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Copies too dark 1

"I have an old Savin model 7010 copier that works just fine except it prints to dark. I have to keep the "lighter darker' control to max "lighter". I have replaced the (expensive) OPC cartridge and cleand all the wires and mirrors etc. It works best right before it runs out of toner, of which it uses up to fast. Any info will be appreciated!"

(From: Thierry Thdereck (thdereck@aol.com).)

There also other reason a copier is darker than it should:

So you may have lot of work if you don't know the right setups before having good copies.