The Printout Is Not What You Expected; Vertical Lines Appear On The Printout - Epson AL-C300 Series User Manual

AL-C300 Series User's Guide
Cause
Condensation may occur.
The printer cannot print in the required quality level
because of insufficient memory, and the printer lowers
the quality automatically so that the printer can
continue printing.

Vertical lines appear on the printout

Cause
The exposure window may be dusty.
There may be problems with the photoconductor
units or the fuser unit.
The printout is dark
Cause
There may be problems with the photoconductor
units or the fuser unit.

The printout is not what you expected

Some part of the graphics or text looks different from what you see on the
computer screen
Cause
The printer emulation setting in your application may
be incorrect.
Troubleshooting
What to do
Wait at least one hour before using the printer after moving it from a
cool to a warm environment.
Check to see if the printout is acceptable. If not, lower print quality
temporarily in the printer driver. If RAM Disk is set to Maximum or
Normal on the control panel, you can increase the available memory
space by changing this setting to Off.
What to do
Clean the exposure window. For details, see
window" on page 81.
Print several pages to check if the quality of the printouts has
improved. If it has not improved, replace the replacement parts with
new parts in the following order:
- Photoconductor units
- Fuser unit
For information about replacing parts, see the instructions that
come with each replacement parts.
What to do
Print several pages to check if the quality of the printouts has
improved. If it has not improved, replace the replacement parts with
new parts in the following order:
- Photoconductor units
- Fuser unit
For information about replacing parts, see the instructions that
come with each replacement parts.
What to do
Make sure that your application is set for the printer emulation you
are using. For example, if you are using the ESC/Page mode, make
sure that your application is set to use an ESC/Page printer.
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"Cleaning the exposure