Troubleshooting a Xerox Copier

Posted by will lazar on January 24th, 2019

Xerox can be a great option for a copier that you can have.  This will help you to get the copies of documents that you need; but in a certain amount of time, you might find that this machine does not work properly.  You might get faded images and documents from the machine intermittently, or it can do the copying job perfectly sometimes.

You will find that the Xerox might get dirty or wear down after you use it for hundreds of copying jobs.  If you find some problems that might occur in the copier, there are ways that you can go thru a troubleshooting procedure for the machine.  Follow the following steps if you want to troubleshoot your Xerox copier.  Keep in mind this doesn't apply to all Xerox copiers, but similar procedures do apply to others.

1. Find the red button (Job Cancel) on the control panel of the machine and press it.  Then, you should turn off the machine by pressing the power switch.  You should also unplug any cable that you can find in the machine.

2. Let the machine to go thru a cool down, by leaving it off for several minutes. Then you should try to find and reveal the toner cartridge of the machine. You can do it by pulling open usually the front cover of the machine.

3. Find the plastic locking lever and locate it next to the left hand end of the cartridge.  You should press it toward you.  Then, you should set the cartridge on a stable work surface.

4. Look at the top-right of the cartridge and find the blue tab.  Grip it, and slide the tab to the left end of the cartridge.  Then, you have to slide it back to its previous position.  You should repeat it for several times to clean the corona wire that exists inside the cartridge.

5. Look inside the machine to find whether there is jammed paper or not.  You can do it by the inspecting the toner cartridge inside the machine.

6. Look at the front of the machine and close the plastic panel that you find in it.  The, you should reveal the scanning glass of the machine by pulling the plastic lid.  Wipe off the glass that you have revealed with a soft cloth towel.

7. When you have finished, close the lid of the copier.  When you find any paper jammed inside the feed tray, pull the paper.

Those are some examples of things that you can do to troubleshoot most Xerox copiers that you might have.  By doing these things, you will be able to use the machine properly, so that you can run the copying jobs with this machine.

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