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All-in-One Printer Test Page
An all-in-one hides four devices behind one chassis, and they fail independently. This sheet is made to be printed, then scanned and copied, so a single page exercises the whole machine.
Set scaling to 100%. Choose Actual Size in the print dialog, never Fit to page — scaling distorts every measurement on this sheet. The Download PDF button hands you that same sheet as a ready-made file, so there is no scaling decision to get wrong.
How to print the All-in-One Printer Test Page
- Print this sheet at Actual Size and High quality so you have a known-good original.
- Scan it flatbed-only first, at the highest available resolution, and save the file.
- Scan it again through the automatic document feeder to compare the two paths.
- Make one physical copy of the original and set it beside the printed sheet.
- Compare all four under the same light: print, flatbed scan, feeder scan, copy.
- Whatever differs identifies which of the four devices needs attention.
Reading the result
| The printed sheet is correct and the scan of it is too | Both paths are working. Compare the scanned copy against the original file rather than against what you remember seeing. |
| Printing is good but the scanned copy is skewed | The ADF feed rollers or the flatbed reference are out. Scan the same sheet flatbed-only to separate the automatic feeder from the scanner itself. |
| The copy loses fine lines the original had | The copier is downsampling, or the glass has residue on it. Clean the glass with a lint-free cloth, then copy at the highest resolution the machine offers. |
| Second-generation copies degrade fast | Expected. Each copy adds its own noise, so judge a machine from a first-generation copy of a known sheet, never from a copy of a copy. |
| Printing is fine but fax or email output is not | The hardware is healthy. The fault is upstream in the driver, the application or the service, not in the machine. |
Also check
- Alignment page — The sheet to scan first, since geometry errors on the original are the easiest thing to confuse with a scanner fault.
- Nozzle check — Tests the print half in isolation, which is what you need if the scan looks fine but the output does not.
- Laser test page — For toner-based all-in-ones, where density and fusing are the failure modes rather than nozzle gaps.
Related test pages
- Alignment printer test page — If lines that should be straight come out crooked, or text looks doubled, the printhead is out of alignment. This sheet measures it.
- Inkjet printer test page — Inkjet faults happen at the nozzle, not in the driver. This sheet puts every channel side by side so a single clogged row cannot hide behind a busy document.
- Laser printer test page — Laser faults live in density, fusing and geometry, and none of them involve nozzles. This sheet measures how evenly toner is laid down and whether it stays on the paper.
Frequently asked questions
Why test an all-in-one differently from a normal printer?
Because the device that looks broken is often not the one at fault. A washed-out copy can come from a perfectly healthy printer and a dirty scanner glass, and replacing a cartridge will not fix it. Printing, scanning and copying the same known sheet separates the four paths in a single pass instead of guessing between them.
Should I clean the scanner glass even if scanning looks fine?
Worth doing once. Glass contamination shows up as repeated lines down every scan, and because it sits on the copy path too, it makes the copier look faulty when the printer is fine. A lint-free cloth and no household cleaner is all it takes.
Does the ADF behave differently from the flatbed?
Usually yes. The feeder has its own rollers and its own reference edge, so a sheet that skews through the ADF can scan perfectly flat. Running both on the same sheet tells you whether the fault is the scanner or the document feeder — two different repairs.
How do I test the fax function?
You cannot test fax with this sheet alone, since fax faults live in the modem, the line and the service rather than in the print engine. What you can do is establish that the print and scan paths work, which rules out the machine and points the problem at the line or the account.
Is a photo printer also an all-in-one tested this way?
Yes, the same sequence works. Add a photo-quality pass at the end so you know whether the print engine holds up on gloss as well as plain paper — that is the one test a document sheet will not give you.