Apple 12/600PS manual Text or objects on the page are blurry, Drop-outs appear on legal-size paper

Text or objects on the page are blurry.

The Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS uses a compression scheme to provide 600 dpi, nearly continuous-tone color printing using as little as 12 MB of RAM. Because of the compression, some details and fine lines in colored objects can appear blurred. Try these steps:

mAdd more RAM. If you’re printing legal-sized pages on a Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS with 12 MB of RAM, the printer uses a different compression scheme. If you increase RAM to 16 MB or more, the print quality of legal-size pages improves.

mUse thicker lines or fewer colors. Solid colors such as black, cyan, magenta, yellow, red, blue, or green look best.

mUse a different program. Image-manipulation programs may cause text and fine lines to look blurry when printed. Use a word-processing, desktop publishing, or illustration program.

“Drop-outs” appear on legal-size paper.

If you’re printing legal-sized pages on a Color LaserWriter 12/600 PS with 12 MB of RAM, the printer uses a different compression scheme. Small areas of a legal-size document may not print because information has been lost during decompression. If you increase RAM to 16 MB or more, the print quality of legal-size pages improves.

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