User Guide

Overhead transparency defects
Overhead transparencies can show any of the image-quality problems that appear in other types of
media in addition to defects that are specific to transparencies. Also, because transparencies are
pliable, they can be affected by the media-handling components in the paper path.
NOTE Allow transparencies to cool at least 30 seconds before handling them.
■ On the printer driver Paper tab, select Transparency as the media type. Also, make sure that
the tray is correctly configured for transparencies.
■ Make sure that the transparencies meet the specifications for this monochrome laserjet printer.
For more information, consult the HP LaserJet Printer Family Print Media Guide.
■ Handle transparencies by the edges. Skin oil on the surface of transparencies can cause spots
and smudges.
■ Small, random dark areas on the trailing edge of solid fill pages might be caused by
transparencies sticking together in the output bin. Try printing the job in smaller batches.
■ To show the printed transparency, use a standard overhead projector instead of a reflective
overhead projector
Print-quality problems that are related to the environment
■ The printer is operating in excessively humid or dry conditions. Verify that the printing
environment is within specifications. See
Operating environment.
Print-quality problems that are related to jams
■ Make sure that all media is cleared from the paper path.
■ If the printer recently jammed, print two or three pages to clean the printer.
■ Repeated jams might require that you use the printer-cleaning procedures in chapter 3. It might
be necessary to process several cleaning pages through the printer. See
Running the cleaning
page manually.
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