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FAQs & troubleshooting

Back of the Paper Is Smudged

Content Id: 8200217100


Solution

Perform the Bottom Plate Cleaning to clean the inside of the printer.

Caution

When performing duplex printing or too much printing, the inside may become stained with ink.

The procedure for performing bottom plate cleaning is as follows:

Bottom Plate Cleaning

1. Open the printer driver setup window

2. Click Bottom Plate Cleaning on the Maintenance tab

The Bottom Plate Cleaning dialog box opens.

3. Load paper in the printer

As instructed in the dialog box, fold the A4 size or Letter size plain paper in half horizontally, and then unfold the sheet.

Load the paper into the rear tray in the portrait orientation with the crest of the crease facing down.

4. Perform the bottom plate cleaning

Make sure that the printer is on and click Execute.

Bottom plate cleaning starts.

Caution

The paper cleans the inside of the machine as it feeds through the machine.

Check the folded part of the ejected paper. If it is smudged with ink, perform Bottom Plate Cleaning again.

Cleaning the Protrusions Inside the Printer

If protrusions inside the printer are stained, wipe off any ink from the protrusions using a cotton swab or the like.

Caution

Be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power plug before cleaning the printer.

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