appearance of
both ends of the toner car-
tridge.
2.The center of the printed mat-
ter is contaminated with toner.
(1)Check whether foreign sub-
stances or toner are stuck
to the terminal (contact
point) of the toner cartridge.
(2)Check whether the state of
the terminal assembly is
normal.
Troubleshooting
Solution
1. All of 1, 2, 3
(1) If image quality improves after
shaking, replace toner cart-
ridge after 50-100 sheets
in the closing state of the life
span.
2. In case of 2- If it becomes bet-
ter after cleaning the LSU win-
dow, then the toner cartridge is
normal.
(Because of foreign substance
on the LSU window, part of the
image has not been printed.)
3. In case of 3-
If the cycle of noise is about 2
seconds, the toner inside the
toner cartridge has been nearly
exhausted.( Purchase and
replace with a new toner cartridge
after using about 200 sheets at
the point of occurrence)
4. In case of 4-
This is a condition is caused by
lack of toner, so replace with a
new toner cartridge.
1. If both ends of the OPC drum
are contaminated with toner: Try
to remove the contamination
with a soft cloth.
2. Replace the toner cartridge.
Service Manual
July 2003
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