
Problem | Cause | Solution |
Printer suspends print | If the Data indicator |
after every line is printed | blinks while the printer |
| is suspended, then the |
| printer is slowing its print |
| speed at the end of each |
| line to protect the print |
| head. The print head may |
| have become too hot. |
If you have been printing for awhile, the print head may have become too hot. In this case, the printer automatically goes into protection mode and slows down in order to cool the print head. You can stop your print operation and wait several minutes to allow the printer to cool. Then start your print operation again.
Overall printing is slow | Smoothing mode may be | Disable Smoothing mode. |
from | enabled. |
|
| High quality mode may | Try turning off HQ mode via |
| be enabled. | the operator panel. |
| The print head may have | If you have been printing |
| become too hot. | for awhile, the print head |
|
| may have become too hot. |
|
| In this case, the printer |
|
| automatically goes into |
|
| protection mode and slows |
|
| down in order to cool the |
|
| print head. You can stop |
|
| your print operation and |
|
| wait several minutes to allow |
|
| the printer to cool. Then start |
|
| your print operation again. |
|
|
|
Overall printing is slow | The Print Manager may | Make sure the Print Manager |
from Windows | be turned on. | is turned off. |
| Print options may be too | In the Windows driver or |
| complex. | your software application, |
|
| set all print options to their |
|
| defaults, such as: Plain |
|
| Paper, Black and White |
|
| mode, High Quality, Pattern |
|
| Halftone. |
|
| See Ways to Improve Print |
|
| Speed in Windows on page 57 |
|
| for complete details. |
Troubleshooting
Chapter 7 | Troubleshooting 99 |