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F-3 Page 

skew 

User Check 

(1)  Check that the paper or other media is loaded into the paper tray correctly and that the 

paper guides are not too tight or too loose against the paper stack. 

(2)  If using the manual feed slot, check how to load paper into the manual feed slot correctly. 

(3)  The paper tray may be too full.  Load paper below        mark in depth. 

(4)  Check the paper used meets the recommended paper specifications. (Refer to

2.1.2 “Paper 

Specifications” in Chapter 2.

) 

F-4 

Curl or Wave 

User Check 

(1)  Check the paper used meets the recommended paper specifications.  Both high 

temperature and humidity will cause paper to curl. 

(2)  If the printer is used infrequently, the paper may have sat for too long in the paper tray.  

Turn over the stack of paper in the paper tray.  Also, try rotating the paper 180° in the 
paper tray. 

(3)  Check that the paper used meets the Media Type setting in the driver. 

NOTE: 

For no paper supplied as the cause of a malfunction, see 

M-4 ‘No paper supplied’ in 3. 

‘MALFUNCTIONS’ in this Chapter.

F-5 Paper 

pickup 

Possible cause 

Step 

Check 

Result

Remedy 

Disconnection 
of the pickup 
solenoid 
harness 

1 

Is the harness of the pickup 
solenoid disconnected? 

Yes  Reconnect the harness. 

Pickup 
solenoid 
harness failure 

2 

Does the harness of the 
pickup solenoid work 
correctly? 

No 

Replace the harness of the 
pickup solenoid. 

Pressure plate 
gear damage 

3 

Is the pressure plate gear 
damaged? 

Yes  Replace the pressure plate gear. 

Clutch gear 
damage 

4 

Is the clutch gear damaged? 

Yes  Replace the gear unit.