HP 33440/HP
33449 COMBINED
SERVICE
MANUAL
7-5. IMAGE FORMATION TROUBLESHOOTING
Introduction
The quality of the printer's output is always subject to the judgment of the particular user. This
section of the manual is intended
to
assist the service representative in defining print quality and
understanding what factors may affect print quality.
The print samples depicted in Figure 7-24 illustrate some print quality defects and their possible
causes. It is impossible to illustrate dl possible print quality defects since there are too many
variables in the printing process. It is recommended that the service representative keep copies of
print quality defects with an explanation of their muses for future reference.
Image defeck in the list below are covered in the tables which follow
Black Pages.
Very Faint Print.
SpecMed Print.
Vertid
White Streaks.
Right-Hand Text Missing or Distorted
Faulty Registration.
findom
Horizonti Black Lines.
Slightiy Faint Print.
Suede Print.
Smeared Print/Improper Fusing.
Distorted Print.
Repetitive Defects.
Black Pages with Horizontal White Strips,
Image Skew.
Improperly Sized Image.
Vetiid
Dark Streaks.
Character Voids.
Background.
Smudged Horizonti Band with Overprint.
Black Stripe on Right Side of Page.
White or Blank Pages.
Note
"Horizonti"
and "vetiid"
refer
to
paper movement and not to the orientation of
PI
print on the page.
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