TroubleshootingDiagnosticsTroubleshooting
Wide Bands with Lower Density at Left/Right Hand Side of the Film
Uneven density that fades toward the left and/or right edge of the film — with the middle of the image staying normal — on a printer that's well past 100,000 film cycles points to an aging print drum, not a thermal-head fault.
Applies to
DryStar 5300 (Type 5365/100)
Personnel
1 technician · Service-level technician — reads an STI1 test image for the density pattern, and runs a printhead profile calibration from the service menu; print-drum exchange only if calibration doesn't clear it (derived — source does not assign a formal skill-level label to this section).
Steps
2 steps
Source
DD+DIS346.05E — Drystar 5300 Repair and Service, Troubleshooting, Chapter 3.3 (item 11.2.4), p.188, Edition 1 Rev.7
Full step-by-step for Wide Bands with Lower Density at Left/Right Hand Side of the Film
All 2 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 11.2.4), p.188, Edition 1 Rev.7. Preview re-authored by FSELIB — the full procedure with figures and steps is in the paid service manual.