User Guide

Status, Error, and Service Messages 85

Status, Error, and Service Messages

Status, error, and service messages are displayed in the control panel message window.

They provide information about your printer and help you locate many problems. When

the condition associated with a displayed message has changed, the message is cleared

from the window.

The color has

a poor repro-

duction or

has poor

color density.

The paper image transfer is

defective.

Check the OPC drum cartridge. If necessary, replace the

entire drum kit.

The Auto-Image Density

Control (AIDC) detection

sensor is dirty.

Open the front cover. Lift up the transfer belt release lever

to the 12 o’clock position. Next, return the lever to the 3

o’clock position. Repeat this operation several times. (This

cleans the surface of the AIDC detection [image darkness]

sensor.)

Symptom Cause Solution

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