Media Handling
Problems
(Continued)
Media
Check
Corrective
Actions
3.
Check the grain direction of media:
a. Media with the grain direction a. Try feeding the media in the correct grain
perpendicular to the feed direction direction. As of mid April
1987,
Xerox "cut
will have fewer wrinkles and jams than corner" media of size
C
or larger will have
media fed with grain parallel to the
the grain in the correct direction.
feed direction.
b.
To test for grain direction, tear a corner
b.
Roll cut media can only be made with the
from a sheet of media, moisten one side,
grain in the process direction
and the media will curl. Place your finger
in the curl, place the piece in the sheet,
and your finger will point
in
the direction
of the grain.
Copier
Check
4.
Ensure that fuser temperature
is
set to
4
Clean the thermistor, and ensure that
the
specification. (Fuser temperature that
is
thermistor
is
in
contact
with
tho
fuser roll;
too high
will
cause
the
media
to shrink or
perform Fuser Temperature Adjustment
wrinkle.) (ADJ
10.1).
5.
An incorrect electrostatic value can cause
5
Perform Electrostatic Series
(251 0
ADJ
9.2
;
jams or deletions.
251
5
ADJ
9.3).
6.
Check, clean* or replace the following a, Check for contamination or dirt; clean
components: or replace if necessary.
a. Transferldetack corotron
(PL
8.6).
b. Bottom of xerographic module (plate b. Clean the module with film remover.
located above transferldetack
Dirt
in this area causes dirty copies,
corotron). smudges, and jams.
c.
Oil dispense wick
is
clogged.
c.
Check the oil pads
(2510
REP
10.4;
251 5 10.5);
replace the wick
(251
5
REP
10.6)
(2515
and
2510
WlTag252
PL
10.5)
(2510
WIO
Tag
252
PL
10.4).
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Handling
Problems
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