User guide
Table Of Contents
- Before Beginning
- Setting Up Printer (Printer Setup)
- Using Your Printer
- Print Media Guidelines
- Loading Print Media
- Operator Panel
- Printing
- Know Your Printer
- Maintaining Your Printer
- Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting
- Basic Printer Problems
- Display Problems
- Printing Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- The output is too light
- Toner smears or print comes off/Stain on back side
- Random spots/Blurred images
- The entire output is blank
- Streaks appear on the output
- Pitched color dots
- Vertical blanks
- Mottle
- Ghosting
- Fog
- Bead-Carry-Out (BCO)
- Auger mark
- Wrinkled/Stained paper
- The top margins is incorrect
- Color registration is out of alignment
- Protrudent / Bumpy paper
- Noise
- Jam
- Other Problems
- Contacting Service
- Troubleshooting
- Appendix
- Index
156 Troubleshooting
Noise
NOTE: In this section, some procedures use the Tool Box or the Status Monitor.
For more information about Tool Box, see "Understanding the Tool Box Menus" on
page 87.
For more information about Status Monitor, see "Printer Status Window" on
page 103.
Action Yes No
1 Locate the cause of the problem by removing
the toner cartridges.
1
Remove the toner cartridges. See "Replacing
Toner Cartridges" on page 118.
2
Launch the Tool Box, and click
Machine
Check
on the
Diagnosis
tab.
3
Select
Main Motor Operation Check
from
the drop-down list box, and click the
Start
button.
4
Click the
Play of Sound
button to check the
motor sound.
Does the noise generated from the printer
match with the noise from the Play of Sound
button?
Contact Dell. Go to action 2.