Solid ink printers have many benefits. They are cost-saving, simple to operate, and extremely reliable. As with any product, however, they come with their own specific issues that may crop up from time to time. One of these issues is known as “light stripes”. Simply put, light stripes are vertical stripes where the ink did not print correctly. On white paper, it looks like a tiny stripe of white in the middle of a letter or a graphic. These light stripes are usually caused by one or more jets being clogged within the printer. Luckily, Xerox has a built-in cleaning procedure specifically for this problem. Here are the steps:

1. Scroll to Menu and press the Select button.

2. Scroll to Troubleshooting and press the Select button.

3. Scroll to “Eliminate Light Stripes” and press the select button.

4. The printer will run a cleaning routine and give indications on the front panel about its progress. At the end of the process, the printer will print a test page to confirm whether the problem was solved or not.

5. The test page will contain 4 bars in each of the colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. If there are still light stripes or gaps in any of the bars, repeat the cleaning sequence.

6. If the prints still show light stripes after two cleaning sequences, turn off the printer for more than 4 hours to allow the ink to solidify. When the printer is turned on it will run a separate cleaning process which may solve the problem.

7. If the prints still show lights stripes, run the “Eliminate Light Stripes” procedure two more times.

8. If the problem still persists, the printer may need to be serviced.

Solid ink printers have many benefits. They are cost-saving, simple to operate, and extremely reliable. As with any product, however, they come with their own specific issues that may crop up from time to time. One of these issues is known as “light stripes”. Simply put, light stripes are vertical stripes where the ink did not print correctly. On white paper, it looks like a tiny stripe of white in the middle of a letter or a graphic. These light stripes are usually caused by one or more jets being clogged within the printer. Luckily, Xerox has a built-in cleaning procedure specifically for this problem. Here are the steps:

1. Scroll to Menu and press the Select button.

2. Scroll to Troubleshooting and press the Select button.

3. Scroll to “Eliminate Light Stripes” and press the select button.

4. The printer will run a cleaning routine and give indications on the front panel about its progress. At the end of the process, the printer will print a test page to confirm whether the problem was solved or not.

5. The test page will contain 4 bars in each of the colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. If there are still light stripes or gaps in any of the bars, repeat the cleaning sequence.

6. If the prints still show light stripes after two cleaning sequences, turn off the printer for more than 4 hours to allow the ink to solidify. When the printer is turned on it will run a separate cleaning process which may solve the problem.

7. If the prints still show lights stripes, run the “Eliminate Light Stripes” procedure two more times.

8. If the problem still persists, the printer may need to be serviced.