TroubleshootingDiagnosticsTroubleshooting
Surface Artifacts ("Blemish")
A blemish that looks like dirt smeared across the film's surface — visible both on the print and on the light box — traces back to the film running too cold; work the calibration-then-TPH-temperature checks below before you condemn the film batch.
Applies to
DryStar 5300 (Type 5365/100)
Personnel
1 technician · Service-level technician — runs a film calibration, prints the STI1 test image to check for blemish, and reads TPH temperature in Specialist Tools - Print Engine against the heater-foil/thermistor/thermo-switch checks below; no disassembly required for this entry itself (derived — source does not assign a formal skill-level label to this section).
Steps
6 steps
Source
DD+DIS346.05E — Drystar 5300 Repair and Service, Troubleshooting, Chapter 3.3 (item 11.5), p.195, Edition 1 Rev.7
Full step-by-step for Surface Artifacts ("Blemish")
All 6 steps are documented in the FSELIB DryStar 5300 service manual — re-authored, web-first, with the real figures from the source.
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View all DryStar 5300 guidesSource: DD+DIS346.05E — Drystar 5300 Repair and Service, Troubleshooting, Chapter 3.3 (item 11.5), p.195, Edition 1 Rev.7. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.