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Other Problems

You may eliminate certain problems by changing the printer driver settings as described below:

Cannot print certain data properly when using a certain application, or cannot print image data properly.

  • In the [Select Print Quality:], select [Quality Priority], and then print.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then select [Photographic], [Text], or [Thin lines] in [Dithering:].

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Driver Options], and then select the [Spool Data in EMF Format] check box.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then clear the [Adjust Photographs] and [Smooth Low Resolution Images] check boxes.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then select the [Change Data Processing] check box.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then select [Dark] or [Light] in [Density for Plain Paper Printing:].

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then specify [Gray Reproduction:] correctly.

See Opening the Printer Driver Dialog Box.

Some characters are garbled or missing.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Driver Options], and then select the [Spool Data in EMF Format] check box.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then select the [Change Data Processing] check box.

See Opening the Printer Driver Dialog Box.

Some characters are printed faintly or not printed.

  • In the [Select Print Quality:], select [Quality Priority], and then print.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then select [Photographic], [Text], or [Thin lines] in [Dithering:].

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Driver Options], and then select the [Spool Data in EMF Format] check box.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then select the [Bold Text Adjustment] check box.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then specify [Gray Reproduction:] correctly.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then select the [Print All Text as Black] check box.

See Opening the Printer Driver Dialog Box.

Printing is slow and takes time, which delays release of the application.

  • In the [Select Print Quality:], select [Speed Priority] or [High Speed], and then print.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Driver Options], and then select the [Spool Data in EMF Format] check box.

  • On the [Detailed Settings] tab, select [Print Quality], and then clear the [Adjust Photographs] and [Smooth Low Resolution Images] check boxes.

  • Close the resident application.

See Opening the Printer Driver Dialog Box.

Printing stops halfway.

View the Status Monitor to check whether an error has occurred.

To print on pre-printed or pre-punched paper, select the [Use Preprinted/Prepunched Paper] check box in the [Detailed Settings] tab.

See Status Monitor Errors.

Cannot carry out Layout print for Excel sheets.

In the [Printer Properties] dialog box, on the [Advanced Options] tab, select the [Increase Auto-keep Settings for Applications] check box.

See Opening the Printer Driver Dialog Box.

Ink smudges and characters are not properly formed when printing white text on a black background.

In the [Select Print Quality:], select [Speed Priority] or [High Speed], and then print.

See Opening the Printer Driver Dialog Box.