Most Common Xerox Printer and Xerox Copier Problems and Troubleshooting

Xerox printers and copiers are in great demand byto ink cartridges is usually the drying up of the ink.
businesses and individuals alike. They are also knownPutting it through a cleaning process will definitely
for their reliability and durability. However, like all othersoften the dried ink. The printer can then clean it easily.
electronic equipment and applications, they can also beThe same fact remains true for copiers as well.
susceptible to problems.Another printer ink cartridge related problem that is
Herein, we have listed a few problems that yourlimited to printers and that is that when you use solid
Xerox printer or copiers could suffer from.ink, at times there is a streaking seen in the produced
Printing or Copying pages of Unwanted Stuffprints.
A tricky problem! At times, your printer or copier willStreaking of Ink
keep printing page after page of stuff that you do notThe first thing that you must do, in this case is look up
want. The best thing you could do when this happensthe ‘fault’ codes on the printer display.  Correct
is cancel the job. This could be done through thefault codes will tell you that the pins that are
computer or by pressing the concerned button on theresponsible for the lifting of the maintenance drawer
printer or copier. Press such a button or click on suchare worn down. Moreover, when the pins are worn
button only once. In most cases the problems is solved.down, the drum does not get oiled in the proper
If this idea fails, then the best solution would be tomanner. Thus, the ink is not delivered onto the
switch of the printer or copier and start it again.document in its entirety.
The Watermark ProblemIn this article we have tried to give you a fair idea of
Many printer or copiers might leave a watermark in thethe common problems of Xerox printers and copiers.
background of the printed or copied documents. TheHowever, one must understand that more often than
culprit in this case is improper selection of options. Allnot the problems cannot be clubbed together on a
you need to do to troubleshoot this problem is go tocommon platform. Until and unless the printer is a
the print menu, and select the appropriate option.multifunctional printer which also has a ‘copying’
Ink Cartridge Cleaning Routine Does not Workfunctionality, the problems of both the types of
If you have decided to clean your printer ink cartridgedocumentation machines will be markedly different
for some reason or the other and the cleaning routinefrom each other. So do keep this fact in mind. Also, if
does not work, you should leave the printer cartridgeyour troubleshooting solutions are not effective in
overnight. The printer must be turned off. The nextridding the printer or copier of the problem, it is best to
day you must put the Xerox ink cartridge throughget in touch with copier or printer maintenance
another cleaning process. The problem when it comesservices.