Xerox Phaser 3140 Service Manual

5-8 Phaser 3140/3155/3160 Printer Service Manual
Print-Quality Troubleshooting
Print-Quality Troubleshooting Procedures
Print-Quality Defect Definitions
The following table lists print-quality defects, their definition, and the page where
each corrective procedure appears.
Defect Definition Go to
Repeating Defects A pattern of horizontal lines or spots. page 5-9
Printing Begins at
Wrong Position
Printing begins at wrong position on the paper. page 5-10
Light or Undertone
Print
The overall image density is too light. page 5-10
Black Print The entire image area is black. page 5-11
Uneven Density Density is uneven between left and right sides. page 5-13
Background
Contamination
A light or gray contamination appears on all or
most of the page.
page 5-14
Ghosting (1) There is ghosting at 75.3 mm intervals on the
entire print.
page 5-15
Ghosting (2) Ghosting appears at 75.3 mm intervals when
printing on card stock or transparencies from
the manual feeder.
page 5-16
Ghosting (3) White ghosting appears at 75.3 mm intervals. page 5-17
Ghosting (4) There is ghosting at 75.3 mm intervals. Fuser
operating temperature is too high.
page 5-18
Vertical White
Lines
There is faded or white lines from the leading
edge to the trailing edge.
page 5-19
Vertical Lines are
Curved
The vertical components of the image are
curved.
page 5-20
Vertical Black Line
or Band
There are faded or black lines from the leading
edge to the trailing edge.
page 5-21
Horizontal Black
Line or Band
There are black lines running parallel with the
leading edge of the print.
page 5-22
Black or White
Spots
The toner image is not completely fused to the
paper. The image easily rubs off.
page 5-23
Skew The printed image is not parallel with the
media.
page 5-24
Stains on the Front
of the Page
The background of the front of the page is
stained.
page 5-26
Stains on the Back
of the Page
The back of the page is stained. page 5-27
Blank Page (1) The entire image area is blank. page 5-28
Blank Page (2) The entire print is blank. One or several blank
pages are printed.
page 5-29
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Xerox Phaser 3140 Specifications

General

Color	No
Maximum resolution	600 x 1200 DPI
Time to first page (black, normal)	10 s
Print speed (black, normal quality, A4/US Letter)	18 ppm
Internal memory	8 MB
Maximum internal memory	- MB
Sound power level (standby)	26 dB
Sound pressure level (printing)	50 dB
Total input capacity	250 sheets
Total output capacity	80 sheets
Maximum duty cycle	10000 pages per month
Page description languages	GDI
Maximum print size	210 x 297 mm
Media weight (tray 1)	60 - 163 gsm
Paper tray media types	Plain paper
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)	A4, A5
ISO B-series sizes (B0...B9)	B5
Maximum ISO A-series paper size	A4
Mac compatibility	Yes
Custom media sizes	76 x 127 - 216 x 356 mm
Compatible operating systems	Windows 2000/XP/2003, Vista, Mac OS
Power consumption (standby)	60 W
Power consumption (printing)	360 W
Display	-
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 32 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 80 %

Weight and Dimensions

Dimensions (WxDxH)	360 x 389 x 230 mm