M553 CMYK Colors Misaligned and White Spots on Solid Areas

sadiebenz · ‎09-23-2020

Hello, I am having issues printing on cardstock with my HP M553x laserjet.

I'm having two issues:

1.) White spots appear on solid areas even though both the printer drawers and the specified paper in the printing dialogue is "Cardstock"

2.) The last part of the print that comes out appears to have the CMYK colors misaligned

I have tried printing on regular printer paper and did not have these issues. I also have tried the manual feed tray #1, and the cardstock would not feed through.

Has anyone else had any issues like this before?

White spots on solid borders

CM and K colors not lining up

Repairatrooper · ‎09-23-2020

How heavy is the cardstock you are printing on? Is it within specs? The bonding issues are almost always caused by settings that do not allow the fuser to run hot enough. If set properly, the cardstock should feed at about 1/2 normal speed or even slower. If it is not, then likely your settings are not correct. Do you have the paper type on the printer itself set for cardstock type paper?

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sadiebenz · ‎09-24-2020

Yes, it's 220 g/m2 and the printer says that it should support this weight. Also, the printer paper type is set to cardstock on both the print dialogue screen and the printer tray setting itself.

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