Minolta magicolor 2200 User Manual

Solving Problems with Printing Quality 81
Abnormal 
areas (white 
or black) 
appear in a 
regular 
pattern.Width of abnormal area: 
1.25 (31.75 mm)
The toner cartridge is 
damaged.Remove the toner cartridge with the color causing the 
abnormal image. Replace it with a new toner cartridge. 
Width of abnormal area: 
3 (76.2 mm)
The transfer belt is damaged.Replace the transfer belt. 
Width of abnormal area: 
3.25 (82.55 mm)
The OPC drum cartridge is 
damaged.Replace the entire drum kit. 
Width of abnormal...

Solving Problems with Printing Quality 82
Abnormal 
areas (white 
or black belt 
or spots) 
appear.The toner cartridge may be 
defective.Remove the toner cartridge and check for damage. If nec-
essary, replace it.
The OPC drum cartridge 
may be defective or 
scratched.Remove the OPC drum cartridge and check the photosen-
sitive surface (the green surface) for scratches. If neces-
sary, replace the entire drum kit. 
The fuser oil roller is dirty or 
worn.Remove the fuser oil roller and check the roller...

Solving Problems with Printing Quality 83
Lateral lines 
appear cycli-
cally (evenly 
spaced) on 
image.Lateral lines have 1–2 mm 
spacing.Replace the laser lens cover.
Lateral lines have 35 mm 
spacing.Replace the color toner cartridge.
Lateral lines have 75 mm 
spacing.Replace the image transfer roller.
Lateral lines have 95 mm 
spacing.Replace the entire OPC drum kit.
Lateral lines have 204 mm 
spacing.Replace the fusing unit
Trailing edge 35 mm, other 
spacing Replace the entire OPC drum kit....

Solving Problems with Printing Quality 84
Colors are 
not register-
ing properly; 
colors are 
mixed or 
have 
page-to-page 
variation.The front cover may not be 
properly closed.Make sure that the printer’s front cover is closed.
The OPC drum cartridge is 
not correctly seated.Remove the OPC drum cartridge and reinstall it. 
The toner in the cartridges 
may need to be redistributed.Remove the toner cartridges and gently rock them five or 
six times to redistribute the toner. Then, reinstall the car-...

Status, Error, and Service Messages 85
Status, Error, and Service Messages
Status, error, and service messages are displayed in the control panel message window. 
They provide information about your printer and help you locate many problems. When 
the condition associated with a displayed message has changed, the message is cleared 
from the window.
The color has 
a poor repro-
duction or 
has poor 
color density.The paper image transfer is 
defective.Check the OPC drum cartridge. If necessary, replace...

Status, Error, and Service Messages 86
Status and Error Messages
5Status messages are not displayed while the printer is off line.
This message... means... Do this...
<
X> ACTIVE JOBS 
The printer is on line and 
actively processing jobs. (<
X>
 
identifies the number of jobs in 
process.)No action needed.
<
X> COVER OPEN
The 
 (specified cover) is 
open and must be closed.Close the cover.
<
X> LIFE LOW
The  (specified item) is near 
end of life, such as the fuser oil 
roller. If you have a new fuser oil...

Status, Error, and Service Messages 87
ACC FILE 95% FULL
ACC FILE 90% FULL
ACC FILE 85% FULL
ACC FILE 80% FULLThe Job Accounting File is 80, 
85, 90, or 95% full.If you want accounting 
enabled, copy the job 
accounting and paper 
accounting files to floppy 
disk(s), or transfer them 
to your host computer 
using ftp (if available). 
Then reset the account-
ing files so that new jobs 
can be accepted. If you 
don’t want to use 
accounting, you can dis-
able it.
ACC FILES GOT REMOVED
The accounting option...

Status, Error, and Service Messages 88
CANCEL ALL JOBS
The Cancel key has been 
pressed, and one or more of the 
print jobs in the print queue are 
being canceled.Press Select for all jobs 
with a printing, interpret-
ing, spooled, or termi-
nating status to be 
completely removed 
from the system.
CANCEL JOB
The Cancel key has been 
pressed, and the print job in the 
print queue is being canceled.Press Select and the job 
in the print queue will be 
canceled.
CHECK WASTE TONER
Either the waste toner is...

Status, Error, and Service Messages 89
ENERGY SAVER
The printer is in energy saver 
mode to reduce power con-
sumption during periods of inac-
tivity. When a print job is 
received, the printer returns to 
normal power within 90 sec-
onds. While in “deep sleep,” the 
printer’s message window will 
not display operator status such 
as door- and tray-open mes-
sages. The printer remains in 
“deep sleep,” until a print job is 
received, or until the printer is 
manually switched from offline 
to online. No...

Status, Error, and Service Messages 90
MAIN UNIT COVER OPEN
The front, top, or duplex covers 
are open and must be closed.Close the specified 
cover(s).
MEDIA JAM DUPLEX
Media has jammed in the duplex 
area or duplex refeed area on 
the models with duplex units 
installed.Locate and remove the 
jam.
MEDIA JAM EXIT
Media has jammed between the 
print engine and the output tray.
A media jam has been detected 
between the fuser and output 
tray rollers located near the top 
cover.
Exit jams occur in the...