Copying Problems

See the following sections:

Copies Are Hardly Readable and Reproduced Poorly.

Copy is too light or has uneven density.

Copy has vertical white streaks.

Copy is spotted or dirty.

Copy is skewed.

Toner does not fix onto paper well.

See the following section:

"Copies Are Hardly Readable and Reproduced Poorly"

Documents are copied with the <Calendar Type> setting if the <Book Type> setting is selected (or vice-versa).

For a landscape document, one side is copied top-to-bottom and the reverse side bottom-to-top when <Book Type> is selected. When <Calendar Type> is selected, both sides are copied top-to-bottom.

"2-Sided Copying"

The Copy Output is Skewed.

Adjust the document guides to fit the document.

"Placing Documents"

Make sure that the number or type of paper you are using is proper.

"Supported Paper Types"

Adjust the paper guides to the paper. If the problem continues, load the paper with the other side of paper face up, or in another orientation.

"Loading Paper In the Paper Cassette"

Make sure that the document return tray or output tray is not full.

The Alarm Sounds or <Memory is full. Scanning canceled. Print?> Appears on the Screen.

Follow the onscreen instructions and solve the problem.

Split the document into smaller subsets or set <Original Type> to <Text/Photo (High Speed)> before you make a copy.

"Selecting the Document Type"

Documents Cannot Be Scanned.

Up to fifty documents can be loaded in the feeder. The fifty-first and subsequent documents are not scanned.

"Supported Document Types"

Distortion Patterns (moire) Appear On the Copies

Select <Sharpness> from the Copy mode screen, and then adjust to <-> level.

"Emphasizing the Outline of the Image (Sharpness)"

Select <Original Type> from the Copy Mode screen, and specify to <Photo>.

"Selecting the Document Type"